Product Design Interview Questions

Tesfaye M. - "Designing a system to track review abuse on Amazon.com involves detecting fraudulent, manipulative, or biased reviews while ensuring genuine customer feedback isn't mistakenly flagged. Here's a high-level breakdown: 1. Goals Detect and prevent fake or abusive reviews. Maintain integrity and trust in the review system. Support scalability for millions of products and reviews. 2. Key Abuse Scenarios Fake positive reviews (e.g., sellers boosting their own products). Fake"See full answer

Tim W. - "Clarify "What do you mean by favorite product? Are you thinking specifically hardware, software, or a feature within those, or something non-electronic? Dealer's Choice. "Are you asking why I love this product, or to explain why this product is a market leader independent of how i feel about it? Talk about why YOU love this product. Rephrase Question With all that in mind, i want to rephrase the question. "What is your favorite software product and what features in this product"See full answer

Bhagyesh V. - "Clarifications: Borrowing and lending can refer to a wide range of things (goods, money, crypto etc.). What are we planning to allow users to borrow? (Answer: Money) Who is going to build this product (Answer: Meta) Who will they borrow it from? Does Meta plan to lend money or is it Peer 2 Peer? (Answer: P2P) What geography do we want to build it for? And are there any other constraints in terms of timelines and resources (_Answer: US first. No constraints. Timeline of 6-12"See full answer

Debajyoti B. - "Clarifications: Which aspect of birthday are we thinking about designing a product for? Birthday reminder, birthday planning, event management or birthday wishing?- People are generally reminded of their birthdays by their friends/family, social media, their own self awareness, so its not a critical problem to solve Social apps like FB have birthday wishing features for the larger audience & for wishing friends/family, people would generally call or wish in person Manag"See full answer

Debajyoti B. - "Clarify the problem: What does exercising mean here?- can be anything with minimal to moderate activities like yoga, cardio, running, bodyweight exercises So for this product, should we consider only physical health or mental health or both- assume physical health for now Any specific objective that we are thinking about?- to re-create the habit in people to take at least 30mins of their time in their daily life for some exercise Are we talking about a physical or digital product?- d"See full answer

Ankit J. - "Clarifying Questions: Are we looking to create a product for creators or the end users? - Creators What kind of product are we looking to build? (App /Website/Embedded within the Instagram product ) - Embedded within the app Why do we want to enter the edtech market? (Anything specific insight we have gained which we want to solve for?) - The creator's market is growing substantially and people want to gain knowledge on how to become successful in it. Are there any money or time con"See full answer

Siddharth R. - "IG already has a large user base. So the team would not need to look into acquire more people but enable new feature(s) for users to be more excited (which eventually would result in more people coming back more often). Facebook, as a company, strives to connect more people and help them have an amazing experience through interactions with their friends. This is the basic principle on which FB's various apps work on. So I would aim to build this feature with the overall vision of the company to"See full answer

William D. - "Interesting question! Before we begin, I have a few clarifying questions: Is this for Netflix the company, or a service from a startup or other company that caters towards kids with a netflix-like set of services? My assumption is this is a Netflix esque service, and not part of the broader Netflix product suite/company. Why are we building this? Assumption is that we CEO identified opportunity for this product, and we want to acquire users and engage them. By kids, do you mean"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "Design a washing machine for Google Step 1: Building Context through clarifying questions Are we looking at building a complete washing machine(new line of business) or a connected app for washing machine like Android Auto? Any specific geography to look for Goal? Increase usage of any specific google product or introduce smart white goods hardware Step 2: Target users Individuals Single Family Couple Hotels Students Laundromats **Apartments/Studen"See full answer

Dewansh Z. - "Clarifying questions: What type of contractors are we considering? Construction, repair, paint, electric etc. assuming there is no specificity here Is it for professional or personal - eg. For enterprises to allocate contract or personal work. Though the end result might work for both but initial go live one assuming for personal work Any specific demography Is it part of any existing meta universe - Facebook marketplace? Why this problem matters? For users: this is one of the difficult"See full answer

