Product Manager Execution Interview Questions

Calyan - "Hangouts 100k feedback gave 3* rating, in 2013. What to do next Clarify: Solving for 2013, should disregard changes made (Allo, Gchat, Gmeet) since then? [yes] Is this on any specific platform - App Store or Play store? [both] Consumer or Enterprise [consumer] Problem framing - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mission: org world info., be helpful. Hangouts role in this mission to help users stay connected, exchange info and content (via messages and calls) Biz/ Prod goals Growth/ acq Install ba"See full answer

Niji R. - "General Approach: In a funnel, prospects that dropped off at the very end just before conversion are the ones that were most likely to convert simply because they went through the effort of going through multiple steps to advance to the very end of the funnel. The more the prospects advances through the funnel, better their probability of converting. I'd therefore focus more on reducing drop-offs at the final stages of the funnel for better conversion. Caveats: There are certain use-cases where"See full answer

Amruta P. - "Couple of clarifying questions here before I begin. Is my assumption right that we would like to prioritize requests/features? Do we have any specific constraints to consider before we move ahead. as in resourcing constraints, schedule or budget constraints or should we just factor in as part of our overall approach, if not then General approach for prioritization: Understand the business objectives and see if the features aligns with the business objectives. The features that have the h"See full answer

Yulia D. - "First, I would like to ask some clarifying questions. Are we talking about the business metrics dashboard or health metrics(like response time)? - it is up to you Do I understand right that Netflix is a subscription-based video streaming service for watchers? So I know that they create original content for Netflix, but it is out of the scope of this question. - right My approach will be to: Define the business goal from Netflix’s mission Break down the actions taken by users at each stage of the"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: 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 probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Anna H. - "Clarifying questions: How to define “price” in this interview question? Price is defined as the market value of a crypto asset (bitcoin, Ethereum, tether, BNB etc.). Due to the characteristic of crypto assets which is time-sensitive, is this designed for a particular period of time? 1H, 1D, 1W, 1M, 1Y? No Do we know the target customer segment given geographic location or demographic? Not specific. Is it designed across devices? Mobile app. Assumptions: There are 03 cu"See full answer

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Jack F. - "conduct direct user research through methods such as interviews, surveys, and focus groups to gather qualitative insights into user preferences, pain points, and behaviors. Additionally, I analyze quantitative data from sources like user analytics, feedback metrics, and market research to identify trends and patterns. Collaborating closely with stakeholders, including customers, internal teams, and subject matter experts, further enriches the requirements gathering process by incorporating diver"See full answer

Aimable - "Clarifying question: Is there a goal that we have in mind? Fb mission: empower people to create community and bring the world closer together IG shops as I understand are the marketplace on IG, where users can view items listed for sale by creators/businesses and also search for specific items or categories. Users can actually buy through shops instead of getting navigated to the original business website. IG shop goals: Businesses continue to face the challenges of selling onli"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Netflix is an OTT service that gives users access to media like movies, documentaries, tv shows etc. Netflix has a subscriber based business model where the revenue is a function of # of users, lifetime of user, and fee charged per user per month. The home page of a user contains titles across various genres that Netflix thinks the user is most likely to watch. This like of titles is generated using an ML algorithm that is trained with user's past behaviour: their preferences, likes dislikes e"See full answer

Varun J. - "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers! Expected Outcome: Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want? Features: What features will you build? Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version? After you have decided on the MVP: Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more"See full answer

Shashi R. - "How do you define Retention? Let’s assume a user comes back tomorrow and scroll for a 10s or so Do we mean to improve the daily retention or weekly/monthly retention? Take a call I think we should look at the weekly retention as checking LinkedIn daily could be a cumbersome task for some and daily retention data may have frequent fluctuations due to several reasons such as professionals are too busy to check LinkedIn on a daily basis Has retention dropped recently, or do we just need to"See full answer

Roy C. - "Note: This is my answer that I generated loosely while I was practicing this question. I didnt want to go down the product design framework as this is more of an execution question, so I came up with my own zombified framework to focus more on strategy + execution. Open to feedback on my answer - understand its not the most perfect! Question: How would I launch a digital library product as a Google PM Clarifications: Standalone product? : standalone Region specific: No (up to me) Goa"See full answer

Danyal R. - "Clarify the Issue: Begin by asking for more context about the specific issue they're referring to. This demonstrates your ability to gather information and make sure you have a clear understanding of the problem at hand. Assumption: biggest issue is decrease in north start metric: # of bookings Prioritize and Define Goals: Once you have a clear understanding of the issue, outline the goals you'd like to achieve in solving it. Increasing booking conversions, reducing friction in the bo"See full answer

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

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