Interview Questions

Simran M. - "Clarifications: Netflix is a streaming service and homepage serves the first entry point after a user has been logged in to their respective profile. Homepage helps users find a relevant content for them to watch, among other features like "Continue watching" or games. Mission: Netflix's mission is to entertain the world. Goal: As a PM of homepage, the goal of the feature is to let the users find relevant content of their interest. This feature ties to the mission in a way that lets the user"See full answer

BePostive - "· How well the team is self-motivated and contributing overall success of the company by releasing high quality bug prone releases · Growth of their team members · Does the manager encouraging and supporting career switch based on the individual desire or passion"See full answer

Surbhi G. - "Goal - Use latest technology to efficiently drive DMV processes User landscape - DMV Employees Public Clarify if we designing for employee productivity, employee shifts, automate internal processes for DMV OR for Public who uses DMV services Lets assume it is for Public. So My prompt and new goal becomes: DMV app to reduce foot traffic to DMV by automating processes online Is that correct to assume? User Journey today: User walkins to DMV -> A User takes online appointment -> Fill sin"See full answer

Jaswanth P. - "I want to become a product manager because it allows me to leverage my UX and architectural design background while focusing on creating impactful digital products. My experience with design thinking has equipped me with a user-centered approach, essential for identifying and solving real problems.I’m excited about the opportunity to bridge user needs with business goals, overseeing a product from conception to launch. The iterative nature of digital products fascinates me, as it enables continu"See full answer

Surbhi G. - "While serverless computing has its merits due to removing the need for server management and auto-scaling abilities, several challenges might arise when deploying machine learning models using this setup. Cold-start latency is a key issue where an Amazon Lambda function, for example, would take more time than usual to run after being idle. This could affect the performance of real-time ML applications negatively. A way to keep the functions warm might be required to avoid this latency. Moreover,"See full answer

Unicorn 2. - "Clarifying questions: What is leisure travel? Assuming : Travel for vacation not business What is the vision/mission of the company that we are developing this for (I would like to keep this as an anchor to any users, pain points, solutions that we pick) Assuming : Brand new company - startup. Nothing specific in vision/mission for now. When we say travel user experience -> Do we have an existing product that we want to improve on? Is yes, is there any particular complaint or metric issue rel"See full answer

Exponent - "This may seem tricky at first, but this is actually an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. The only difference is this is specifically for small businesses within that market. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions: Ask clarifying questions Perform user analysis Market risk analysis State goals Perform channel analysis Prioritize growth channels Strategy Summarize Witho"See full answer

Ram - "Clarification: Are we talking about creating an experience or product as part of another product or from 0→1? Encourage - the goal is to increase % of citizen vote. Or want to vote? Vote - are we talking about national elections? Am I a product manager for the government? Any focus on geo, segment, or platform? Context - why do we want to do it? Did we experience a recent decline? Could it be hardware or software only? Digital or physical? Structure: Context "See full answer

Anonymous Spider - "1) Start by clarifying your constraints - which side of the marketplace am I focusing on and what are they solving for? (e.g., minimize cost for hoster, maximize comfort for renter indoor etc.). Assuming this is a "dealer's choice" type response then proceed to step 2 2) Where to focus: which customer segment, which job-to-be-done, and why I'd start by laying out segments on 2 dimensions: urban (think big cities, downtowns) and suburban (think suburbs, beach towns, mountains) areas focused on e"See full answer

S G. - "If it's a product end to end, then there's a lot to say. If it's just a feature on top of a product then I will focus on the complexity and how I break complex tasks into small milestones to partner with XFN teams to nail it. Focus on situation, task, actions and results"See full answer

Anonymous Finch - "clarifying questions: what is the business goal- we can consider monetization and user adoption. I will choose monetization any resource constraint to be aware of? which geographic location are we looking to pilot this product? we should consider the USA for now framework user segmentation pain points potential solutions success metrics implementation summary users celebrants well-wishers brands in prioritizing user segments, I will consider the user segment that"See full answer

Shahrukh K. - "During my initial days as a Product Manager, I faced challenges working with our central design team. The team received requests from multiple Product Managers, and prioritization was often influenced by the rapport each PM had built with them. Since I was new, I struggled to convey the importance of my tasks effectively, leading to delays in my projects. This was a significant learning moment for me. I realized that to succeed, I needed to earn the trust of the design team and demonstra"See full answer