Behavioral Interview Questions

John F. - "(i) helped others success Over the years, I’ve had a few non-technical friends who wanted to start companies. Around two years ago, one of these friends reached out to ask for some guidance on how to start. This individual wanted to take the Airbnb model and apply it to outdoor recreational activities, mainly hunting and fishing. His problem was he had no frame of reference for where to start of what kind of effort and investment it would take. Over the course of a couple of conversations I help"See full answer

Scott S. - "The Situation About a year ago, we faced a period of high turnover and low morale within the data engineering team. This was particularly challenging as we were in the middle of a critical project to enhance our real-time market data analytics platform. Retaining and motivating the team was crucial to ensure the project’s success and maintain the operational efficiency of our trading systems. Initial Steps Recognizing the urgency, I initiated a comprehensive approach to address the underlying"See full answer

Kai W. - "A high level framework Clarifications: Reactions already exist in Instagram? Any specific region or user group we try to target for the launch? ... Product description: IG is ... Reactions are Emoji alike icons users can use to reply to posts/photos/comments FB's mission: Help people stay connected and build communities IG's mission/goal: Allow users to capture world's moments and share with friends Reactions Goal: To provide users an easier way to react to the content and to bet"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

John F. - "Recently, I was listening to an episode of Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast (aptly named Lenny’s Podcast), where he interviews Christian Idiodi, talking about the essence of product management. In the open sequence, Christian talks about the essence of this job being “you wake up on behalf of someone else, and you have to do it well enough that they give you something back in return.” This statement really struck a chord with me and resonated with why I love being a product manager. Customers and their"See full answer

Mc L. - "I believe human emotions can't be judged by number and hence I have always made mistakes while judging the outcome of a reaction by data."See full answer

Mitchell K. - "How important are referrals? Do you need multiple vs. just one? Does it matter who refers you?"See full answer

Maedu E. - "Imagine a blockchain as a magical, unchangeable diary that keeps track of all the candies you share with your friends. Whenever you share a candy, you write it down in this special diary, and your friends also write it down in their diaries. But here's the cool part – all the diaries are connected and can talk to each other! So, when you want to know who has borrowed your candy or if you borrowed candy from someone else, you just check this special diary. It shows you the history of all the can"See full answer

Puneet A. - "I recently had an experience with the Chipotle mobile app where I accidentally placed an extra order. Realizing my mistake within seconds, I tried to edit or cancel the order but found no option to do so in the app. Despite searching FAQs and attempting to contact the local store, I couldn't resolve the issue in time. This experience highlighted the importance of user-friendly design and clear communication in apps. If I were managing such a product, I would advocate for features like a grace pe"See full answer

Satesh A. - "I dont know is good and you should use however than but."See full answer

Katie O. - "When originally trying to launch XYZ product, a stakeholder wanted to rollout an additional requirement for agents that would have been redundant. I provided light pushback and context regarding the scale of the lift and technical resources required to initiate their request. Once I described the complexity of their request & potential strain on resources, we agreed to brainstorm alternative solutions. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to create an automated solution, leading to XYZ% in"See full answer

Saket S. - "Agile processes have been a game changer for Software development projects from last 2 decades. But there are situations where Agile practices don't work very well and demand a workaround. Some of those scenarios are mentioned below: No Project Plan or Status reports: Agile Project team does not produce formal project plans or status reports unlike Traditional SDLC Projects. Sometimes it is hard to represent project status to senior executives who are interested in the overall status and risk"See full answer

Nidhi S. - "There are couple of reasons for it - Kind of role : Its a product manager role loaded with analytical work, So working with data in stringent regulatory guideline make it more exciting and thrilling. Location & industry is like - Cherry on the cake, Bangalore weather and BFI is at its all time peak as people spending behavior is changing continuously, it will be interesting to see big giants like visa are managing it."See full answer