Top Product Manager Interview Questions

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

Bhagya D. - "Situation: Narrated about a time when the decision favored the most important customer, but appeared to be at the cost of diluting my own company's brand value. Context: Provided additional context around why the ask from the customer is very critical for the customer. And why my leadership wasn't ready to jump on the gun as it was cannibalistic to our brand value. Response: I used data to explain why it is not going to be a big blow to our brand value. Used a counter metric to show that we h"See full answer

Varun J. - "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers! Expected Outcome: Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want? Features: What features will you build? Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version? After you have decided on the MVP: Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker? Design: How does your new fea"See full answer

Madhur K. - "I have worked with ML when I was a PM for Customer Due Diligence and it required recalibration to improve the matching logic (for screening and Proof of business matching with Google) and threshold analysis. In this scenario we had to extract past True positive, False positive decisions from operations and run threshold analysis to come up with a new threshold to match better and remove the noise i.e. False positives. Taking this new threshold for matching, the ML algorithm is receiving feedback"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

K D. - "Clarifying: How many national resources? For example is this a country with a lot of natural resources or very few we want to preserve? How are the other countries? Is there a lot of conflict around the creation of your country? (We will assume everything is perfect and we have unlimited financial resources) Goals: The two main goals of the product as I can see are preservation and enjoyment. Allowing people to enjoy our natural resources and preserving our natural resources. User seg"See full answer

Jack F. - "One feature I launched was a construction draw process enhancement for loans ranging from $15MM to $60MM In response to the need for improved efficiency and accuracy in managing construction loan disbursements, I led the development and implementation of a streamlined process within our banking platform. Working closely with stakeholders, including borrowers and internal teams, I gathered requirements and identified pain points in the existing process. Leveraging my expertise in data analysis a"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

Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"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