Product Manager Interview Questions

Divya S. - "LinkedIn is a pioneer in the tech industry brining global workforce together. LinkedIn is one of the few companies where you can work on the latest tech stack but also work on meaningful and high impact product problems, processes issues and Customer experiences that I can very well relate with. It a place where people from all over the world can connect, Innovate and celebrate their careers. I feel excited about the opportunity as it fully aligns perfectly with my desire to expand, Connect,"See full answer

Saichitra R. - "Research on the market needs to increase engagement Understand the opportunities Brainstrom along with stakeholders on the features/solutions addressing business problems to achieve the goal provided Validate and rank the features/solutions To be very specific to this My approach would focus on user retention and increased usage frequency. I will strategise the combination of new features, enhancements to existing functionality, and improving user experience while staying align"See full answer

Darshana W. - "Clarification Questions: Can we define and describe office ? my current office ( IT ) , or government offices, starup offices, etc I assume we are desgining a refrigerator for my current office. It is an office with multiple floors with canteen on one of the floors. There is seating arrangement for around 200 - 300 on every floor. Generally there is maximum usage during lunch time and then snacks time since part of us dont have breakfast and dinner in office. Is there any cost limitation"See full answer

Shuvam C. - "Introduce special tickets which will cover a bundle of rides. This will distribute the load over the remaining rides and reduce the queue for the particular ride as all the people will no longer try to avail the same ride simultaneously."See full answer

Gunjit M. - "As a PM, my primary focus is to create business value by creating customer value. For me to prioritize where to use the money, First I need to learn more about this business, I know that this is a non-profit org but a non-profit still operates as a business it’s just that making money is not their focus. Second, I would like to understand where in the value chain for this food bank, is the biggest problem that stops us from helping the customers. A few questions I have to understand the above tw"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

Surbhi G. - "When we collect too much user data or survey responses, we risk creating data overload, which can hinder data analysis by clouding important insights with excessive, unnecessary information. This could make it more difficult to discern meaningful patterns or trends from the data, adding complexity to our data processing tasks and potentially leading to incorrect conclusions or strategies. Furthermore, over-collecting data may compromise users' privacy and trust. If users find out that a company"See full answer

Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question that's quite specific. Here, we're asking to not only improve Slack, but particularly how they allow collaboration on their platform. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions"See full answer

Shraddha P. - "Figured out the blockers Defined objective and goals to acheive Checked other app who have same flow What is the intention that company with which company wants to drive user as they mentioned it has to be order creation, order placement, successful payment, choose delivery and installation. Figured out the flow that user would want to have after each step. Aligned 4&5 and designed wireframes with the help of diagram.io tool which is purely free to use."See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Strategy question, which means finding good reasons for strategic decisions. A few reasons for the GitHub acquisition are listed here. Competition > With the GitHub acquisition comes a lot of data on which companies are getting huge, or which technologies are cutting edge. Microsoft can adopt these technologies faster than others by having a pulse on this. It's also a defensive acquisition, since GitHub belonging to Microsoft means it can't be bought by Facebook or Google"See full answer