Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > There's definitely a lot we could talk about, but I'll try to stay as focused as possible and talk about the three biggest ways it could have affected HelloFresh the most. Fulfillment Issues from Rapid Growth > I first imagine that HelloFresh expe"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > I'll list the three biggest ways I think COVID-19 affected Amazon. Fulfillment Issues > I imagine Amazon is getting much more volume of sales then they were previously. Although Amazon had a lot of sales before, quarantine has caused many people t"See full answer

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

Exponent - "This is a classic Favorite Product question with a constrained product type. For this, we want to make sure it's an enterprise product. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before diving in: 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 would you improve it/make it better? **Su"See full answer

Anonymous Partridge - "Used the below framework: Assumptions Vision Goal User Persona Use Cases Product Roadmap with prioritization Metrics References"See full answer

Indranil G. - "German autobahns are the highways and not city rode. We need to break down the issue into multiple stages. Let's say for the first stage we need to identify the road density. oad density is a very rough guess. Break down the problem further into city road density and non-city road density, and estimating the rough land mass of both. We came to 1km road / square km in non-cities road density , 3.4 million square miles of non-city, that bring us total (3.4 million *1)km - 3400,000 km of road we"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Measure Success question with a slight twist. The twist here is we need to consider a hypothetical product rather that one already built. This changes our formula slightly - specifically we may not be able to apply a UX flow to drive analysis since we're unsure of the implementation. Instead, we'll look at core behaviors that are indicative of success. Here's the modified formula: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature **Apply a UX flow to drive a"See full answer

Anonymous Kingfisher - "Let's say you are given a use case where Github's co-pilot introduces an inline citation feature (which basically gives you insights into a given code - mentioning the functions and related components for the selected code). How will you market this feature? To make users aware, what would the campaign proposal look like for both existing and new users? How would you measure the success of this product? What are some ways you'd try to market it?"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer