Product Manager Interview Questions

Seyed rasoul J. - "I would start with the company vision then assuming we have more than one product team, craft the vision for the product through a collaboration of PMs and Tech leads, then based on that I will define the scope of each product team's milestones to achieve the product vision and go from both ends to fill the gap from what we already have and what needed to achieve the milestones."See full answer

Exponent - "We should follow the Measure Success formula for this type of question. Do you remember it from a couple days ago? If not, it's: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature Apply a UX flow to drive analysis of what to measure Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize With that, let's get into it! Ask clarifying questions We want to make sure we are 100% sure of the scope of the feature and ask. What does the p"See full answer

Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer

Anonymous - "Why it is important to solve the problem: Mission of open table is to help restaurants grow and run their businesses and to enable diners to discover and book the perfect table every time they dine. If the conversion is down that is directly impacting the problem that OpenTable is trying to solve. Big boulder reason why conversion can drop a. Number of reservations are down b. The supply on open table app has gone down causing more number of customers to bounce from the App I will do a"See full answer

Anonymous Pelican - "Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area. Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product? Assume: Charity function built within Facebook. Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

Exponent - "This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. > I remember that - it made huge headlines around late 2019. I definitely think there are a few solid reasons why your team may have made this acquisition, for example:Incentivize retailers to use PayPal > Leverage PayPal tech resources to grow Honey > O"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Diagnosis problem. We've gone over diagnosis problems in the past, but most are centered around usage. Even though this is about retention - do not be alarmed. We can still follow the TROPIC method to create a plan to thoroughly diagnose the issue: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization **Establish a theory of proba"See full answer

Adegnika O. - "It was a Finetech product to help people remove credit card limited balance issue. The product is design especially for business man who usually use they credit card to make purchase or big transaction. Problem Credit card have a limit amont of money they can support. it is very difficult to handle situation where people want to make a transaction that goes beyond their supported credit card balance. Having many credit card is not easy to manage and go to trip with a huge amont of money i"See full answer

PTL - "Clarify the default pick up location/pin feature - I'm assuming it lets you define a location in settings that is used for pickups unless you over ride it. this is a rider feature. It is not used by the driver to specify where they want to pick up riders Feature goal Make it simpler for the user to book a ride as they no longer need to type in an address when going to the default location User Journey assuming they have already set the default location they open the app cl"See full answer

Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "Improving the parking experience as a Google Maps PM is a challenging and interesting task that requires understanding the user needs, pain points, and goals. Here are some of my ideas for how to improve the parking experience on Google Maps: Provide real-time parking availability and prices: One of the main challenges for drivers is finding a parking spot that is available, convenient, and affordable. Google Maps could use data from various sources, such as sensors, cameras, or crowdsourc"See full answer

Xash C. - "This one is a great example of Build, Borrow, or Buy strategy framework (http://www.build-borrow-buy.com/build-borrow-or-buy-in-practice/) - explore and evaluate three different approaches: organic growth and building a product from scratch (e.g. Amazon building its own Amazon Restaurants service), partnering with an existing provider (e.g. enterprise-level partnership with Instacart or Lyft), or acquisition growth (e.g. Uber acquiring Postmates). Evaluate which approach makes sense for the com"See full answer

Cody M. - "Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? (Pretend you're on stage to unveil this to us.) Q2: How does this fit into the Google ecosystem? Q3: Estimate how many units you will sell in the first year in the US. (Q4: Also asked about pricing.) Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? Clarifying Questions: Clarifying question: Hardware is a very broa"See full answer