Product Strategy Interview Questions

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  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 

    "Value of Moving All Customers to the Mobile App Full Monitoring of User Behavior Gain deeper insights into customer preferences and habits. Use data analytics to identify trends, predict needs, and offer personalized solutions. Better Engagement Provide a more interactive and engaging experience compared to traditional channels. Enable gamification, personalized notifications, and targeted campaigns to keep users active. Enhanced Direct Interaction _Leverage"

    Hidayat E. - "Value of Moving All Customers to the Mobile App Full Monitoring of User Behavior Gain deeper insights into customer preferences and habits. Use data analytics to identify trends, predict needs, and offer personalized solutions. Better Engagement Provide a more interactive and engaging experience compared to traditional channels. Enable gamification, personalized notifications, and targeted campaigns to keep users active. Enhanced Direct Interaction _Leverage"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"

    Aekagra S. - "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."

    Meagan R. - "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "tried my best"

    Megha S. - "tried my best"See full answer

    BizOps & Strategy
    Product Strategy
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps: 1. Understand the problem deeply: I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."

    Aniruddha N. - "To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps: 1. Understand the problem deeply: I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "The traffic congestion is said to be messedup by vehichles on road.While technically it is said to be a server issue or any other.By using some advanced tech I go to solve that."

    Dheeraj sai P. - "The traffic congestion is said to be messedup by vehichles on road.While technically it is said to be a server issue or any other.By using some advanced tech I go to solve that."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +9

    "First of all, I’d like to identify what is Google’s business model and Google’s presence in the emerging market. I can categorize 3 main buckets. Consumer, developer, enterprise business. Google mainly offers a free Android OS platform and several services; such as Gmail, Google Map, Youtube, and Search engine for consumers business. The consumer can use those free services in exchange for providing data. That is the main hook for the ads revenues. For the developer’s segment, Google provides"

    Takashi M. - "First of all, I’d like to identify what is Google’s business model and Google’s presence in the emerging market. I can categorize 3 main buckets. Consumer, developer, enterprise business. Google mainly offers a free Android OS platform and several services; such as Gmail, Google Map, Youtube, and Search engine for consumers business. The consumer can use those free services in exchange for providing data. That is the main hook for the ads revenues. For the developer’s segment, Google provides"See full answer

    BizOps & Strategy
    Product Strategy
  • "The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos. Why? This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization. Supporting Metrics: User Engagement: Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends. "

    Brandy L. - "The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos. Why? This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization. Supporting Metrics: User Engagement: Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends. "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • "Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective) Pixel The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software? Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas Best Compared to other related phones on the market? And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years. Best means comparing to other phones out there. Market Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"

    Kirubel D. - "Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective) Pixel The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software? Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas Best Compared to other related phones on the market? And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years. Best means comparing to other phones out there. Market Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • " why do we want to improve the DMV? we’re a startup and we want to improve the experience at the DMV what is the DMV? my assumption is that this is for the US only, and is the department of motor vehicles. and this is where folks go to get IDs, register their cars, etc. is that correct or am I missing anything about what the DMV is? is there a timeframe to launch? are there any other constraints that I should be aware of? context: what is the DMV - the DMV is a something of a"

    Elle Z. - " why do we want to improve the DMV? we’re a startup and we want to improve the experience at the DMV what is the DMV? my assumption is that this is for the US only, and is the department of motor vehicles. and this is where folks go to get IDs, register their cars, etc. is that correct or am I missing anything about what the DMV is? is there a timeframe to launch? are there any other constraints that I should be aware of? context: what is the DMV - the DMV is a something of a"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"

    onering2ruleall - "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +9

    "By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music. First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here. Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime. In"

    Priyansh J. - "By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music. First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here. Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime. In"See full answer

    Product Strategy
    Program Sense
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    +2

    "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"

    Adaneir W. - "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Coinbase logoAsked at Coinbase 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • "Clarifying questions 1/ Any other products in VC portfolio I need to be aware of - "no" 2/ Market focus? - "no" Started off by stating database marketing 1/ SQL 2/ NoSQL Data models mostly relational Database trends 1/ Vector databases 2/ Growth in cloud / fully managed databases 3/ Multi cloud is important to avoid vendor lock in Ultimately Price/performance is king Competition 1/ Large cloud providers - AWS/GCP/Azure 2/ Legacy databases - Oracle/SQL Server 3/ Niche players - Vitess, Coc"

    Glados - "Clarifying questions 1/ Any other products in VC portfolio I need to be aware of - "no" 2/ Market focus? - "no" Started off by stating database marketing 1/ SQL 2/ NoSQL Data models mostly relational Database trends 1/ Vector databases 2/ Growth in cloud / fully managed databases 3/ Multi cloud is important to avoid vendor lock in Ultimately Price/performance is king Competition 1/ Large cloud providers - AWS/GCP/Azure 2/ Legacy databases - Oracle/SQL Server 3/ Niche players - Vitess, Coc"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 

    "Clarifying Questions Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve? Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop? Interviewer : Platform independent Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point? Interviewer : Not yet Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries? Interviewer : Yes Candidate : A"

    Sneha S. - "Clarifying Questions Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve? Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop? Interviewer : Platform independent Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point? Interviewer : Not yet Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries? Interviewer : Yes Candidate : A"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Video answer for 'What is your strategy for the go-to-market of a rug business?'
    +2

    "This interviewee had a decent framework but the specifics weren't impressive. I wouldn't post this as an example and would appreciate if you could replace this video."

    Anonymous Deer - "This interviewee had a decent framework but the specifics weren't impressive. I wouldn't post this as an example and would appreciate if you could replace this video."See full answer

    Product Strategy
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