Product Manager Interview Questions

Rev - "Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement) Age: 0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents) 5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day) 52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs 15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins) 30 x 8 ="See full answer

Coco H. - "These works often aren't comparable, so that I'd use a balanced portfolio of 20%-30% engineering needs and 70%-80% user needs to satisfy both sides. However, this is only a starting point, if engineering requests more than this baseline then I would use ROI to prioritize."See full answer

Soso K. - "Clarification: This is only for Facebook and not for Instagram, whatsapp etc. Facebook Hashtag helps Meta users to drive visibility into user posts as well as help categorize a post, feeling to what others in the community might be feeling. This helps bring the community together and that aligns with the mission of Facebook, which is to bring the world closer. This feature is also not a new feature in overall social media landscape, Twitter did it before and gained instant popularity. Wit"See full answer

Navtej S. - "How could that act as a age deterrent?"See full answer

Rudra pratap S. - "Install was sudden or gradual. Let’s we are seeing it from last month. It it happening in any particular country or location? Let’s say india only. Have we seen any bad PR issues from our competitors? Let’s say no. Have we launched any new song from any famous singer in the last month? Let’s say no. Only installs are increased or free to premium conversion is also increased. Let’s say yes we have seen increase in free to premium conversion also. Have we launched any new market campaign with extr"See full answer

Andrea M. - "Asked clarifying questions to understand why we want to do this. Said building is too labor intensive and AirBnB has years of experience in this. Said buying a company is probably too expensive and doesn't address why we're doing this to begin with. I said partnering with a travel company might be the best move."See full answer

Shashank S. - "I recall a frustrating experience I had with a traditional, non-digital alarm clock. As a Product Manager, I'm always thinking about how products can be improved, and this experience stuck with me. It was a few years ago, and I was traveling for work. I had an early flight to catch, and I relied on the alarm clock in my hotel room to wake me up on time. However, the clock was an old, analog model with tiny buttons and a confusing interface. I struggled to set the alarm, and even when I thought I"See full answer

Rajeev K. - "I’ve spent over 6 years building and scaling e-commerce products across EMEA and APAC. At Jumia, I led product initiatives on the checkout and payments side. For example, I launched gamified promotions on PDP and checkout that improved engagement and delivered a 2.3x uplift in conversion. I also introduced automated installment payments and order cancellation flows, which not only improved user trust but also reduced complaints by 30% and lowered operational costs. Before that, at Lazada, I work"See full answer

Y C. - "Clarifying questions Financial savviness is it related means Digital wallet Prudent Spending habits Intuitive savings Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful Geographical or any other constraint Product goal - This is in total alignment with Google's mission as it is trying to provide the consumers their financial information and making it useful. Engagement User personas Students Millennials Professionals -"See full answer

Anonymous Moose - "Clarifying Questions: Why does Meta want to build this product ? {Aligns with Meta's mission of connecting people} What's the goal ? Does Meta want to monetise this initiative in any way? {It wants to increase the total number of users using this platform and then in the mid-term increase engagement} User Groups: Young (20-40), tech-savvy working professional; seeking doctor consultation for self, friends and family members (First) Older mass (50+), seeking frequent and accessible doct"See full answer

Rani D. - "Whenever you look at the launching a new product you might want to follow the following framework: Describe the product for e.g. you are considering launching amazon go. What does Amazon go does. And what is the problem its solving. For e.g Amazon go is a new age grocery store that lets you buy product without the hassle of waiting in long queues for checkout. Always ask clarifying questions to understand the scope. For e.g. what will Amazon go be used for. Are we aiming it for basic grocerie"See full answer

Shashi R. - "Clarification — Need to design an MVP for Booking’s homepage to improve CLV — Objective is to test out things to get more CLV out of our existing or new customers right? yes — apart from this objective, is there anything that I have to keep in mind? nope — is there any preference in user groups or geography or platform? mobile, open to all Cool, I get the gist of it. Improving or increasing CLV is a function of retention & cross-sell. — retention what all things we can build for reten"See full answer