Product Manager Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > That's a great question. There are three main reasons why I want to work at Facebook:Building a product I use > Interesting product problems > Meeting smart"See full answer

Exponent - "This question is quite straightforward. The key to this is to be concise and specific. > An endpoint is essentially the destination of an API call. The endpoint returns specific data depending on which endpoint was called. An example of a POST request is when a user signs up or logs in. Some data is posted and validated on the server (like a login email and password). An example of a GET request is when viewing another user's page. There's likely an endpoint that gets data like the person's name"See full answer

Gal B. - "1. Clarifying Questions Before setting up metrics, I’d ask the following questions to clarify the scope and context of the product: What types of insights does the app provide? Are they focused on engagement (e.g., active users, message trends), security (e.g., flagged messages, compliance risks), or operational efficiency (e.g., team performance, usage patterns)? Who are the admins? Are they IT administrators, department leads, or HR managers? Their specific roles may define"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

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

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 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 - "You should be able to identify this as a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Below are some reasons why Instagram may have removed the like count. > That's a great question. I think there are three core reasons for why Instagram removed the like count. Specifically I'd say these are the reasons in order of importance:To increase posting engagement > To improve perception and generate goodwill > Move attention to other features > I'll go in"See full answer

Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question with a slight twist. We have to both pick the product we're planning to improve, and offer at least three improvements. 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 Before we beg"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 one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > That's a great question. There are three main reasons why I want to work on Oculus:Shaping a generation > Interesting product problems > Mentorship > I'll g"See full answer

Exponent - "Let's first identify the type of problem we're solving. This is an Improve a product question. Let's go over the Improve a Product formula once more: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Okay great. Now that we have the formula, it's time to execute on it! Ask clarifying questions Before we start iden"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