Product Manager Interview Questions

Palak A. - "By looking at QPS prolly! I mean that's the success metric for it after all, right? Maybe not, love to know your thoughts down below."See full answer

Srikanth A. - "Clarify - What is the product ? Autonomous driving capability Technology as a vehicle to drive man driver capability What is the current stage of project ? Technology is ready I will start by understanding the Goal, Intention behind this initiative as I am considering myself new PM joined this team and I have to come up with go to market strategy. Goal - More users to adopt and build trust with self driving car capability. Target user persona End user Businesses -Rideshare service -Food"See full answer

AnonymousAxolotl - "This is an answer to a different question. :D"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a pretty straightforward Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewe"See full answer

Gunjali D. - "Clarifying question: By podcast, we mean a series of digital audio generally available on the internet in the form of monologue or interview. Do we need to integrate it with Facebook or design a separate product? --> Separate Product not related to Facebook Mobile/web application --> Any Constraints? --> No Goal? --> To design a dedicated app to recommend podcasts in order to increase user satisfaction Users: Power Users: Who regularly listens to podcasts and keep detailed information on various"See full answer

Sneha D. - "Design a university voting app"See full answer

Nishant V. - "Clarify: Across all platforms? - Yes Specific geographies? - No Any specific users? Like >60 years - No Benefits of profile picture: User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture. Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform. Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform. Possible decisions: Remove profile upload feature Make it optional No change Approach to make decis"See full answer

Tony A. - "Get alignment with interviewer on how Gen AI works, then talk about the automotive space with value chain analysis on high level: 1. Design the automobile 2. Source components 3 assemble 4. Market 5. sell to customer 6 vehicle operation and maintenance. Competition: Hyper competitive industry with ~10 big manufacturers in the world. Trends: EV, Self-driving Potential Goals for the Automotive company Gen AI use case: Gain market share by offering Gen AI driven value to its customers Bi"See full answer

Shahnawaz K. - "I am going to assume, the person is 50 years old and uses a basic feature phone. Here is how it goes Local Context: When you come back from morning walk, you are your friends stop at a chai point to rest and have tea, what do you talk about ? (Assume he says everything and anything). Imagine there are no friends but you still want to talk and you want your friends and everyone to listen to your thoughts / rant. Imagine you don’t want to talk but you want only listen to what your frien"See full answer

Anubhav A. - "Clarifying question: We are just interested in facebook's ad rev and not other meta products We are looking at the rev coming per year globally formula = (avg. ads shown per min on fb products) x (avg. time spent per user per day in mins) x (avg. rev that fb makes per view) x (DAU) x 365 assumption all kind of ads give the same rev per view to fb all kind of geographies give the same rev per view to fb avg. ads shown per min -> user can scroll upto 20 posts easily in a min, lets"See full answer

Henil S. - "Clarifying Questions Goal - What is the goal for launching a new recommendation algorithm? (Assume an increase in user engagement) User Persona Using a recommendation system to explore new artists/songs in the same genre Using a recommendation system to explore new genres of songs Using a recommendation system to explore to format of content(Podcasts, Comedy, Stories) Metrics to look at to analyze if we need a new algorithm or not. Metrics Number of songs listened to"See full answer

Hamilton D. - "no"See full answer

Anjali A. - "The product owner works closely with the tech team day to day, keeping track of the sprint stories and backlog and helping to unblock day to day blockers and dependencies. The product manager oversees the roadmap of features from the discovery to solutioning stage."See full answer

Raina M. - "Clarify the ask/ goal and scope Talk about the general need for travel in a Covid/post covid world + how it aligns with Meta's mission and business (the Why) Audience /Behavior segmentation with needs/pain points Prioritize Suggested 3 Solution territories Dived deep into 1 and mentioned tradeoffs/ risks for that one Summarized with a few GTM considerations/ideas Please note: Although the interview was scoped for 30 mins, the interviewer spent the first 15 diving into past work e"See full answer

Rishi P. - "Optimizing Booking.com to improve conversion rates involves a strategic and holistic approach that considers various aspects of the user experience, website functionality, and marketing. Here are several strategies that could be employed: \\User-Centric Design:\\ \\Mobile Optimization:\\ Ensure the website is fully optimized for mobile devices, given the increasing number of users booking on smartphones. \\Intuitive Navigation:\\ Streamline the booking process with a cl"See full answer