Pratiksha G. - "Hi Everyone, This is the first time I am putting up my answer on the forum. Would appreciate any type of improvement or feedback inputs. Thanks! Step 1 -> Clarifying Questions Is the product a physical product[services] or an application? Answer:- You can choose for yourself. I will choose to build an application Are the travellers both domestic[native] and international? Answer:- Yes Do I need to build upon something that already exists or can I think for an end-to-end solution? A"See full answer

A R. - "Interviewee: Before I start discussing the solution, I would like to ask a few questions & clarify a few things. Is that okay? Interviewer: Yeah, Sure. Please go ahead. Interviewee: First, I would like to clarify that the Google Map (Offered by Google) you are referring to is the same one that we use on our mobile to find addresses, get route maps, and find different places like restaurants, and hotels near our place. **Interviewer: Yes, we are referring to the same Google Maps. We a"See full answer

Sahil A. - "Clarify: A new company that is coming up with a solution for garage door openers The door opener will be installed in houses. Confirm if offices, service centers etc are in the scope At this point, we are looking a specific demographic/market - India Users: People who own a car and a personal parking space. The distinction here : They have hired a watchman for the house They didnt hire a watch for the house For this problem, I will focus on those people who didnt hire a watchman"See full answer

Pranay N. - "Okay, so before we start discussing how to design this platform, I have a few questions I need details on. Clarification Questions: What do you mean by "Podcasting Platform"? Producing a platform and releasing it online takes several steps (Ideation, scripting, equipment selection, recording, editing, choosing a platform to release, etc.). Are we looking at any specific step here? - Free to Assume Am I PM at Google designing a Podcast Platform as a tool inside existing Google Pro"See full answer

Jagriti C. - "Clarifying questions: Will this be within the facebook blue app or will this interface/app sit separately? Volunteering can be of a few types- say for social causes or volunteering in college fest/ music fest etc. Is there a specific type of volunteering we need to consider? Let's start by revisiting company's mission statement and see if this gels with the mission- Meta's mission- To give power to build community and bring the world closer together. Volunteering is basically a way for hu"See full answer

Kwabena B. - "Clarification Define rush hour? hours leading up to the work day 8-10am and after the work day 5-7pm Are we focused on specific types of drivers? American commuters. Private drivers going to and from work What is Google's goal? Increase engagement with google services Roadmap for interviewer: User--> Pain Points-->Solution--> Vision-->Features-->Tradeoffs User American commuters. Private drivers going to and from work Can't be too distracted even durin"See full answer

Syed A. - "Sales Performance Dashboard t for sales leaders to monitor product performance: Sales Performance Dashboard Top-Level Metrics (KPI Summary) Time Filter: [Day] [Week] [Month] [Quarter] [Custom Range] Total Sales Revenue Displays total revenue for the selected period. Units Sold Breakdown by product category and SKU. Average Deal Size Total revenue ÷ Number of deals closed. Conversion Rate _Leads to sales conversion ratio."See full answer

Shubham S. - "Introduction UberSenior is a new service offered by Uber that provides safe, reliable, and convenient transportation for senior citizens. This PRD outlines the key features, functionalities, and user experience for both seniors and drivers using UberSenior. Problem Statement Existing transportation options for seniors often have limitations, including: Accessibility: Lack of vehicles equipped for mobility aids or physical limitations Technology barriers: Difficulty using smartphone"See full answer

Rajat A. - "CQs: Any specific geography? Assuming Indian market Are we partnering up with some other company for delivery ? Assuming yes Time frame for MVP? 1 year Scoped out Problem statement: Design a food delivery app for restaurant owners for India market within a timeframe of 1 year Mission of this app: Helping owners and vendors in smooth coordination of orders and delivering orders on time Product goal: Since this is a new product , we will focus on adoption/acquisition in short t"See full answer

Karthik M. - "Assumptions & Clarifications This is a platform based on YouTube, and it can use associated Google Products like Gmail, GDocs, GSheets etc along with Youtube as a base platform. Do you have any specific goals with the platform? For instance, should this be the de facto platform for Universities K12 schools etc? Assumption is that it can be used by anyone. Let us first discuss the target users, and then arrive at appropriate goals that we can use to measure the adoption of the produc"See full answer