Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Sai ganapathy S. - "Estimate the number of Slack Users. Are we going to calculate the number of Slack users only in the US or throughout the world ? Slack users within the US By Slack users, are we going to consider only personal account users or enterprise account owners as well ? Both. Enterprise and Personal Account. Assuming that there are around 330 Million individuals in the US, splitting them into various age groups. 0-20, 2-40, 40-60 - 80 Million each Above 80 = 80 Million Since"See full answer

Rakesh K. - "I would like to understand the reason why the conclusion was made to even have google maps for kids, assumption here is kids are aged 1 to 5. Some clarifying questions Are the kids in this scenario traveling all alone or accompanied by their parents Kids are using google maps to let their parents know the directions (at times parents want to educate kids) Kids are helping others with directions to their destination. The consideration here is that kids would use maps for following s"See full answer

Karthik M. - "Assumptions & Clarifications Users have access to all Google Workspace applications like Google Drive, Gmail and the same photo editing tool - let us call this tool - Google Photo Editor (GPhoto). Users can share the images like Google Docs - giving people read-only, read-write / edit access Goals Google's vision is to organize the world's information and make it accessible. GPhoto's mission / goal is to organize the world’s photo and make it accessible to others to view, edit or"See full answer

Anubhav A. - "Clarifying questions: Are we taking about a personal parking lot or a public parking lot Do we have an objective in head for this lot -> Make money? Public parking lot from govt body Do we have a particular location in head for this -> basement, outside some building or on the roof Are we particular about the number of vehicles it can take up? Are we particular about the kind of vehicles that it can take up? (2 wheelers, 4 wheelers, heavy weight 4 wheelers) Taking a few assumptions:"See full answer

Anubhav A. - "Started at 1.48 Clarifying question: Are we interested in a particular lens for this problem? Looking back in history to understand what significant changes did fast internet made in the world: -> Fast Internet - More consumption -> Fast Internet - More Adoption -> Fast Internet - Cheap Internet Let's try to see what kind of things will change in each of these categories. Let me look at it from a lens of an end user (internet consumer uses the internet for work and maintaining their socia"See full answer

Anonymous Amphibian - "Personally i like the simple and user friendly interface of Adobe XD software. Which i have been using since last year and i am very comfortable with that. Nearly i didn't noticed any improvement in the software."See full answer

Rahul S. - "Good"See full answer

Shivam S. - "1. Understand the Product Google Search is the leading web search engine that processes vast quantities of queries daily, essential for finding information across various contexts and devices. 2. Clarify the Issue The issue is a 35% decrease in search query volume. We've identified that this drop occurred suddenly within the last month. 3. Pattern of the Drop/Time Data to Analyze: Daily or weekly search volume data. Objective: Determine if the drop was gradual"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

Exponent - "Let's first identify the type of problem we're solving. This is an Improve a Product question. Let's go over the Improve a Product formula once more: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Okay great. Now that we have the formula, it's time to execute on it! Ask clarifying questions Before we start iden"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. This may seem like a straightforward question, but us"See full answer

Exponent - "This is posed as a tricky question at first, but we can actually approach this very similarly to a Favorite Product question. It's always good to start with identifying what type of problem you're tackling. The problem we need to tackle is essentially a variation on a Favorite Product Question: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? **How does this product addr"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Measure Success question. These questions are asked to gauge your familiarity with common metrics such as DAUs and MAUs, A/B testing, and ability to map user behaviors and flows to impactful metrics. A great PM will also be able to deeply understand when metrics sometimes fail (e.g. blind spots). Knowing metrics closely is also crucial to demonstrating the impact of a project, whether it's after launching or the ongoing impact. Let's follow the Measure Success formula to tackle"See full answer

Exponent - "This question is a Diagnosis Question. It's used to test your ability to perform root cause analysis (RCA), identify many possible issues, come up with a theory of probable cause, and address how you would solve this issue. A drop in video engagement can signify either a technical issue (the video player is broken) or a product issue (recommendations performing poorly). Let's follow the template for answering Diagnosis Questions: Ask clarifying questions **List potential high level"See full answer

Shreejal L. - "Clarifying questions: Should I include the tail of the helicopter when computing the area for this question? Can I assume that the average ping pong ball has a radius of around 1 inch? Assumption: Assume that the helicopter is more circular than a rectangle. Hence use the formula of a circle in computing the area. Assume that the helicopter's radius is 5 feet a 6 feet person can't stand on the helicopter because they're tall for it hence rounding down. Assume that th"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "BARTScore is conceptually simple and empirically effective. It can outperform existing top-scoring metrics"See full answer