Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Tony A. - "Get alignment with interviewer on how Gen AI works, then talk about the automotive space with value chain analysis on high level: 1. Design the automobile 2. Source components 3 assemble 4. Market 5. sell to customer 6 vehicle operation and maintenance. Competition: Hyper competitive industry with ~10 big manufacturers in the world. Trends: EV, Self-driving Potential Goals for the Automotive company Gen AI use case: Gain market share by offering Gen AI driven value to its customers Bi"See full answer

Vishnu G. - "This is a classic strategic dilemma, but the answer for Walmart, given its core business model and strengths, is quite clear: Invest in boosting dish soap production. Here's why: Proven Success: Dish soap is Walmart's top product with strong, established sales. Scaling leverages existing, efficient supply chains and customer demand. Core Competency: Walmart excels at high-volume, low-margin household goods. This aligns perfectly with their business model and customer base. **L"See full answer

Priyanka A. - "I will sit with the client to understand the requirement and priority. On the basis of the priority I will make a sprint plan with team where I will focus on the high priority items first. once sprint plan is done I will distribute roles and responsibility. In daily stand ups I will make sure about ant obstacle team is facing. Regularly check the backlog. I will check the project health daily using JIRA. If everything is going as planned I will release the first increment in"See full answer

Hiro L. - "Clarification : Criteria: User Journey Potential Use Case: Pain Points: Possible Solutions Tradeoff: Metrices:"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Strategy question, which means finding good reasons for strategic decisions. A few reasons for the GitHub acquisition are listed here. Competition > With the GitHub acquisition comes a lot of data on which companies are getting huge, or which technologies are cutting edge. Microsoft can adopt these technologies faster than others by having a pulse on this. It's also a defensive acquisition, since GitHub belonging to Microsoft means it can't be bought by Facebook or Google"See full answer

Rahul J. - "YouTube is a platform that lets users upload self generated content that's available for all other users to view, globally. It has a freemium model where unpaid users can watch unlimited content. However, the paid users get additional features that enhance the viewing experience. YouTube would like to move the unpaid users to a paid subscription model as it ensures higher ARPU for YT and gives users incentive to repeated come back to the platform to watch content. **Ways to increase conversion"See full answer

Devi K. - "Best resource with whom I have worked in the past was Head of Design. The best attributes were, he was not only a great craftsman when it came to Design details or understanding user needs, but was super quick to understand business challenges."See full answer

Esteban G. - "Mentioned that business category will not be back to previous COVID levels as a result of a systematic shift in the way business is now conducted via zoon calls. Exposed poor customer service and online booking experience as a focus of "things to fix" to improve bookings Suggested to shift (upgrade) the leisure customer segment into the luxury travel experience which was previously the choice of business class. Prioritized fixing customer service digital experience as it is the central spi"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your equat"See full answer