Product Design Interview Questions

Gokul S. - "A gas station is a place to refuel our cars to a set amount, pay for it, and get out. What do we mean by great - do we want to revamp the experience of a gas station? Yes. Who are we? Let's say we are one of the big oil dealerships in the US. OK, so we are looking at building this in the US? Yes. Is this for a specific type of gas station - for trucks, normal cars, or other special vehicles? Assume it's for normal cars. We are a big oil dealership and we want to revamp our gas stations."See full answer

Patrick W. - "Clarify: Any specific types of groups (families or business)? Type of travel (air, train)? Global or domestic? Assumptions: Users have interest in travel. Content within Meta apps can help FB, whatsapp, Instagram. Have access to user data with travel preferences and budget. Resources to interact with travel businesses and institutions. Constraints: Users typically think of meta apps in the early discovery phase of travel, typically use travel company apps to complete experience e.g. booking,"See full answer

Brandy L. - "Restaurant Types High-end Fast-food Regular User Types Restaurants – seeking operational efficiency and increased revenue. Customers – categorized by group size and dining intent: 2–4 Friends/Family – casual dining. Solo Diners – convenience and quick service. Groups > 4 – shared orders and split bills. Goal Design a tablet solution to achieve product-market fit by addressing key pain points and driving high ad"See full answer

P K. - "Assuming this product is independent of FB product family and we are thinking of building an independent product. Goal: Make it easy for users to simplify the appointment process with the doctor. Success: Number of appointments made, repeat appointments made. Lets understand who are the key personas involved here: Doctors/Clinics (Excluding dentists) Patients/Users For this problem, I want to focus on the patient persona and go deeper into their problems. The various user segments ar"See full answer

Sameer S. - "I: Design a banking app for kids S: Sure, let me start with clarifying questions. What is our goal for building this app? I: To create financial literacy early in childhood and also increase our customer base. S: Sure. Are we going to launch it globally or in any specific geography or demography? I: Globally. S: Sure, Any resource or time constraints to keep in mind because I need to prioritize the features on the roadmap based on that? Also, are we launching it on iOS or Android? I: No resource"See full answer

Manu G. - "Design an alarm clock for blind people Clarifying question: Does it have to be a physical product or software? Your call Do I need to think about the long-term implications of the product from a strategy perspective or a single product? single product What are the metrics this company will focus on? Engagement What industry are we in? (start-up, google/Amazon, etc) - Startup What do we mean by blind? - ppl who cannot see anything, or people who still have sense of"See full answer

Ankit M. - "Clarifying questions: When we talk about a 'meditation app', are we mainly focusing on audio content? And are we thinking of this under a big brand or are we a fresh startup? Also, is our main target the US? And, are we designing mainly for individual use, or are we thinking about larger settings like schools? Interviewer: It's a startup. We're aiming for individual users, mainly in the US, and yes, an audio-based format. Summary till now: In today's digital age there's an increasi"See full answer

Rani Y. - "Prompt : design a farm product Clarifying question : what is the timeline and budget that i need to consider to build this ? 1 year , flexible budget . Is there any geography that i need to focus on ? no restriction What is farming ? Farming is a practice of raising crops and braising animals to produce food for human survival . This is one of the old / primitive ways to grow food using natural resources like land , water etc Why is it imp now ? Farming as I said is vary primitive way to grow fo"See full answer

Utkarsh G. - "Clarify: Map means -> coordinates Places -> any location visitable by humans software/hardware? -> up to you unmapped by anyone or in Gmaps? -> not in Gmaps Goal: to widen coverage constraints -> none market - US Time to market -> 3-6 months Why Aligns with Google mission Drive more engagement Users Company Users who drop locations Big City dwellers Country side areas Remote areas with limited internet End users Advertisers Prioritise: siz"See full answer

Rita V. - "Gardening product for Meta Clarifying question: Is this going to be a new product? Or part of FB/IG? Gardening as a work? Pleasure? Lets start with META mission - Meta’s mission is to bring people together and form a community. In our case of gardening, it can be smart to solve the case of tips and questions, specially for users that just start to do some gardening. Its a nice hobby and can bring people to work together and support each other. Users I think I will go and seg"See full answer

Elisa L. - "Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind. I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product. The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres). An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs: Help? → any sort of help Customer support? On App guidance? Help for creators?developers? → no Currently it is FAQ based, predefined app guide for the new users, customer support for critical cases Any specific problem came out in research or want me to brainstorm → brainstorm Improve what? → CSAT - lagging metric, should not be only goal Time spent in on app help → key goal is reduce this No constraints Geo - US Users E"See full answer

Hams A. - "When evaluating different high-end brands of products manufactured in China, how can one determine if a "new" product meets high-quality standards?"See full answer

Carlos S. - "1) Clarifications Is this a Google initiative? Yes Timeline for development? MVP within 3 months. Hotel type? Focus on urban and mid-sized hotels Items to offer? Include ready-to-eat meals/snacks (e.g., microwaveable food, healthy snacks, beverages). Geographic scope? Launch in the US only. 2) Google Mission / Why "Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." Google aims to enhance the guest experienc"See full answer

Jimmy K. - "Awesome thanks for your question. Can I take a few seconds to write down some thoughts? - Sure Okay I’m ready. So the way I’ll work through this problem is that first I’ll ask some clarifying questions, then I’ll dig into the why, starting with Facebook’s mission and competition and try to end up with a why for this product to exist. Then we will talk about users and will pick a user to focus on. We will then figure out which need to solve for the user given the product's why and the context we"See full answer

Hashmina H. - "Clarifying Questions: Do we want to target a particular geography or location or should it be done globally? Assume global Is there any particular platform and device we are targeting (App/web) or should it be cross platforms? Cross platforms Can I think about it as Product led solutions or do you want to consider marketing alternatives as well? Let's start with Product led solutions & later if time permits, we can touch on the marketing side as well Are there any constra"See full answer

Debajyoti B. - "Understanding the problem: What do we mean by email notification experience here? Is it the quantity of notifications or quality?- it's the quality of the experience i.e. how can we make the experience better & more user centric How would you define enhance in this context?- here enhacement means improving the engagement with the emails resulting in more people viewing the photo/s on FB with email as source Are we supposed to enhance the viewer's experience only or the creators as w"See full answer

Manohar A. - "Some follow-up questions to correctly understand what "improve" means here? Is it to have: more riders, better user experience, monetization, more/new market penetration. Let's assume interviewer requested to choose whatever I prefer. I choose better user experience which might trigger other areas of improvement as well. Some more probing questions: To I need to consider USA only or any other country/region or global? Can I consider only popular on demand taxi service for this question? One wa"See full answer

Tara J. - "I would like to speak loud to narrow the scope of this question so I can be effective in identifying a solution to the problem on hand. Hope that is OK. You mentioned, “Re-design the airport experience”. Is there a goal for this re-design exercise? Some top goals that come to my mind are the following. Please guide me so I can set it and we can proceed from there. “Increase the number of passengers who travel to and from this airport” “Improve customer satisfaction” **“Get in"See full answer