Product Manager Interview Questions

RockyBalboa - "Clarifying question(s): what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ? Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account? Which personas are likely to be targeted: Journalists gathering more information for reporting Doctors and SMEs Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment Pharmaceuticals orga"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

José N. - "My clarifying questions : what's the impact of the bug ? / responses : intermittent, no platform stability at risk, but a feature, many customer rely on this buggy feature what's the estimation of the user impacted ? / responses : 65% of the users how long to figure out a solution ? / reponses : 1 week My action plan : delay the publish of the release in order to protect the brand identity and customer trust talk to the big customer to explain the situation with transparency and nego"See full answer

Preethi R. - "A peer-to-peer car rental is a 2-sided marketplace, with two types of users : 1) those who want to rent a car (demand), 2) those looking to rent out their car (supply). So, there are two main challenges for us to solve for through our MVP: 1) the classic (critical mass) marketplace problem of ensuring enough demand and supply. Either side will not find the product useful unless, there is enough of the other group of users, 2) In the case of peer-to-peer car rental, we are also trying to change u"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Physical car garage or some app? 1 garage or a chain? Where is it located? (if highway then user seg to be focussed would change) (rn consider a residential area) Objective/ constraints? - majorly revenue i.e. #users * rev/user (acquire more users) Is there some issue and we are trying to address that via features or we just need features to improve the overall user experience? basic idea of garage: Car issue - drop it to garage/ sometimes pickup service - repair time -"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Be concise and to the point. > The underlying theme I can see in these services is that they all encourage people to start online businesses. This helps Stripe since their main product is the ability to handle online transactions. Stripe takes a percentage fee from each transaction, so it's in their best interest to encourage the growth of internet-enabled busines"See full answer

UoP - "What goals would you set for Reels recommendation engine? Clarification: Is this Reels on Instagram, FB? Which ones do you mean? -Instagram What does this feature cover- Reels recommendation engine- showcases a new video to the user when tapped User can Like, comment , add reel to the story, remix this reel, save, report, not interested Why is this done? Competition from Tiktok : Make Reels appealing to Meta userbase so that Meta doesn't lose users, creators, brands to TikTok Mission "See full answer

Priya J. - "User groups - Elderly People People with physical disabilities Blind people Hikers The cane required for each group is different. Elderly and People with physical disabilities are using it for support, and hence their cane has to be more stable and static. The cane for blind people is very lightweight because they use it to find any hurdle on their way The cane for hikers is mostly for support but lightweight because they cannot carry heavyweights cane while hiking. Thinking about the blind"See full answer

Madeline S. - "I like Spotify, because Spotify has a social element and an element of community that other music apps do not. The ability to see what friends are listening to, make playlists/jams with friends, and enjoy the "wrapped" at the end of the year (which is also an incredible social sharing tactic), is what sets it apart from other apps."See full answer

Rahul S. - "I have a 10 years experience"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

Utsav M. - "reduce lag time and latency. people joining at a given time for adoption."See full answer