Product Manager Interview Questions

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  • "I'll approach this by asking questions and creating scenarios based on answers. If the answer to any questions points to a specific issue, I'll double down on that to understand the issue. This is more of a RCA question. First I'll quickly check Were there any recent updates released before we observed the drops? Assuming Yes, I'll check the updates released and check the test cases and testing results If the issue is identified, I will engage with the product leadership, update them and conne"

    Aekagra S. - "I'll approach this by asking questions and creating scenarios based on answers. If the answer to any questions points to a specific issue, I'll double down on that to understand the issue. This is more of a RCA question. First I'll quickly check Were there any recent updates released before we observed the drops? Assuming Yes, I'll check the updates released and check the test cases and testing results If the issue is identified, I will engage with the product leadership, update them and conne"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Product Manager
  • "Why? Uber is on demand platform, that leverages shared economy to power movement from Point A to B. Ubers business today is around 3 primary segments - Mobility, Deliveries, Freight. Mobility is the core product that enables riders to move from point A to Point B Using variety vehicles. Segment Users based on Usage / Frequency Daily - Prefers frequent but short trips, values convenience Occasional - Business professionals, even"

    Anjali M. - "Why? Uber is on demand platform, that leverages shared economy to power movement from Point A to B. Ubers business today is around 3 primary segments - Mobility, Deliveries, Freight. Mobility is the core product that enables riders to move from point A to Point B Using variety vehicles. Segment Users based on Usage / Frequency Daily - Prefers frequent but short trips, values convenience Occasional - Business professionals, even"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    "I would structure my answer in the following way: What's the situational context? Mission of Uber Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast What would feed into the decision-making? The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"

    pmpractice - "I would structure my answer in the following way: What's the situational context? Mission of Uber Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast What would feed into the decision-making? The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • "Clarifying questions and assumptions: Personalised news feed is the culmination of curated posts, events, ads , videos, etc that is unique to each user. potentially this means that no 2 feeds are the same. I am assuming we are talking about the Facebook Blue app, since the term Newsfeed is generally associated with this app although the feed on Insta too is personalised. Thank you for this question. here is how i would structure my thoughts on arriving at success metrics for Personalised Ne"

    Sneha S. - "Clarifying questions and assumptions: Personalised news feed is the culmination of curated posts, events, ads , videos, etc that is unique to each user. potentially this means that no 2 feeds are the same. I am assuming we are talking about the Facebook Blue app, since the term Newsfeed is generally associated with this app although the feed on Insta too is personalised. Thank you for this question. here is how i would structure my thoughts on arriving at success metrics for Personalised Ne"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "I'm going to assume the problem is limited until the point of where the rider get into the car. Rider segments/characteristics: Local rider (lives and travels in the same city) Tourist rider (visiting a city, using Lyft for the first time in the city) Lets think about some problems for these types of users: Local rider: (Choose to prioritize on these use-cases assuming its a larger % of rides overall) Ride shows as confirmed, but driver does not move on the map Driver does"

    Arya R. - "I'm going to assume the problem is limited until the point of where the rider get into the car. Rider segments/characteristics: Local rider (lives and travels in the same city) Tourist rider (visiting a city, using Lyft for the first time in the city) Lets think about some problems for these types of users: Local rider: (Choose to prioritize on these use-cases assuming its a larger % of rides overall) Ride shows as confirmed, but driver does not move on the map Driver does"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Clarification questions What is the purpose of connecting the DB? Do we expect high-volumes of traffic to hit the DB Do we have scalability or reliability concerns? Format Code -> DB Code -> Cache -> DB API -> Cache -> DB - APIs are built for a purpose and have a specified protocol (GET, POST, DELETE) to speak to the DB. APIs can also use a contract to retrieve information from a DB much faster than code. Load balanced APIs -> Cache -> DB **Aut"

    Aaron W. - "Clarification questions What is the purpose of connecting the DB? Do we expect high-volumes of traffic to hit the DB Do we have scalability or reliability concerns? Format Code -> DB Code -> Cache -> DB API -> Cache -> DB - APIs are built for a purpose and have a specified protocol (GET, POST, DELETE) to speak to the DB. APIs can also use a contract to retrieve information from a DB much faster than code. Load balanced APIs -> Cache -> DB **Aut"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Concept
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  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Whenever I find resistance to my idea, my general approach is to : Validate my idea Identify if it is a political reason or is it a valid engineering tech reason Assuming it is not political but it is resource/difference of opinions that are causing resistance. Then I would try to do a quick POC and show a value proposition for the idea to get the buy-in. One similar situation happened The situation was that stakeholders were promised a feature that would decrease their number of ticket"

    Jaim - "Whenever I find resistance to my idea, my general approach is to : Validate my idea Identify if it is a political reason or is it a valid engineering tech reason Assuming it is not political but it is resource/difference of opinions that are causing resistance. Then I would try to do a quick POC and show a value proposition for the idea to get the buy-in. One similar situation happened The situation was that stakeholders were promised a feature that would decrease their number of ticket"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "a) What metric should be focused on for improving customer value creation, and why? I may the metric is user engagement. We can dive into groups of users, and the newbies' actions will not be the same as the old hands. The engaging frequency and time must be defined and tracked because it shows whether users (as a workspace) are accustomed to Clickup or not. b) Share the potential feature points that can improve the above metric, explain your rationale for each and the expected"

    Freddie - "a) What metric should be focused on for improving customer value creation, and why? I may the metric is user engagement. We can dive into groups of users, and the newbies' actions will not be the same as the old hands. The engaging frequency and time must be defined and tracked because it shows whether users (as a workspace) are accustomed to Clickup or not. b) Share the potential feature points that can improve the above metric, explain your rationale for each and the expected"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "1 take a look at google maps b2c google maps b2b (API) 2 identify main objective and long term vision 3 observe market (e.g. SWOT analysis) 4 start from customers and their pain points find potential solutions and prioritise"

    Sg S. - "1 take a look at google maps b2c google maps b2b (API) 2 identify main objective and long term vision 3 observe market (e.g. SWOT analysis) 4 start from customers and their pain points find potential solutions and prioritise"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    Analytical
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills · Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"

    BePostive - "· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills · Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Roblox logoAsked at Roblox 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Design a university voting app"

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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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