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#1. How can you improve Meta (Facebook) Stories?

Solution

We will use the below steps to solve the problem

1) Describe the Product which needs to be improved to have a clear understanding

2) Ask clarifying questions to narrow down the scope of the problem

3) Define the Goal that you need to achieve

4) List down the user segments and select one user segment from them for analysis

5) List the pain points for that segment

6) List the solutions to solve the pain points

7) Evaluate all the solutions and prioritize them

8) Define metrics to measure the performance of the solution

9) In the end summarise the entire answer in short

Step 1: Describe the Product Facebook is a popular social media platform where users share part of their life with others using images, text, video ... Read More

Answered by Kamlesh Jumrani

#2. You are a Product Manager for Expedia. Your customer segment is international travellers. How would you go about building a product for them?

Ok, starting with a few clarifying questions, to begin with

• What is the objective for this? (Your call)
• Are there some constraints like time or budget? (No)
• Is there a particular continent within which we focus on? (Your call)

Alright moving ahead, I'd think Expedia is a travel platform that helps travelers create flight bookings, and look for hotels. Expedia allows users to discover and search right hotels, make a bookings. In this process, Expedia charges an amount of fee from the customers and that's their business model. I'd want to improve the bookings made via Expedia platform so that they can improve their revenue. The objective, increase bookings via the app. I'd like to think of a few cases here that directly impact the # of bookings ... Read More

Answered by Tarun Kumar

#3. Design a product for people to learn how to play musical instruments. Approach:

#1:Product Description: We want to create a product that helps people learn how to play musical instruments.

#2:Clarification Questions & Assumptions:

1: Question: Do we want to make it an assisted learning experience or do-it-yourself?

Interviewer: What do you prefer?

Response: In my opinion, DIY (do-it-yourself) takes a lot of time and doesn't offer personalized learning initially. Over time, people might lose interest, and retention can be a problem. On the other hand, with assisted learning, someone will guide you from start to finish and keep you engaged. So, I'll create an assisted learning product.

2: Question: What’s the TG that we are looking at?

Interviewer: You've chosen the assisted option, so what are your initial thoughts? ... Read More  

Answered by Kumar Vansh Moondra

#1. Design an app for reducing waiting time in restaurants or food chains.

Asked by Swiggy in Product Design

#2. You work for Uber and you need to increase your revenue. How would you proceed?

Asked by Agoda in Product Improvement

#3. Define and Design a Video on Demand application for Smart TV. Define the product vision, goals and target market.

Asked by Startup in Product Design

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