Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Emily T. - "Solution picked: a half software half hardware remote control"See full answer

Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question: board meetings have varying degrees of formality, usually dependent on the size of the company and whether it's publicly-listed or still private. Is there a particular type of board meetings you'd like me to focus on? (Assume interviewer responds with: why don't you design something that's flexible to be used for any type of board meeting and any type of company) Sounds good, I'll leverage my own experience and understandings on how board meetings are run and problems to so"See full answer

Swetha C. - "Situation: As a product manager I used to manage more than 10+ products in my product portfolio that are completely internal facing. During Quarterly Business reviews one of our customer was doing a walk through of their business flow - how they use all my products and gather the data they need from them and do connection of the data (Downloading the data from every product individually and connecting the data from one product to another). It made we realize that this is very time consumi"See full answer

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > Great question! There's so many reasons, but I'll keep it to my top three.Atlassian has some of the most impactful products in the tech space to date, inclu"See full answer

Brody C. - "Honestly, I was a bit all over the place with this one. My structure was: Meta Mission Audiences Thinking about journeys and pain points (TAM + Unmet Needs) Brainstorm solutions Prioritize solutions MVP - Measure of success Risks and tradeoffs The interviewer kept trying to derail the conversation. I chose Group Volunteers (a group of people who want to volunteer together) as the audience, and in hindsight it was a poor choice. Because I chose that over individuals, I couldn't narrow down"See full answer

Vani B. - "Clarifying Questions Before diving in, a few questions to align on scope: Apple Maps is pre-installed on all iPhones and iPads, correct? We're keeping the web channel but focusing on the app? Core use case: navigation, nearby search, traffic, location sharing, place discovery? Are we targeting the US only, and what's the market share goal? Assume answers: Yes to all. Currently 5% share, target 20% in 18 months. 80% owned by Google Maps. Reframing the Problem A 5% → 20% jump i"See full answer

R K. - "Some clarifying questions: Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic. What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"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

Darpan D. - "Clarifying and assumption When we say financial security, are we talking about authentication, fraud detection or money laundering? Assumption: Fraud detection. Focusing specifically on transaction-level fraud. Is this an internal AI implementation or an external third-party service we provide to multiple financial businesses? Assumption: External Third-party AI financial security product. Requirements Need to detect when fraudulent transactions happen. **Detection stra"See full answer

Shuvam C. - "Introduce special tickets which will cover a bundle of rides. This will distribute the load over the remaining rides and reduce the queue for the particular ride as all the people will no longer try to avail the same ride simultaneously."See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

Bhargava Y. - "Clarifying questions Scope this down to borrowing and lending within US Scope this down to just money and not other assets (crypto, gold etc.) Scope this down to Facebook/Instagram app and not website etc. Is this peer to peer lending? Or lending from financial institutions etc.? (Scope to peer to peer lending as that connects more with the mission). Lending for small business needs, etc. are scoped out for simplicity **Mission Statement and how it is connected to this product ide"See full answer