Product Manager Interview Questions

Ekta M. - " Describe the product -What does it do? Who uses it? How do they use it? Google maps provides an optimal route from point A to point B. It also shows different checkpoints like restaurants, petrol pumps, etc. on the way. It is used in two major ways majorly, before starting people check the traffic to decide when to leave or which route to take. When people don’t know the way so they put on Google map to guide them. It has 1Bn MAU and 152 mins of app time. Clarification questions Wha"See full answer

Anonymous Mouse - "Clarify context: I'll assume that I'm a PM at Apple in this case 3 - 5 years: medium to long term thinking. So we're not just thinking about the next release. Any resource constraints? For example, any limitations on the number of engineers I have available, or can I assume that we might be able to deploy the entire iOS eng team to solve this if the problem and solutions are exciting enough? Assume no resource constraints for now, but will be thoughtful about feasibility. Any particular"See full answer

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

Karthik T. - "It's mainly an experimentation technique for testing new features while the rest of the users are using the old product version of your product. In our case, we were using it for pre-release or announced release features for a specific group of users. We could at any point revert the experience or stop the feature and render the old product version of the product. Based on the success of the feature, we will then do a full rollout of the feature into production. How does it work ? Enable"See full answer

Anonymous Giraffe - "this is not a helpful interview, she seems so unprepared, confusing, unable to netting it out :("See full answer

Kirit K. - "Had to refactor code at recent startup after having it fully deployed and working. This was due to us hitting some performance and UX issues. What I did was refactor the core engine first myself, and then line up a work team to progressively refactor the edges and exception flows that sit around the core. Completed in 4 weeks."See full answer

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

Ramandeep S. - "If I were a Google PM in charge of the next Android keynote product announcement in 3 years, I would build the following: A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform. This is because security and privacy are becoming increasingly important to users. In the past few years, we have seen a number of high-profile data breaches, and users are becoming more aware of the risks of having their personal information online. A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform would help to add"See full answer

Atharv S. - "Assumptions / Questions: tech inclinations: AI induced Painpoints: helps me get up early, but no cues for my morning rituals. Goal: Comprehensive morning exp and not limited to just getting up but also aiding in the morining rituals. Get up early and fresh, set the tone for the day. User Segment/cat: Biz: parents Schools. Geo: India? Prod: students: >= 12, 13-18. School, Boarding school kids. Solution: Workflows like clock: Aesthically apealling and more engag"See full answer

Kanishkan V. - "I responded with a project that I was a part of during my capstone class. I described how I used HTML, Python, and PostGRESQL in conjunction to create a functioning website using SCRUM."See full answer

Amparo L. - "The reason I want to work at Doordash is because I’m a really hard worker, I never give up and I’m good at delivering stuff to my teachers at school whenever they have something to drop off to them, I look at the paper and then I read the directions given to me on the ipad to drop it off."See full answer

Vijendar K. - "I'd like to clarify the question here for better understanding. Are we targeting any location? Assuming WW Do we have any demographics of the users? Assuming overall users Did we see any drop recently in TV watching users metrics for which we want to improve the watch time on TVs? No, in general we want to improve this area. Are we looking to improve the overall Netflix watch time on TV, not to acquire new users? Correct. As Netflix is offering content of so many genres of con"See full answer

Kevin S. - "The question given is intentionally very open ended. As the key phrases used are "air travel" which can encompass all parts of the journey not just the airport or flight experience & "improve the perception" which doesn't necessarily require fixing the problem (although you'd hope that was part of the conclusion). In addition, the constraints of time (1-year) and resources ($10M) means you must be very prescriptive. As such I think it'd be important to ask the following clarifying questions"See full answer

Vishnu G. - "This is a classic strategic dilemma, but the answer for Walmart, given its core business model and strengths, is quite clear: Invest in boosting dish soap production. Here's why: Proven Success: Dish soap is Walmart's top product with strong, established sales. Scaling leverages existing, efficient supply chains and customer demand. Core Competency: Walmart excels at high-volume, low-margin household goods. This aligns perfectly with their business model and customer base. **L"See full answer

Mehul K. - "Clarifying questions I asked? Are we trying to track any specific type of metric ? Like a Business Metric, Engagement Metric ? No. In general as a admin of a city at Uber what would you track ? Okay. (After collecting thoughts) Revenue from rides per day No of rides per day in the city % of drivers completing more than 10 rides/day, 5 rides/day, 1+ ride/day."See full answer

Rohan S. - "Honestly, I would’ve loved something like this when I was younger. I couldn’t wait till the day I was 18 so I could start investing and would read personal finance books on random topics. Clarification Questions Kids is a very broad term, is there a specific age range you had in mind or would you want me to determine that myself? > I will assume that this will start off as an application, and then later can be integrated on a"See full answer