Product Manager Interview Questions

Bhargava Y. - "Clarifying questions Scope this down to borrowing and lending within US Scope this down to just money and not other assets (crypto, gold etc.) Scope this down to Facebook/Instagram app and not website etc. Is this peer to peer lending? Or lending from financial institutions etc.? (Scope to peer to peer lending as that connects more with the mission). Lending for small business needs, etc. are scoped out for simplicity **Mission Statement and how it is connected to this product ide"See full answer

Agni W. - "Interesting questions. Thank you for asking it. S: Suppose I want to add notifications service to an app that provides user directed content, that is is dependent on user's past preferences T: if you ask me for a prototype, then I would use API gateway/ LB, Lambda, storage in SQL and No SQL both, have caches. later we could use CDN, have EC2 instances to run the app. We could deploy Kafka pipeline also. Create notification service on the existing app. - that will be a micro service A: Since"See full answer

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

Swetha C. - "Situation: As a product manager I used to manage more than 10+ products in my product portfolio that are completely internal facing. During Quarterly Business reviews one of our customer was doing a walk through of their business flow - how they use all my products and gather the data they need from them and do connection of the data (Downloading the data from every product individually and connecting the data from one product to another). It made we realize that this is very time consumi"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 is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope early on s"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Problem statement The water heater can currently be controlled only physically i.e. the user must be present infront of the heater to manage it. Key value proposition The user must be able to control the water heater remotely using an app (preferably via their mobile phone) Target geo: USA, OS: both Android and iOS, Form factor: Mobile Target market Water heaters are used by everyone who lives in an area experiencing temperatures < 20 degree Celsius. The user uses the water heater eve"See full answer

Rohit K. - "Clarifying scope : This is a feature on top of existing swiggy app to deliver prepared food for health-conscious people Clarify the term health conscious : Calory counters Macro trackers : Need balance of carb, protein, fat etc. Fresh Eaters :Need fresh ingredients Allergic due to some ingredient Ill people There can be various user personas along with respective pain points are: 1) Gym goers : No way to count the calories or track macro intakes in a swiggy order 2) Fresh eaters : Lack"See full answer

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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

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking an e-commerce store. This should be relatively easy since we use e-commerce stores every day. 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 differently and better? **How wo"See full answer