Interview Questions

Greg L. - "From chatGPT: If Coinbase's net income is 10% less than it was last month, several actions can be considered to address the decrease in profitability. Here are some steps that might be taken: Conduct a Detailed Analysis:Investigate the reasons behind the decrease in net income. Analyze key financial metrics, transaction volumes, fee structures, market conditions, and any external factors impacting revenue. Expense Review:Review and analyze operating expenses. Identify areas where"See full answer

Anonymous Shrimp - "I would start off by talking about the goals of this feature. What's the goal of Instagram with blue check marks? What does it aim to achieve? For the purpose of this question, I am assuming that Instagram wants to verify celebrities/famous people/brands as the original profile that differentiates them from fake profiles or other fan groups. It's also to develop trust and credibility amongst Instagram users. The mission of Facebook is to connect people across the globe. Instagram, which is a p"See full answer

Bharat D. - "Went through scenarios where a user Interviewer asked me to select a scenario, mostly outside of the control of the app. The interviewer saw me rattled and suggested the need to get to a venue as an experience. I designed a solution and suggested an MVP. The goal was to select a scenario, design MVP and suggest user journey/cohort selection and demonstrate measurement."See full answer

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

Matan S. - "What are your top 3 favorite apps? (after picking one) How would you improve it? YNAB - You need a budget Robinhood Chase How would you improve YNAB? Clarifying questions What's my role? I'm a product manager at YNAB Why do we want to improve YNAB? Is there any specific goal? Structure YNAB - I'll share some information on YNAB Ynab's mission is to create the best budging app and empower people to gain control over their money and their life. Ynab's business model is a"See full answer

Dee - "Clarify the question: Is this team for a specific part of JPMC or all of JPMC? Did we already have a DevOps team and we want to introduce the element of security? Steps to build a solution: 1: Define the company and team goals 2: Define the landscape What is the toolchain we want to use? What should the CI/CD lifecycle look like? 3: Define guiding principles for internal builds and third-party software/services which could include: Deployment frequency Traceability/observa"See full answer

Praveen D. - "Let me try to explain it with simple life analogy You're cooking dinner in the kitchen. Multithreading is when you've got a bunch of friends helping out. Each friend does a different job—like one chops veggies while another stirs a sauce. Everyone focuses on their task, and together, you all make the meal faster. In a computer, it's like different jobs happening all at once, making stuff happen quicker, just like having lots of friends helping makes dinner ready faster."See full answer

Riku H. - "Before I start, can I ask some clarifying questions? Is Facebook Reels the same as Facebook Watch where a user can go to Watch and consume short clips, react, comment and share them? In terms of measuring success, are you looking at a segment of users like the reel creators or viewers, or is that up to me? (Assume interviewer will say it's totally up to me) Can I also assume that I am looking at the product across platforms as well? Android, iOS, desktop (Assume answer is yes) Thanks fo"See full answer

John F. - "Recently, I was listening to an episode of Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast (aptly named Lenny’s Podcast), where he interviews Christian Idiodi, talking about the essence of product management. In the open sequence, Christian talks about the essence of this job being “you wake up on behalf of someone else, and you have to do it well enough that they give you something back in return.” This statement really struck a chord with me and resonated with why I love being a product manager. Customers and their"See full answer

dan - "Approach: 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. 2) communicate how solving for this will align to FB's mission. 3) define the user groups we are solving for 4) Define the user journey pre/during/after natural disasters 4.a) pick a user group we want to go with 5) identify the painpoints for this user groups user journey 6) think about solutions 7) prioritize and elaborate 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. Q: Can you tell me why FB is interesting in building"See full answer

Aidin T. - "I tried to get rid of nested for loops to improve the efficientcy. import numpy as np class Centroid: def init(self, location, vectors): self.location = location # (D,) self.vectors = vectors # (N_i, D) class KMeans: def init(self, n_features, k): self.nfeatures = nfeatures self.k = k self.centroids = [ Centroid( location=np.random.randn(n_features), vectors=np.empty((0, n_featu"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Product: physical/ digital? - digital chefs as a profession? what kind of restaurant setting do they work in? speed up cooking why/ objective? - serve customers quickly? reduce their fatigue? help them spend time on other important activities? what is cooking process - getting order - knowing recipe - executing - placing in dish - should I consider serving or that will be including in the waitor's job? By how much do we want to speed up? who are we? any constraints?"See full answer