Product Design
Always fun to see PM interview candidates do and share practice questions from my book!
In both of these instances, Alex utilized my CIRCLES™ method to navigate through the product design questions.
PS The latest edition of my PM interview questions book has been rebranded as The Product Manager Interview.
Imagine the CEO says to improve Internet Health. You’ve got 10 engineers. How would you do this?
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Explain use cases for self-driving.
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How would you improve retention for your app?
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Let's say you're PM for the Google consumer hardware team. They're thinking about opportunities in the kitchen appliance space. How would you think about it?
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Let's say you're the product manager for Chromecast. How would you go about to creating a 3 year roadmap for Chromecast?
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You are going to make a Wi-Fi connected speaker with voice capabilities. How do you make that?
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What do you like (or not like) about our products?
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How would you design a web search engine for children below 14 years old?
This question was asked at an Uber PM interview.
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You are a product manager for a company which bought Caltrain. They gave the company only tracks and nothing else. How do you design?
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How do you design a mobile kiosk for a hospital?
When you are a new patient at a hospital in the US, they give you a bunch of paper work to fill-out. they ask demographics, disease history in the family, current medications, any surgeries, etc. If you are an existing patient, you can check-in at the kiosk. How do you design the app for the kiosk? What would the database look like?
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Come up with the next big Twitter feature, ideally one that takes advantage of the new, larger character limit.
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How would you go about collecting mobile engagement data?
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Design a baby high chair.
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When designing a product, what should you understand first: the goals/metrics or the users/personas needs?
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Name a product that has a web and mobile version. How do they take unique advantage of the platform they’re on?
Now, name a product that does not have both a web and mobile version, what opportunities is it missing out on?
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Name an app that is used a lot but is dated. How would you improve it?
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Imagine you are a Product Manger for Instagram. How would you improve it?"
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Design a bookcase for children.
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How would you design a traffic cone?
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