Product Manager Interview Questions

Caroline V. - "The answer likely depends on the objective, so I started out with what we were seeking to accomplish. Are we trying to eliminate under-utilized bills, save paper, reduce forgery, or something else? Establishing this focus enables you to dive deeper on the solution."See full answer

Joohi M. - "Drew the following framework - Maturity of the tech (if it is too mature then consider buying), Competitors (how many, when are they launching this new tech etc.), Market Share of competitors, Financial considerations (build vs buy NVP), Collaborators for this tech, Economic Climate (Anti-trust, crisis etc.)"See full answer

S S. - "Seamless user experience Consistent UI Data mapping Technical architecture of the 2 platforms and their compatibility API integrations Security and compliance factors to consider, impacting from the integration. Feature parity — to carry over features, enhance features, drop features etc Load testing, performance testing and end-to-end testing post integration"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

Avi P. - "Product management deals with new product development, enhancing existing products, monitoring the performance, planning, forecasting, monetization, pricing, product launch, and marketing of a product. Personally, I would like to improve many aspects of Product management. Try to understand the Product we are developing as much as possible. Brainstorm and think about long term goals and vision for product we are responsible for. Hypothesize the Product vision and value of the product for"See full answer

Ankit C. - "I can use personalised announcement, something like speaking out loud the time in a more sublte way, instead of blaring sound of an alarm. We can put dynamic alarm tune, meaning one type of tune repeats itself only after a certain period of days. That should help the tune in not becoming the noise to the user, and so he doesn't get indifferent to same tune over time. Can add a voice assistant to set the alarm, pre-recorded with a fixed set of voice commands - to avoid reliance on internet. Can"See full answer

Kumar - "I would like to understand more about the problem by asking a few clarifying questions: What do you mean by smart? Is it a digital frame i.e there’s a digital screen in the frame that show’s a photo? Is it connected to internet? Do we have any constraints? Time, Money, Resources, Design? Assumptions I am making before going ahead: It is a frame that can show a photo on a digital screen within the frame The only constraint is that we want to get it to market soon and test if we can g"See full answer

Dinesh K. - "Zomato - Great selection of restaurants to order food from . Google Maps - De facto app to know more about stores , landmarks , traffic . Google Pay - Payments using UPI"See full answer

Product V. - "Clarifying QQ What is the definition of children - Say age 8-13 Are we referring to the writing pen - Ball or fountain - Feel free to make assumption Are we designing for the first time writing experience - Feel free to make an assumption What is the overall goal here - Allow children to experience with pen Any specific country or region - Say International I will take India and then we can design something on the similar lines for the developing world - something that wi"See full answer

Lee F. - "Is this s shuttle service or the standard uber service? Let's assume the latter. First Uber should gather some data. Find cities similar to Bangalore in several measures that Uber already services. Al bring in cities in India that already are services by Uber, if any. With this in hand, do a multifactoral analysis to try and understand the likely demand in Bangalore. That will help the company understand how many drivers it needs to launch with, so that user expectations for service are met. Hir"See full answer