Product Manager Interview Questions

Devi K. - "Best resource with whom I have worked in the past was Head of Design. The best attributes were, he was not only a great craftsman when it came to Design details or understanding user needs, but was super quick to understand business challenges."See full answer

Leena M. - "For a fully autonomous car, the car interior is the core of the customer experience since the customer focus is inside of car, not outside of the car. To make this experience superior, we need to consider the aspects that contribute to this- from the perspective of features and quality. Features would include (1) Seating: ample leg room, flexible seating, reclining; massage, heat on seats. (2)Storage: Cup holders- for hot/cold beverages, flexible tilt-able table top for laptop/Ipad display; (3)"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

Ankita V. - "As a PM at google, If I found a glowing magic relic to accurately predict weather, I would like to explore its functions and properties to integrate with multiple google products such as weather, maps or even google home I would go and find out how this works- assume that this tennis ball sized aritfact is able to accurately predict weather forecast for next 30 days for all geaographies, inside and outside temperature and is quite accurate i would shorlist usecases where this could be made appl"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a 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 As"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 think there's three major ways Uber was impacted:Hiring uncertainty > A focus on Eats > Assisting local restaurants > Hiring uncertainty > I think one of the major ways Uber, and any tech business, was affected is in hiring new talent. I've hea"See full answer

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions you should expect in any interview. For this behavioral question in particular, we like to break things down into two parts: Listing the weakness How you're actively trying to improve For this solution, let's say our biggest weakness is being too detail oriented. Here's one potential way to answer this question: > My biggest challenge is I sometimes am too detail oriented that I miss the forest from the trees. This can cause me to go down rabbit"See full answer