Top Product Manager Interview Questions

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  • "I think first we need to understand the questions better. Who these users are? (Any specific demographic, age users) What kind of stories are they sharing? How much is considered fewer? Once we get the answer or if we do not get answer we will have to make assumptions about all three questions. Based on the assumption we will have to define a vision. The vision should state what we want to achieve. Goal: Users between age 20 to 30 should get at least 100 shares, likes and comments com"

    Madhuri J. - "I think first we need to understand the questions better. Who these users are? (Any specific demographic, age users) What kind of stories are they sharing? How much is considered fewer? Once we get the answer or if we do not get answer we will have to make assumptions about all three questions. Based on the assumption we will have to define a vision. The vision should state what we want to achieve. Goal: Users between age 20 to 30 should get at least 100 shares, likes and comments com"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Ask Clarifying Questions : A Podcast app is an app where artists/creators can upload their voice content and users are able to consume it. Is my understanding correct ? Yes Are we building this specifically for ios or android or web ? Consider ios and Android for now. Are we building the podcast app for a particular region like India ? Consider it a global launch What is the timeline that we are looking at? 6 months approximately Is it going to be an independent app or are we loo"

    Ishan M. - "Ask Clarifying Questions : A Podcast app is an app where artists/creators can upload their voice content and users are able to consume it. Is my understanding correct ? Yes Are we building this specifically for ios or android or web ? Consider ios and Android for now. Are we building the podcast app for a particular region like India ? Consider it a global launch What is the timeline that we are looking at? 6 months approximately Is it going to be an independent app or are we loo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
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    "I responded how capital one wants to help everyone have access to banking and change banking for the better for all. (Tying it to their mission statement) Leaned into this saying how I personally want to use my use my skills to help increase awareness to financial health for the community and serve the community that im a part of."

    Anonymous Hummingbird - "I responded how capital one wants to help everyone have access to banking and change banking for the better for all. (Tying it to their mission statement) Leaned into this saying how I personally want to use my use my skills to help increase awareness to financial health for the community and serve the community that im a part of."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"

    Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • "Why? Uber is on demand platform, that leverages shared economy to power movement from Point A to B. Ubers business today is around 3 primary segments - Mobility, Deliveries, Freight. Mobility is the core product that enables riders to move from point A to Point B Using variety vehicles. Segment Users based on Usage / Frequency Daily - Prefers frequent but short trips, values convenience Occasional - Business professionals, even"

    Anjali M. - "Why? Uber is on demand platform, that leverages shared economy to power movement from Point A to B. Ubers business today is around 3 primary segments - Mobility, Deliveries, Freight. Mobility is the core product that enables riders to move from point A to Point B Using variety vehicles. Segment Users based on Usage / Frequency Daily - Prefers frequent but short trips, values convenience Occasional - Business professionals, even"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"

    Piya B. - "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "How would you define success for Doordash Clarify- Are we looking at the US Market? Yes Are we we looking at it from today? Yes Are looking at mobile or web? Both Has anything changed in doordash;s strategy or marketplace I should be aware of? Nothing major Lets talk a little about the misssion of doordash. It probably goes something along the lines make food delivery as easy as possible. Their core product is three sided. You have drivers on one end, customers that order food on the other and"

    Pratik H. - "How would you define success for Doordash Clarify- Are we looking at the US Market? Yes Are we we looking at it from today? Yes Are looking at mobile or web? Both Has anything changed in doordash;s strategy or marketplace I should be aware of? Nothing major Lets talk a little about the misssion of doordash. It probably goes something along the lines make food delivery as easy as possible. Their core product is three sided. You have drivers on one end, customers that order food on the other and"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "Number of visits to the site had increased, so total reservations infact went up, but conversion was down due to more users visiting, due to a promotion offered by the company or may be due to more ad entry points, social media, friend recommendations etc."

