Product Manager Interview Questions

Product V. - "Clarifying QQ What do you mean by Smart - Lets say it means its connected Am I the google PM - yes Will we own the hardware part or this will be developed by any vendor/partner - Say vendor on requirements from google Any specific market - USA What is the overall goal - Enter the new market with driving better adoption and enhanced experience through the users Any specific piece of furniture - No you are free to assume Thanks for all the clarifying QQ Lets say for this exa"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. Let's go over one possible solution: > I'll go over three reasons why I think Salesforce made the acquisition, specifically:Fuller data integrations > Preventing a competitive acquisition > Absorb new customers > Fuller data integrations > By adding Tableau"See full answer

Aman R. - "the trends should work in your favour in case the desired outcome is not yet available. Considering an example where you are trying to reduce the number of monthly bug on your system. Target reduction - 50% month on month At the end of the month for 2 consecutive months the reduction is 20 and 25% respectively. Although the concrete or desired results are not achieved, the trend certainly look positive and thereby proves success."See full answer

Anonymous Koala - "Let us define productivity. If there is a change in productivity what will be some of the impacts that can be used to measure if this is true? Finance: Are we meeting the quarterly revenue targets and able to increase our guidance as planned Tech: Are we innovating and introducing new products and services to the market, how does it compare to the historical performance People: Are people taking more days off and how is their average feedback on sentiments Partners/Customers: Who wor"See full answer

Amparo L. - "I would improve the Walmart search function by being more specific on what I’m searching like for example if I’m searching for potato chips I would just type Lays Potato Chips and then click the search button and It will appear a lot of options instead of all other brands."See full answer

Exponent - "This question is a Diagnosis Question. It's used to test your ability to perform root cause analysis (RCA), identify many possible issues, come up with a theory of probable cause, and address how you would solve this issue. A drop in video engagement can signify either a technical issue (the video player is broken) or a product issue (recommendations performing poorly). Let's follow the template for answering Diagnosis Questions: Ask clarifying questions **List potential high level"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - " Adaptability Teamwork Analytical skills Decision-making skills"See full answer

Brody C. - "Honestly, I was a bit all over the place with this one. My structure was: Meta Mission Audiences Thinking about journeys and pain points (TAM + Unmet Needs) Brainstorm solutions Prioritize solutions MVP - Measure of success Risks and tradeoffs The interviewer kept trying to derail the conversation. I chose Group Volunteers (a group of people who want to volunteer together) as the audience, and in hindsight it was a poor choice. Because I chose that over individuals, I couldn't narrow down"See full answer

Prashant R. - "Goal of the pilot deployment: 1) Evaluate if riders would choose self driving cars (SDC) over regular driver operated cars 2) Test SDC performance/efficiency in given area before scaling operations Interviewer liked my goals and asked me to proceed , this is where I got stuck. I wasnt sure if this was an algorithmic based problem or something else and started saying about general issues SDC may have that may impact customer experience such as SDC waiting too long in traffic affecting ETA, SDC"See full answer

Priyanka C. - "Firstly need to check is this service really beneficial or not. And video service provide more realistic perspective about the product so keep it"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Everything mentioned in the question (all devices and how to access them) Reasons why a subscriber might not be using? Forgot that he has a subscription Doesn't like the service and forgot to cancel the subscription Doesn't like service and planning to cancel in next cycle For all 3 cases we need to remind him/her about the service and encourage to use it Awareness - about the service via google nest notifications, smart refreigerator display, chromecats to cast youtube"See full answer

Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 Clarifying Questions Should we look at it worldwide or in the USA only? Should we consider all Slack messages? ones that are sent in business-owned workspaces? ones that are sent in other types of communities? We'll give numbers for this scope: worldwide all messages Approach: Nb of users x Nb messages sent by user per hour x Nb hours worked per day Nb of users: 10M Nb of messages per hour: 10 Nb of hours worked per day: 8 So an"See full answer