Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

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  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 

    "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"

    Satish murthy D. - "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "I can use personalised announcement, something like speaking out loud the time in a more sublte way, instead of blaring sound of an alarm. We can put dynamic alarm tune, meaning one type of tune repeats itself only after a certain period of days. That should help the tune in not becoming the noise to the user, and so he doesn't get indifferent to same tune over time. Can add a voice assistant to set the alarm, pre-recorded with a fixed set of voice commands - to avoid reliance on internet. Can"

    Ankit C. - "I can use personalised announcement, something like speaking out loud the time in a more sublte way, instead of blaring sound of an alarm. We can put dynamic alarm tune, meaning one type of tune repeats itself only after a certain period of days. That should help the tune in not becoming the noise to the user, and so he doesn't get indifferent to same tune over time. Can add a voice assistant to set the alarm, pre-recorded with a fixed set of voice commands - to avoid reliance on internet. Can"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Goldman Sachs logoAsked at Goldman Sachs 
    +1

    "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"

    Elle M. - "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "Roadblocks or obstacles are common when working on projects. It's essential to navigate them and quickly find solutions to ensure timely delivery and success of your projects. Steps to handle roadblocks or obstacles: Gauge the potential imapct and decide if it's something that needs immediate solution or something that can be handled later. If it needs urgent solutions, try to understand the rootcause of the roadblock or obstacle and dig deep. If it's a already seen problem before, try"

    Anonymous Stork - "Roadblocks or obstacles are common when working on projects. It's essential to navigate them and quickly find solutions to ensure timely delivery and success of your projects. Steps to handle roadblocks or obstacles: Gauge the potential imapct and decide if it's something that needs immediate solution or something that can be handled later. If it needs urgent solutions, try to understand the rootcause of the roadblock or obstacle and dig deep. If it's a already seen problem before, try"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • "Conduct a competitive analysis: Research the competitive landscape to identify gaps and opportunities that your product can capitalize on. Develop a business case: Document the value of your product, including projected growth, expected return on investment, and potential risk factors. Establish partnerships: Develop relationships with key stakeholders and partners who can help provide resources and funding for your product. Secure executive support: Present yo"

    Shivam S. - "Conduct a competitive analysis: Research the competitive landscape to identify gaps and opportunities that your product can capitalize on. Develop a business case: Document the value of your product, including projected growth, expected return on investment, and potential risk factors. Establish partnerships: Develop relationships with key stakeholders and partners who can help provide resources and funding for your product. Secure executive support: Present yo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • " Situation In the derivatives trading domain, timely and accurate data is crucial for making informed trading decisions. Our existing data processing system was facing challenges with latency and scalability, which hindered our ability to react swiftly to market changes. To address these issues, we designed a new real-time market data processing platform. Task The task was to develop a low-latency data processing platform that could handle real-time market data ingestion, processing, an"

    Scott S. - " Situation In the derivatives trading domain, timely and accurate data is crucial for making informed trading decisions. Our existing data processing system was facing challenges with latency and scalability, which hindered our ability to react swiftly to market changes. To address these issues, we designed a new real-time market data processing platform. Task The task was to develop a low-latency data processing platform that could handle real-time market data ingestion, processing, an"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 

    "This is my first attempt. Requesting feedback - Design a bookshelf for the users. I would like to create a framework to solve this problem and follow it. It will have the below sections - Goals User Persona Use Cases Pain Points Features Prioritization Metrics Few clarifying questions - What is the objective of doing this? (User engagement, matching a product that a competition has just launched) What type of industry we are in? (Are we a furniture design company, ar"

    Sandeep B. - "This is my first attempt. Requesting feedback - Design a bookshelf for the users. I would like to create a framework to solve this problem and follow it. It will have the below sections - Goals User Persona Use Cases Pain Points Features Prioritization Metrics Few clarifying questions - What is the objective of doing this? (User engagement, matching a product that a competition has just launched) What type of industry we are in? (Are we a furniture design company, ar"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING ACHIEVING THE IDEA THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA. AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"

    Lea M. - "THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING ACHIEVING THE IDEA THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA. AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    +27

