Top Product Manager Interview Questions

RestlessMonk - "Below data was given in a an excel. Data of 6 weeks, at a weekly level of COVID samples collected and tested Age Group, Population size, # tested, # positive, gender My approach: Tried to understand the trend of positivity rate of each group across weeks and cumulative level There is no variation across weeks, and each cohort exhibited similar pattern in all the weeks. So looked at cumulative data of 6 weeks. No clear goal/objective set by the interviewer for vaccine distributio"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. It also provides the interviewer confidence in your ability to think about analytics pre-emptively. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping **"See full answer

Vikas K. - "During a trip to Japan, I encountered a significant language barrier that influenced how I communicated with others. As I didn't speak Japanese fluently, I had to rely on basic phrases and non-verbal communication to interact with locals. This experience made me realize the importance of understanding cultural diversity. Despite the language barrier, I found that people were patient and understanding. They appreciated my efforts to communicate in their language, even if it was limited. This expe"See full answer

Rani Y. - "Design a Fundraising product Clarifying questions : Are we creating this a standalone product or creating this within Meta apps ? Global product ? Lets say global product What is fundraising ? Raising money for cause Why is it imp ? Allows individuals to see bigger changes with small contributios why now? increased social causes, creator economy, or global crises. Want to make it accessible for everyday person rather than limiting to bigger organizations Ties into Metas mission to give"See full answer

Kasturi K. - "What do you mean by smart lock. It is home locking system or digital locks Assuming it refers to home solutions that Google wants to get to build Customers Homeowners/ Rental Hotels Banks Vehicles Shops Each of the customer segments are good. Let’s investigate some of their characteristics Homeowners/ Rental – Huge Market as every urban house has a need. Hotels – Again the need is very high. Affordability is high. Low desirability to change existing set up. Banks – No"See full answer

Brett a M. - "problem clarification how is FB Messenger measured right now?engagement DAU, WAU sessions duration & frequency feature adoption rates cross platform usage with other Meta apps are we talking about feature additions, performance optimization, UI/UX, integrations (on platform or off)? also is there a primary goal or business objective driving this improvement: engagement, retention, monetization, competitive positioning? are we thinking about all 1BB+ users? or a segment? timeframe? looking for"See full answer

Jiin S. - "I would firstly see what's the trend of the sales by monthly, daily, and yearly to see when was the decline started and what happened during that time. I would also look at the sales by different customer or product segmentation to see what segment had the most decline in sales. Then, I would make some hypothesis where like for this age range customers with this product segment had a decline in sales due to XXX and we would increase the sales by YYY with this new feature. Then I would design the"See full answer

Anuradha T. - "What‘s the goal of increasing Spotify’s premium subscribers? - To monetize and get more premium subscribers Users: Target users could potentially fall in 3 categories 1) Users who are interested in paying a premium price for great curated playlists 2) Users who are interested in listening to music but not willing to pay a price Targeting #1 Pain points: 1) As a user I wouldn’t want to subscribe to something w/o being listening to the playlists 2) If I do subscribe I would like to receiv"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

Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a clear Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. One thing to note is the interviewer said "briefly". Be concise and to the point. Here are some good arguments for the Youtube acquisition: > There are a few reasons why Google would want to acquire YouTube. I'll go over a few of the main reasons why I think they went ahead with such a large acquisition. At the time of the YouTube acquisition, Google and You"See full answer

Rajeev K. - "Here's how I'd approach investing that $10 million over the next year and a half. The biggest chunk about $4 million would go straight into our core infrastructure because that's what everything else depends on. We're seeing massive demand for real-time payments, so I'd put $2.5 million into building instant settlement capabilities and integrating with FedNow and RTP rails. The remaining $1.5 million would beef up our platform scalability because we're hitting capacity limits during peak times,"See full answer

Naga M. - "Based on the required significance level (usually less than 5%) and based on the test power (usually 95%?), I will calculate the required sample size. Once I get the sample size, then I will do the A/B testing until I meet the sample size."See full answer