Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Anonymous Muskox - "We will use online prediction instead of batch prediction because we can't compute beforehand. We have to do real-time image processing. For model deployment, we will use the model in service because we would want minimum latency and model in service to make sure that there are local network call rather than remote procedural calls."See full answer

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I solved a problem at my previous company (one of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies). This was an internship and I was coming with almost 2 years of experience and 2 semesters of my graduate program. My experiences have mostly been theoretical or with startups. I've never solved problems at scale. The first week at this team was slow and relaxed, it was just onboarding. The real work started from the 2nd week when I felt like I was pushed into the ocean with n"See full answer

Danyal R. - "Clarify the Issue: Begin by asking for more context about the specific issue they're referring to. This demonstrates your ability to gather information and make sure you have a clear understanding of the problem at hand. Assumption: biggest issue is decrease in north start metric: # of bookings Prioritize and Define Goals: Once you have a clear understanding of the issue, outline the goals you'd like to achieve in solving it. Increasing booking conversions, reducing friction in the bo"See full answer

Ammro H. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by a video conferencing app? Zoom or Messenger? A: More like Zoom Is the app for B2B users or C2C users? A: Dealer's choice What stage is this app at? Early-stage or has been in the market for a while? A: Current Player This question will help decide if you will focus on Adoption or Engagement and retention... Is there a specific market or user group we need to focus on? A: Dealer's choice Is it a paid or free service? A: Both The structure"See full answer

Rohan S. - "Honestly, I would’ve loved something like this when I was younger. I couldn’t wait till the day I was 18 so I could start investing and would read personal finance books on random topics. Clarification Questions Kids is a very broad term, is there a specific age range you had in mind or would you want me to determine that myself? > I will assume that this will start off as an application, and then later can be integrated on a"See full answer

Rahul B. - "Clarifying Questions: Does parking mean a parking area where vehicles have a space to park? - Yes Are we looking at a particular geography? - UK market Roadmap of the answer: I am going to look at different users, their use cases on when they would want to park their vehicle, their pain points, the possible solution for this product, the MVP of the product along with the features and the metrics to be tracked Different User Personas: Private car owners: Park car when they go out for socializing"See full answer

Amit T. - "Question Design a product for P2P borrowing & lending money Clarifications Is this only P2P borrowing/lending or can financial entities participate too? - P2P only Is it to borrow/lend physical cash/digital money/cryptocurrency? - digital fiat money Are we focusing on specific geography? - US What’s the goal of this product? - Retention Are there any resource constraints? - No What’s the timeline to launch MVP? - 6 months FB Mission Empower people to build commun"See full answer

Amit A. - "When I look to join a company, I think of long term association. Hence, I put a lot of focus on the team that I am going to work with, the culture, the value that I will add to the company & the opportunities for me to learn & grow. Microsoft is one of the pioneers in the tech industry touching the lives of many corporate and consumer clients and helping them to achieve more. To answer your question specifically, i would say -: Microsoft will provide me a platform to work with some of the sma"See full answer

Dean S. - "I would determine if it was in line with out company goals and put together a quick analysis of the market for smart phones to talk about in the morning."See full answer