Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Ben G. - "Situation - A time when I presented an innovative new idea that was a bit more unusual was while I was at Google leading our discovery framework for smart displays. I had the concept I came up with from our hardware advancements to sense human movement (project Soli). The idea was that discovery could be proximal and would change based on a user’s distance from the device. Thus the user would see something larger and more holistic if say 10 ft away vs 4 ft away where they would see more thing"See full answer

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

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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

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

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

Scott S. - "my team is distributed across different regions, different time zones. Managing distributed teams presents unique challenges and opportunities,. I have developed a structured approach to ensure effective collaboration, communication, and productivity. I follow various strategies, as follows: I schedule regular meetings, including daily stand-ups, weekly syncs, and monthly retrospectives. This ensures that everyone stays aligned and up-to-date on team progress and priorities. I leverage commu"See full answer

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

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

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

Darshana W. - "Clarification Questions: Can we define and describe office ? my current office ( IT ) , or government offices, starup offices, etc I assume we are desgining a refrigerator for my current office. It is an office with multiple floors with canteen on one of the floors. There is seating arrangement for around 200 - 300 on every floor. Generally there is maximum usage during lunch time and then snacks time since part of us dont have breakfast and dinner in office. Is there any cost limitation"See full answer

Priya T. - "INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative? INTERVIEWER: Please assume. ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc. I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"See full answer

P R. - "First I'd like to clarify the definition of reactions and confirm that it's same as what exists today. Definition: Reactions provides users the ability to provide richer expression beyond 'like' Business goal: Since this is a mature product, the business goal is to improve user engagement Product goal: Bring people closer together by letting people provide more accurate sentiment to the community based on the content Personas: 1. Content creator 2. user using reactions **Li"See full answer

Hooman S. - "5000000"See full answer

P K. - "Note: Modifying the question to reflect the storage cost as well. Question: Estimate the cost of storing google photos on the photos app? Clarifying questions: Google photos - an app that syncs automatically to your camera app and uploads photos to Google cloud and reduces the need to store it on your device Cost of 1GB storage $0.002 Time storage cost per year Equation: Cost of storage per year = average cost of storing photos per day x 30 days x 12 months The ave"See full answer

Spring C. - "I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution. Why? Mission: build communities and bring people closer together Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities . User: Birthday person Posts their birthday as public info FB reminds friends and family about the day On the day they get posts to"See full answer