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  • Gameberry Labs logoAsked at Gameberry Labs 
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    Product Manager
    App Critique
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Behavioral
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  • Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Opentext logoAsked at Opentext 
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    "Clarification Questions Who are we? An independent startup trying to enter Why do we want to do this Constraints What kind of app do we have in mind, a library kind of app with subscriptions to a book Goal Help users read more by giving them a subscription model for a hard copy of book User acquisition Users Demographics - Kids, Teenagers, Young Adults, Old Adults, Oldies Profession - Working professionals, Stay at Home Reading - no, medium, avid Journey Get to know of a book -> Bu"

    Namrata L. - "Clarification Questions Who are we? An independent startup trying to enter Why do we want to do this Constraints What kind of app do we have in mind, a library kind of app with subscriptions to a book Goal Help users read more by giving them a subscription model for a hard copy of book User acquisition Users Demographics - Kids, Teenagers, Young Adults, Old Adults, Oldies Profession - Working professionals, Stay at Home Reading - no, medium, avid Journey Get to know of a book -> Bu"See full answer

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    Product Design
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  • Snap logoAsked at Snap 
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    "Make it easier for creators to create content by introducing easier to use tools such as : video editor, filters, audio/video mixing using different layover speeds. This would encourage new creators to jump onto the spotlight bandwagon. Make it easier for consumers of spotlight content to search relevant content that they would find entertaining and keep coming back for. Build recommendation algorithms that suggests content that users are likely to enjoy based on their view /engagement his"

    Ozark - "Make it easier for creators to create content by introducing easier to use tools such as : video editor, filters, audio/video mixing using different layover speeds. This would encourage new creators to jump onto the spotlight bandwagon. Make it easier for consumers of spotlight content to search relevant content that they would find entertaining and keep coming back for. Build recommendation algorithms that suggests content that users are likely to enjoy based on their view /engagement his"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Mobile.de logoAsked at Mobile.de 
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    "DAU and MAU: The number of active users daily and monthly to gauge the content recommended on the home page. Bounce Rate: The percentage of users who navigate away from the site after viewing only the home page. Number of Signups: The number of users who signup after seeing the content on the homepage leading to lower CAC. "

    Medha A. - "DAU and MAU: The number of active users daily and monthly to gauge the content recommended on the home page. Bounce Rate: The percentage of users who navigate away from the site after viewing only the home page. Number of Signups: The number of users who signup after seeing the content on the homepage leading to lower CAC. "See full answer

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    Analytical
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  • "If I launched a feature users love but that isn't driving business value, I'd first validate whether we're measuring the right metrics — then systematically test monetization paths before deciding to scale, pivot, or kill it. Step 1: Diagnose the Gap I'd start by understanding why engagement isn't translating to business impact. The problem usually falls into one of three categories: Wrong user segment: The feature attracts users who don't convert or have low lifetime value **Mis"

    Varun G. - "If I launched a feature users love but that isn't driving business value, I'd first validate whether we're measuring the right metrics — then systematically test monetization paths before deciding to scale, pivot, or kill it. Step 1: Diagnose the Gap I'd start by understanding why engagement isn't translating to business impact. The problem usually falls into one of three categories: Wrong user segment: The feature attracts users who don't convert or have low lifetime value **Mis"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Spotify logoAsked at Spotify 
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    "This is another 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"

    Exponent - "This is another 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"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "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 -"

    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

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    Product Design
  • "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
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    "I would use the following metrics Penetration of the ads with respect to a benchmark already known Click through rate of the ads, and compare it against our major target market. Average view time(if a video ad) over the course of the ad. The revenue increase after the ad went online."

    Kheerthivasan I. - "I would use the following metrics Penetration of the ads with respect to a benchmark already known Click through rate of the ads, and compare it against our major target market. Average view time(if a video ad) over the course of the ad. The revenue increase after the ad went online."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Discord logoAsked at Discord 
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    "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"

    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

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    Technical
  • TuSimple logoAsked at TuSimple 
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    "Asked clarifying questions about any constraints. Defined how the product with functions. Created a price for the product. Defined the user segments and why they might use this product. Prioritized one user persona. Listed down the user's needs and based on that started with the features of the time machine. I couldn't go further because of time constraints."

    Sukarma P. - "Asked clarifying questions about any constraints. Defined how the product with functions. Created a price for the product. Defined the user segments and why they might use this product. Prioritized one user persona. Listed down the user's needs and based on that started with the features of the time machine. I couldn't go further because of time constraints."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Clarifications: Is it passenger/cargo/defense Answer: Passenger Is it direct or stops included - Direct Last I read London had 80 M passengers annually Per month - 6.7 M Per Day - 220 K Assumption here - London is a hub and it has flights to all continents. Assumptions are the split below Flights to Europe -- 30% Flights to USA -- 20% Flights to Asia -- 30% Flights to Africa -- 10% Flights to Australia -- 10% Dubai is part of Asia - 30% of 220 K is 66K Within Asia - Passeng"

    Ramesh Y. - "Clarifications: Is it passenger/cargo/defense Answer: Passenger Is it direct or stops included - Direct Last I read London had 80 M passengers annually Per month - 6.7 M Per Day - 220 K Assumption here - London is a hub and it has flights to all continents. Assumptions are the split below Flights to Europe -- 30% Flights to USA -- 20% Flights to Asia -- 30% Flights to Africa -- 10% Flights to Australia -- 10% Dubai is part of Asia - 30% of 220 K is 66K Within Asia - Passeng"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Coinbase logoAsked at Coinbase 
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    "First, let's align the Airbnb homepage with Airbnb's mission. Airbnb's mission is to "create a world where anyone can belong anywhere by providing healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable." The homepage serves as the primary entry point for both potential guests and hosts, setting the stage for their journey and embodying this mission. Now, for the goals of Airbnb homepage, we can consider different aspects like awareness, engagement, and ultimately, driving bo"

    Rohit K. - "First, let's align the Airbnb homepage with Airbnb's mission. Airbnb's mission is to "create a world where anyone can belong anywhere by providing healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable." The homepage serves as the primary entry point for both potential guests and hosts, setting the stage for their journey and embodying this mission. Now, for the goals of Airbnb homepage, we can consider different aspects like awareness, engagement, and ultimately, driving bo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "I have not been at SFO airport but if it would have been a similar busy airport like Mumbai Airport I would use the following approach. Re-iterating the question: We are interested in improving the experience for users who drop their cars in airport parking. The experience in question starts from the moment they enter the parking area till the time they board the plane. Core metrics that define the experience for users: Time taken to board the flight from the time I reached at the parking z"

    Anubhav A. - "I have not been at SFO airport but if it would have been a similar busy airport like Mumbai Airport I would use the following approach. Re-iterating the question: We are interested in improving the experience for users who drop their cars in airport parking. The experience in question starts from the moment they enter the parking area till the time they board the plane. Core metrics that define the experience for users: Time taken to board the flight from the time I reached at the parking z"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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