Product Design Interview Questions

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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
Design a product for digital well-being.
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
What makes a great product?
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"Building a great product is a journey Product has to: Identify the right set of customers Have to keep understanding the evolving needs to the users Have to solve it in the best way possible (Innovative, useful, easy to understand manner) Have to keep evolving with time by understanding evolving needs and data generated Price according to the users capacity and willingness to pay"
P D. - "Building a great product is a journey Product has to: Identify the right set of customers Have to keep understanding the evolving needs to the users Have to solve it in the best way possible (Innovative, useful, easy to understand manner) Have to keep evolving with time by understanding evolving needs and data generated Price according to the users capacity and willingness to pay"See full answer
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
As a PM for the health team at Meta, design a product for tissue donation.
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Asked at Capital One • 5 years ago
How might we improve the daycare search process?
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a mobile phone for the elderly.
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a spice rack for the blind.
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"A horizontal rack with smaller containers aligned in the (Braille)alphabetical order, where the container is facing upwards and its cap has an inscription of the name of spice. Each container has two openings, one opening will allow the user to pour 1tsp of spice and the other will allow the user 1Tsp. We have to add a small weighing scale where the scale announces the weight of the spice left in the container, if it is empty an automatic refill order is placed. For automatic order placement, we"
Mahi D. - "A horizontal rack with smaller containers aligned in the (Braille)alphabetical order, where the container is facing upwards and its cap has an inscription of the name of spice. Each container has two openings, one opening will allow the user to pour 1tsp of spice and the other will allow the user 1Tsp. We have to add a small weighing scale where the scale announces the weight of the spice left in the container, if it is empty an automatic refill order is placed. For automatic order placement, we"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How would you build a shared laundry experience?
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"Clarifications Shared laundry means there are a number of washers and dryers in a room, and anyone can pay to use those for one cycle Assuming minimal hardware changes to washers and dryers Goal: Improve customer satisfaction with the shared laundry experience Metric: Customer satisfaction score (TBD) Users: Customers Low volume (e.g. singles, young professionals etc.) (L, XL) Medium volume (e.g. families with children or elderly etc.) (XL, S) Large volume (e.g. re"
AspiringNoogler - "Clarifications Shared laundry means there are a number of washers and dryers in a room, and anyone can pay to use those for one cycle Assuming minimal hardware changes to washers and dryers Goal: Improve customer satisfaction with the shared laundry experience Metric: Customer satisfaction score (TBD) Users: Customers Low volume (e.g. singles, young professionals etc.) (L, XL) Medium volume (e.g. families with children or elderly etc.) (XL, S) Large volume (e.g. re"See full answer
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Tell me about your favorite product. How would you build its competitor?
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
How would you build a babysitter service for Facebook?
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
As the owner of a startup whose clients are museums, how would you design a product for the visitors?
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"Me: Thanks for this. I have a few clarification questions- what would be the museum? Is this an art museum? A museum with ancient things from across the globe? Is there a specific theme? Interviewer: You can consider that this is a modern art museum like MOMA in New York. Me: Thanks -- and to make sure, do you have any additional specifications in what this product wants to tackle? Specifically, are we trying to make the museum experience better, the ticketing experience better or anything els"
Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for this. I have a few clarification questions- what would be the museum? Is this an art museum? A museum with ancient things from across the globe? Is there a specific theme? Interviewer: You can consider that this is a modern art museum like MOMA in New York. Me: Thanks -- and to make sure, do you have any additional specifications in what this product wants to tackle? Specifically, are we trying to make the museum experience better, the ticketing experience better or anything els"See full answer
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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
Design Alexa.
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Asked at Peloton • 5 years ago
How would you improve Peloton?
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"Clarifying questions: What do we mean by 'improve'? What part of Peloton's experience are we interested in improving? We want to improve the experience of setting up Peloton equipment after a customer has received it from our transportation provider. Is there a specific piece of equipment we're targeting? Bike, treadmill? Bike Why is Peloton interested in improving this part of the experience? What is the metric we are trying to drive? We have learned that custo"
William W. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by 'improve'? What part of Peloton's experience are we interested in improving? We want to improve the experience of setting up Peloton equipment after a customer has received it from our transportation provider. Is there a specific piece of equipment we're targeting? Bike, treadmill? Bike Why is Peloton interested in improving this part of the experience? What is the metric we are trying to drive? We have learned that custo"See full answer
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Asked at Shopify • 5 years ago
If you were to build the next tool to help our merchants succeed, what would it be?
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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
Critique Amazon.
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Asked at Nvidia, Wise • a month ago
Can you talk us through a product you've scoped and built? Include the goal and your specific role.
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How would you approach merging two similar applications, one 10 years old and the other 3 years old? Would you create a new application or enhance one of the existing apps?
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"1. Assessment of Current Applications Architecture Review: Examine the underlying architecture of both applications. The 10-year-old application might be based on outdated technology, which could pose challenges in terms of scalability, performance, and maintainability. The 3-year-old application, on the other hand, might use more modern technologies, making it more adaptable to future needs. Codebase Quality: Assess the quality, structure, and documentation of the codebase."
Sushil K. - "1. Assessment of Current Applications Architecture Review: Examine the underlying architecture of both applications. The 10-year-old application might be based on outdated technology, which could pose challenges in terms of scalability, performance, and maintainability. The 3-year-old application, on the other hand, might use more modern technologies, making it more adaptable to future needs. Codebase Quality: Assess the quality, structure, and documentation of the codebase."See full answer
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Asked at Flipkart • a year ago
Design a product for retailers with the aim of increasing advertiser ROI.
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design an investment app.
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How would you improve the movie watching experience?
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"Clarify : "Movie watching” can happen in a Theatre On a cable TV via an OTT app, A dedicated home-theatre set-up. I will focus on OTT streaming on a Smart-TV because: It is the fastest-growing surface (70 % of long-form streaming minutes). Geography: USA Platform : Any (Android TV, Tizen etc) OTT: Netflix What are we trying to improve ? Basic Journey -->Switch on TV->Navigate to OTT->Find Movie->Play Movie->Consume Audio and Video Setup Journey -> Create account -> Setu"
Inraathp R. - "Clarify : "Movie watching” can happen in a Theatre On a cable TV via an OTT app, A dedicated home-theatre set-up. I will focus on OTT streaming on a Smart-TV because: It is the fastest-growing surface (70 % of long-form streaming minutes). Geography: USA Platform : Any (Android TV, Tizen etc) OTT: Netflix What are we trying to improve ? Basic Journey -->Switch on TV->Navigate to OTT->Find Movie->Play Movie->Consume Audio and Video Setup Journey -> Create account -> Setu"See full answer
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Asked at Blend, Robinhood • 5 years ago
Describe one of your favorite financial products and suggest improvements.
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