    "Why do we have FB dating? How does it fit within FB's mission of connecting people and building community? Research shows that lonely people have worse health outcomes, get sick more easily, die faster, etc. There are many ways to solve for loneliness. FB already has Groups which connect people based on shared interests/hobbies. FB also has Messengers and other apps that help you connect with people you already know. Dating is an important way FB can help people form more intimate connections a"

    Patrick B. - "Why do we have FB dating? How does it fit within FB's mission of connecting people and building community? Research shows that lonely people have worse health outcomes, get sick more easily, die faster, etc. There are many ways to solve for loneliness. FB already has Groups which connect people based on shared interests/hobbies. FB also has Messengers and other apps that help you connect with people you already know. Dating is an important way FB can help people form more intimate connections a"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    Product Design
  • Dropbox logoAsked at Dropbox 
    +6

    "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"

    P K. - "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Better.com logoAsked at Better.com 

    "What are you strengths -: My strengths would include my eagerness to learn. This allows me to be open to new projects, roles and products and I can give my 100% to achieve the goals expected of me Other strengths would include my collaborative approach to work. I believe a team can achieve tremendous success if shares a common goal, respects other's opinions and contribution and is built on fundamental of trust Finally my biggest strength would be my commitment and passion to solve the custome"

    Amit A. - "What are you strengths -: My strengths would include my eagerness to learn. This allows me to be open to new projects, roles and products and I can give my 100% to achieve the goals expected of me Other strengths would include my collaborative approach to work. I believe a team can achieve tremendous success if shares a common goal, respects other's opinions and contribution and is built on fundamental of trust Finally my biggest strength would be my commitment and passion to solve the custome"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Target market \# of users: Almost every household requires groceries Frequency of problem: Groceries are a perishable item and is bought frequently to be consumes fresh Importance of problem: Groceries are a necessity for survival - so it's a highly important problem Internal company assessment Assuming this has to be built by Facebook. It marginally aligns with the company mission and existing business model of ads driven revenue Players in ecosystem: Grocery suppliers, User (consum"

    Rahul J. - "Target market \# of users: Almost every household requires groceries Frequency of problem: Groceries are a perishable item and is bought frequently to be consumes fresh Importance of problem: Groceries are a necessity for survival - so it's a highly important problem Internal company assessment Assuming this has to be built by Facebook. It marginally aligns with the company mission and existing business model of ads driven revenue Players in ecosystem: Grocery suppliers, User (consum"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google DeepMind logoAsked at Google DeepMind 

    "Walk through user need and discovery, GTM process, beta planning, execution and measurement, results and learnings"

    Hadrien M. - "Walk through user need and discovery, GTM process, beta planning, execution and measurement, results and learnings"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "What is Slack ? Slack is a basic instant messaging app usually used in the intra office space , allowing teams to communicate .Also , it includes video & voice calls . In a nutshell , it provides an efficient team communications solutions . 2 Goals of Google/ Position in the market ? To create innovative solutions to customer problems . The focus is on providing accessible information to everyone . 3 Synergy of such a product with google : Slack allows efficient team communication ."

    Pragya S. - "What is Slack ? Slack is a basic instant messaging app usually used in the intra office space , allowing teams to communicate .Also , it includes video & voice calls . In a nutshell , it provides an efficient team communications solutions . 2 Goals of Google/ Position in the market ? To create innovative solutions to customer problems . The focus is on providing accessible information to everyone . 3 Synergy of such a product with google : Slack allows efficient team communication ."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Stripe logoAsked at Stripe 
    +1

    " I would start by making sure we agree on what "improving Stripe Payments" means. What specifically are we looking to improve or are we focusing on improving the experience for a particular user group? Do we mean improving the experience for the developers building on Stripe or for the users checking out using Stripe? Once I got clarity I would share my proposed outline for a brainstorm: I would start by revisiting Stripe's mission and defining how Payments fit into that goal. I would then t"

    Ahna R. - " I would start by making sure we agree on what "improving Stripe Payments" means. What specifically are we looking to improve or are we focusing on improving the experience for a particular user group? Do we mean improving the experience for the developers building on Stripe or for the users checking out using Stripe? Once I got clarity I would share my proposed outline for a brainstorm: I would start by revisiting Stripe's mission and defining how Payments fit into that goal. I would then t"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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