Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Jacob C. - "Clarifying Questions: What currently defines profile completion? Does it have to be 100% completion or something like 80% of all available profile attributes. Or is it some specific set of must-have profile attributes like bio, current job, previous experience, etc. May I know some successful things that are helping users complete their profiles today and some unsuccessful ones as well that we tried but did not show lift in profile completion metrics? Goal: Engagement from free u"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

Ozark - "Tiktok should not be banned in the US. It is against the free market ethos of a capitalistic economy like the US. Competition can help other tech companies like Google, Meta and Snap to build better products by incentivizing them to constantly improve and innovate in order to stay ahead of their rivals. In a competitive market, companies must constantly seek to develop new and better products and services in order to attract and retain customers. This can lead to a cycle of innovation, as compa"See full answer

dungeonMaster - "Objective: Migrate from subscription base business revenue model to ads based revenue model. Continue with subscription base revenue model, showcase ads on platform only. (Not in between the content). Continue with subscription base revenue model, showcase ads on platform and in between content. Provide different monthly plans based on with ads or without ads Increase revenue by X% - Decide based on this object what revenue model to accept. Assumption: Netflix wants to continue"See full answer

Rutuja A. - "Lyft is a ride hailing platform where the users can request the rides on the app and the drivers can fulfill the rides based on their availability and willingness Goal: So here we want to design a ride hailing platform for college students for there commute From home to college College -> Home Inside campus Why do we want to concentrate specially on students? Data analysis of existing ride pickup and drop location and time analysis Hypothesis: A good share of rides are originating from"See full answer

Elly P. - "Answer generated using AI plugin: https://github.com/buildforward/product-sense-interview-answer Section 1 — Clarify (~2 min) Before I dive in, I'd like to ask a couple of clarifying questions to make sure I'm solving the right problem. What do we mean by "engaging"? Hashtags can drive discovery, community, creation, or interaction. I'll assume we're focused on making hashtags more engaging for content consumers — increasing the time people spend exploring and interacting with"See full answer

Apurv M. - "Started with the clarifying questions. Then discussed the following with the panel: Goal Users Use Cases Features Priority Metrics to measure the success"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a subscription-based product. This should be relatively easy since most of us are subscribed to at least one of these services. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? **How does this product address these pain points dif"See full answer