    IamaPM - "Number of visits to the site had increased, so total reservations infact went up, but conversion was down due to more users visiting, due to a promotion offered by the company or may be due to more ad entry points, social media, friend recommendations etc."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Execution
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  • PwC logoAsked at PwC 
    +1

    "conversession with you"

    147_gaurav K. - "conversession with you"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "You might build a product like this a few ways. I think you'd definitely want a temperature sensor device (maybe like a TMP422, or maybe there's a different one that is standard for wearables) that was worn by the individual. As far as tracking social distance, my answer here is more dependent on the state of the art of robust (wearable) distance measurement. Maybe there's something available better than ultrasonic sensors, maybe there's some kind of electromagnetism based solution that isn't in"

    Ian R. - "You might build a product like this a few ways. I think you'd definitely want a temperature sensor device (maybe like a TMP422, or maybe there's a different one that is standard for wearables) that was worn by the individual. As far as tracking social distance, my answer here is more dependent on the state of the art of robust (wearable) distance measurement. Maybe there's something available better than ultrasonic sensors, maybe there's some kind of electromagnetism based solution that isn't in"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
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  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "I would like to appreciate the company for giving an opportunity to visually impaired colleague and also making appropriate arrangements for enabling them to deliver their responsibilities smoothly. When I become aware of a teammate who is blind, I would start with the following steps - Understanding the degree of disability they have and doing my own research on how can one interact with such colleagues and facilitate smooth coordination with them I would approach them and ask as to how c"

    Khushboo S. - "I would like to appreciate the company for giving an opportunity to visually impaired colleague and also making appropriate arrangements for enabling them to deliver their responsibilities smoothly. When I become aware of a teammate who is blind, I would start with the following steps - Understanding the degree of disability they have and doing my own research on how can one interact with such colleagues and facilitate smooth coordination with them I would approach them and ask as to how c"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    +2

    "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."

    Alemayehu m G. - "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "Question: If Meta Pay did not exist, would you recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally or seek a partnership? Justify your decision. Answer: Given Meta's position as a leading technology company with a vast ecosystem of applications and services, I would recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally. My decision is based on several key factors: Strategic Control and Flexibility Developing an internal payment solution would gran"

    Inae L. - "Question: If Meta Pay did not exist, would you recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally or seek a partnership? Justify your decision. Answer: Given Meta's position as a leading technology company with a vast ecosystem of applications and services, I would recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally. My decision is based on several key factors: Strategic Control and Flexibility Developing an internal payment solution would gran"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area. Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product? Assume: Charity function built within Facebook. Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"

    Anonymous Pelican - "Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area. Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product? Assume: Charity function built within Facebook. Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Talk about how the solution is gonna improve the problem presented and I believe showing success in steps instead of one huge leap. So I would present m current progress and would provide a road map for completion."

    Nayeem A. - "Talk about how the solution is gonna improve the problem presented and I believe showing success in steps instead of one huge leap. So I would present m current progress and would provide a road map for completion."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Uber logoAsked at Uber 

    "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"

    Maggie S. - "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    +1

    "Clarifying question: We are just interested in facebook's ad rev and not other meta products We are looking at the rev coming per year globally formula = (avg. ads shown per min on fb products) x (avg. time spent per user per day in mins) x (avg. rev that fb makes per view) x (DAU) x 365 assumption all kind of ads give the same rev per view to fb all kind of geographies give the same rev per view to fb avg. ads shown per min -> user can scroll upto 20 posts easily in a min, lets"

    Anubhav A. - "Clarifying question: We are just interested in facebook's ad rev and not other meta products We are looking at the rev coming per year globally formula = (avg. ads shown per min on fb products) x (avg. time spent per user per day in mins) x (avg. rev that fb makes per view) x (DAU) x 365 assumption all kind of ads give the same rev per view to fb all kind of geographies give the same rev per view to fb avg. ads shown per min -> user can scroll upto 20 posts easily in a min, lets"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
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