Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

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  • "Hi, is this question part of the Powerday interview or the Mini-case interview?"

    Krutarth S. - "Hi, is this question part of the Powerday interview or the Mini-case interview?"See full answer

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

    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Scope Clarification with Interviewer: Is it a standard civil 4-seater helicopter or a Military cargo carrier? Do we wish to calculate the balls in the passenger compartment only or do I consider the gas tank and other spaces in a helicopter? 3.Is the helicopter loaded with seats and passengers or do I assume that there are no seats and passengers/ pilot? Assumptions: The interviewer asked me to make assumptions. Its a standard 4-seater helicopter It is empty but has the standard seat"

    Anonymous Porcupine - "Scope Clarification with Interviewer: Is it a standard civil 4-seater helicopter or a Military cargo carrier? Do we wish to calculate the balls in the passenger compartment only or do I consider the gas tank and other spaces in a helicopter? 3.Is the helicopter loaded with seats and passengers or do I assume that there are no seats and passengers/ pilot? Assumptions: The interviewer asked me to make assumptions. Its a standard 4-seater helicopter It is empty but has the standard seat"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
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  • GitHub logoAsked at GitHub 
    +1

    "I always strive to use feedback as a learning opportunity to enhance my skills and performance. Since I don't have recent negative feedback to share, I constantly seek constructive criticism and feedback to improve. In my experiences, I've received valuable input that has helped me refine my approach, such as enhancing communication methods or adjusting certain processes for better efficiency. Whether positive or negative, feedback is instrumental in professional growth, and I actively use it to"

    Balakrishnan J. - "I always strive to use feedback as a learning opportunity to enhance my skills and performance. Since I don't have recent negative feedback to share, I constantly seek constructive criticism and feedback to improve. In my experiences, I've received valuable input that has helped me refine my approach, such as enhancing communication methods or adjusting certain processes for better efficiency. Whether positive or negative, feedback is instrumental in professional growth, and I actively use it to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • +5

    "One of the most challenging situations was joining a new startup to realize that they did not figure out their core product and that customers were dissatisfied and leaving in droves. I worked together with the leaders to understand the core issue and the reasons that the customers were leaving. Then together with the team, we set out to map out those core issues and the gaps that we had in our product. We then worked towards designing a new solution to address those gaps and build an MVP. W"

    WaterBuffalo - "One of the most challenging situations was joining a new startup to realize that they did not figure out their core product and that customers were dissatisfied and leaving in droves. I worked together with the leaders to understand the core issue and the reasons that the customers were leaving. Then together with the team, we set out to map out those core issues and the gaps that we had in our product. We then worked towards designing a new solution to address those gaps and build an MVP. W"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    +3

    "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"

    Adaneir W. - "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
    +2

    "PS: Below is my solution. Appreciate if you can provide feedback to improve Followup Questions: Are you referring to Credit Cards or Debit Cards? Assuming it's about Credit Card Why does Capital One want to issue Virtual Cards? (want to know any specific goal in mind) Want to improve security standards which will result in more usage (user purchases) Which user segments do you want to target? (Want to if they are focusing value from a specific user segment)? Assuming they are focu"

    Naga M. - "PS: Below is my solution. Appreciate if you can provide feedback to improve Followup Questions: Are you referring to Credit Cards or Debit Cards? Assuming it's about Credit Card Why does Capital One want to issue Virtual Cards? (want to know any specific goal in mind) Want to improve security standards which will result in more usage (user purchases) Which user segments do you want to target? (Want to if they are focusing value from a specific user segment)? Assuming they are focu"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "talk about product and user not the design its not a UI/UX its a product question still"

    Anonymous Hamster - "talk about product and user not the design its not a UI/UX its a product question still"See full answer

    Product Manager
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +2

    "Clarification questions: What do you mean by online furniture-selling market? Why would google want to do it? Why does google want to do it now? Where does google want to launch it? Let me make the assumptions answering above questions: It is like google flights, say we call it google furnitures, where it organizes, curates furniture information to the users and then refers to the seller website instead of selling furniture directly to the consumer like amazon, walmart, way"

    Bimal M. - "Clarification questions: What do you mean by online furniture-selling market? Why would google want to do it? Why does google want to do it now? Where does google want to launch it? Let me make the assumptions answering above questions: It is like google flights, say we call it google furnitures, where it organizes, curates furniture information to the users and then refers to the seller website instead of selling furniture directly to the consumer like amazon, walmart, way"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • "Increase the Viewer count ; Simply the process of uploading videos > increasing the amount of videos on YouTube> increasing the amount of data the can be collected by creators > leading more viewers"

    Anonymous Starfish - "Increase the Viewer count ; Simply the process of uploading videos > increasing the amount of videos on YouTube> increasing the amount of data the can be collected by creators > leading more viewers"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "NPS is the Net Promoter Score. It basically measures if the users will promote or recommend our product or not. Do we have any timelines for this? Also Amazon as in the Amazon MarketPlace right? So to improve NPS, we need to improve the customer experience and keep them more engaged. So lets focus on improving engagement. Mission of Amazon - Help users get any and everything by just clicking some buttons at their doorstep. Users Demographics - Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults, Oldies Pro"

    Namrata L. - "NPS is the Net Promoter Score. It basically measures if the users will promote or recommend our product or not. Do we have any timelines for this? Also Amazon as in the Amazon MarketPlace right? So to improve NPS, we need to improve the customer experience and keep them more engaged. So lets focus on improving engagement. Mission of Amazon - Help users get any and everything by just clicking some buttons at their doorstep. Users Demographics - Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults, Oldies Pro"See full answer

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

    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "I don't think this is a go-to-market strategy answer, like the question asks. Yours is more of a work-responsibilities answer."

    Tito A. - "I don't think this is a go-to-market strategy answer, like the question asks. Yours is more of a work-responsibilities answer."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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