Product Manager Analytical Interview Questions

Meagan R. - "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."See full answer

Parag - "Clarify Retention for which side of the platform - advertisers, groceries/shops, shoppers, users? - Assume Is there any specific event or trend driving retention down or we’re looking in general to overall improve from current state? - Assume Is this tied to any particular geography or region? - Assume Is this tied to any specific persona within our 4 sided platform? - Assume Are we changing the definition of retention (time, frequency, others)? - Assume no Goal - Improve the use"See full answer

Krishnan S. - "I would start with few clarifying questions for the investigation and diagnosis of the problem. Timing and volume: For how long is the peak surge being noticed? Past few days / weeks / months? Clarify about 'certain times'. Is it weekday Morning (Peak), Morning (off peak), Afternoon, Afternoon (peak), Evening (peak), Evening (off peak) or weekend? Do we info on vehicle type that have the most volume? Cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, etc., Location and convenience of the gas st"See full answer

Anil K. - "Acquisition New sign-ups for Google Drive Service Google Drive app installs Activation Number of users with at least one file since sign-up Paid Google Drive Users Engagement DAU, MAU Sessions, Frequency Time spend Files accessed per session Task completion - sharing file, setting up automatic back up etc. Retention % Repeat Users % Users Churning out Google App Uninstalls Referral Inviting"See full answer

Coach - "Product "XYZ" explain what it is and which audience it is serving. Goals Ease the anxiety Offer the most comprehensive perspective of Cloud Engagement Democratize Upsell Insights Business Review Deck Slide #1: NPS - Now, Trend & Insights + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #2: User Engagement Update - DAU, WAU, MAU, Actions Completed + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #3: Partnership Update - Share new cross org collabor"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Facebook is a social media platform containing many types of content to engage users: user posts, groups, events, video, reels etc. Clarifying questions (assumptions): Drop in user engagement = Time spent on app has come down by 20% per day Geography = worldwide Form factor: drop consistent on mobile app and web app across browsers and OSs Drop if common across the entire platform, and not on any specific feature Common across user age groups External factors: Any new regulation"See full answer

Anonymous Goat - "Comprehend the Situation: I like DownDog, the fitness app. It's my favorite, because it allows me to select on demand different exercises ranging from Yoga, HIIT, Cardio etc with the ability to modify time, voice, background music, intensity etc. I will use the down dog app as an example to discuss user drop-off. Customer: It is designed for casual users who wants to do exercise at gym or home Customer's Needs: This app helps users quickly choose and select the on demand quick exercises ("See full answer

Smriti G. - "Product -> Self service Portal North Star Metric-> No. of proposal downloaded Problem-> 15% Decrease in Proposal downloads RCA-> System Health check-> Bugs, errors in pages during session, site crashed, server inavailability, new feature was introduced which made it difficult for user to navigate. If there was problem of server in-availability, is load balancer working fine/server is not available? If problem was with feature-> What feature was introduced? do an A/B test with older feature Fu"See full answer

Kena K. - "Lyft’s mission: To become the world’s best transportation company CQ: · Region: USA · Metrics to improve: Engagement User persona: · Passengers · Drivers Will consider passengers persona for this case. Use case / pain points: Exact pick up location is not visible on the map Not able to communicate exact location to the driver due to unknown location How to change the pick-up location in case passenger has to move around Features: Passenger can share a pictur"See full answer

Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 Reduce scope of product for the initial launch. Streamline the PRD to an actual MVP and use the current PRD (that takes 6 months to build) for the V1"See full answer

Calyan - "Hangouts 100k feedback gave 3* rating, in 2013. What to do next Clarify: Solving for 2013, should disregard changes made (Allo, Gchat, Gmeet) since then? [yes] Is this on any specific platform - App Store or Play store? [both] Consumer or Enterprise [consumer] Problem framing - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mission: org world info., be helpful. Hangouts role in this mission to help users stay connected, exchange info and content (via messages and calls) Biz/ Prod goals Growth/ acq Install ba"See full answer

Dolores - "Clarify question: Google flight search: flights.google.com (app or website) Allows users to search for flights, sort, or filter To book, you are directed to airline or aggregator sites Vision of the product: Help users find and compare flights they want to take Users: Flyers (primary user) Airlines and aggregator sites (prices, avail, options) Flight inventory providers Success metrics: Number of users/flyers like DAUs or MAUs % flyers (DAUs or MAUs) which are repeat Success"See full answer

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I solved a problem at my previous company (one of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies). This was an internship and I was coming with almost 2 years of experience and 2 semesters of my graduate program. My experiences have mostly been theoretical or with startups. I've never solved problems at scale. The first week at this team was slow and relaxed, it was just onboarding. The real work started from the 2nd week when I felt like I was pushed into the ocean with n"See full answer

Himanshu V. - "Video engagement: time spent, frequency, recency Video completion rate Time spent on Facebook vs Time spent on watching FB videos Video recommendation: Switching from 1st to 2nd and so on "See full answer

Anna H. - "Clarifying questions: How to define “price” in this interview question? Price is defined as the market value of a crypto asset (bitcoin, Ethereum, tether, BNB etc.). Due to the characteristic of crypto assets which is time-sensitive, is this designed for a particular period of time? 1H, 1D, 1W, 1M, 1Y? No Do we know the target customer segment given geographic location or demographic? Not specific. Is it designed across devices? Mobile app. Assumptions: There are 03 cu"See full answer