Project Management Interview Questions

P K. - "Clarifying question 1: Define Friend requests -- no. of friend requests sent in the platform through the "Add Friend" button Clarifying question 2: Time period for comparison - 10% - WoW or DoD or MoM? -- WoW Gathering context: Is the decline progressive or a one-time event? --> progressive Because the decline is progressive, ruling out technical glitches, downtime, or any other reason impacting the feature uptime. Is this decline global or regional? --> global Because the"See full answer

Ashley C. - "I follow a variation of the RICE framework when prioritizing how I ship product features. I start by looking at: Reach: Because the customer segmentation across our product portfolio is so similar, I tend to hold a lot of weight on product features that will maximize our customer reach with a minimal LOE. Impact: After establishing which customer segments will benefit from the product feature, I determine the urgency and estimated impact on each customer segment based on customer i"See full answer

Balaji G. - "This is the answer I have prepared. Please let me know your comments and how I can improve the answer. I have worked on many process improvement initiatives and projects. I want to share an initiative that I led and delivered while at my previous employer. It had a great impact on over 60 programs and projects across teams in six different countries. Analysts and program managers used to generate a monthly program performance report that deals with all aspects, including schedule, risks, costs"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will divide my answer in 2 parts: Process I use for managing risks in any Project I will explain a real life situation where a Risk occurred and how I managed it Process for Risk Management can be broken down into 3 parts: Risk Identification: Risk identification is a team effort and is an ongoing process that happens throughout the Project. Technical Risks are usually identified during design/build/testing stage. I maintain a Risk register document to capture all the risks identified"See full answer

Deepak K. - "When I did't reach my expected deadline and if my work is unfinished after the deadline is arrived, I started rectifying the areas where I leg behind why i did't meet the expected deadline and i complete the work as soon as possible by working double and hard . And next time i will make sure that the problems which i faced earlier should not arrived again , and I mus match the deadline."See full answer

Daniel M. - "Should be able to charge the airpod case when pluged into energy. Should be able to charge when the airpod case has battery. Should be able to alert if the airpod case is out of battery. Should be able to sync with non-paired devices. Should be able to sync automatically with paired devices. Should be able to sync automatically with paired devices that are closer to the airpod. Should be able to switch the connection to a device answering a call. Should be able to pause during us"See full answer

Judy W. - "Clarifying questions: What is the objective of the GTM strategy? User acquisition? User retention? Who is the target audience of the GTM? What is the period we are looking at? Short term or long term? Assumption: Launched YouTube Shorts in South East Asia, measuring success of the user adoption and retention in one month and six month. Before we proceed, wanted to check whether we have any benchmark performance from past YouTube's GTM targeting creators? Say, Live stream on YouTube? "See full answer

Manik K. - "Agile methodologies are chosen by organizations to enhance delivery speed, integrate shorter feedback loops, and provide incremental value to customers. However, the suitability of Agile depends on several factors, including the nature of the work, team structure, and organizational objectives. From my experience, for teams focused on new feature development, Scrum tends to be more effective. Scrum’s structured cadence—emphasizing backlog grooming, sprint planning, and regular retrospective"See full answer

Mahesh L. - "Preparing for a significant security compliance change can be overwhelming. The most efficient way to achieve GDPR compliance is through interdepartmental collaboration and the use of technology solutions that automate and validate business needs such as policy compliance, data security and required reporting. As the deadline looms, most organizations should already have started assessing the business impact, devising a company-wide implementation plan and addressing additional resource needs. E"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

Scott S. - " Situation Our data engineering team was tasked with developing a new real-time analytics platform for derivatives trading. To ensure the project’s success, we needed buy-in and support from various non-technical teams, including finance, compliance, and senior management. These teams needed to understand the importance of the project, the resources required, and how it would benefit the organization. Task My task was to effectively communicate the technical requirements and benefits of"See full answer

Praniti S. - "Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities What i know about VR : VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video? Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush which device are we implementing the new feat"See full answer

Anjaly J. - "Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus By working on the below -ves: What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ? Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ? Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone. Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve) Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI What"See full answer

Shivam B. - "In my role as a Product Manager at a B2B SaaS startup, I encountered a situation where we were facing a critical issue with one of our key features. Our engineering team proposed a quick fix that would address the immediate problem, but it was clear that this solution wouldn't provide a sustainable long-term solution. Despite the pressure to implement the short-term fix and resolve the issue swiftly, I decided to advocate for a more comprehensive, long-term strategy that would address the root c"See full answer

Saket S. - "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"See full answer