Most Recent PM Interview Questions and Answers

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Answers of the Week

#1. How would you improve YouTube?

Answering Questions on Product Improvement is quite similar to Product Design questions but for Improvement,  we focus more on Comprehending the situation better before jumping to any Conclusion/ Assumption.

Our Goal as a PM Needs to be-

"Doubling Down on the Strength of the Company, while Minimizing Weaknesses"

Clarifying Questions to ASK !!!

1. WHAT- Metrics/ Criteria/ Functionality are we trying to improve?- (AARRR)
2. WHO- are we targeting with this improvement?-(Viewers/ Creators/ Advertisers)
3. WHERE- is this improvement intended to happen? (Mobile/ Web),  (Long form/ Shorts), (YT/ YT Studio)
4. WHY- improvement is required? (Competitive Threat/ Policy Changes/ Consumer Behaviour Change)

CLARIFICATION by Interviewer - "Increase Time spent by Viewers on YT Shorts on Mobile due to increasing opportunity in short-form content" & "Moving ahead make necessary assumptions"

USERs & their NEEDs

1. ENTERTAINMENT Seekers- As a Viewer, I want to feel entertained or happy so that I can end my day on a positive note … Read More and Give Feedback

#2. How many iPhones were sold in India in 2022?

Great question - I would like to start with few clarifications

• Which iPhones are we considering?

I will go with New iPhones selling only

• Which version are we considering in all sales

I will go with All versions!

I would like start from total populaiton to narrow down to a guesstimate. 

• Total population in India - 1500 Mn
• % Age group buying mobiles in-large (20-60) - 60% = 900Mn 
• To buy iPhone even with loan I would like to consider annual income >3LPA in India atleast, thus, % of people with annual income > 3LPA = 10% = 90Mn
• Not everyone would like to have iPhone, few folks are android or apple fan, thus, % people who like iPhone (>than market penetration of apple) = 30% = 27Mn ... Read More and Give Feedback

#3. Design an ATM for airports.

Clarifications / Assumptions

1. Who are 'we'? Assumption: A FinTech company
2. Constraints? Assumption: No
3. Which countries airport, which airport? Assumption: Int' airport
4. Assumption: We have expertise in both hardware/software

Why

1. Business goal: Increase transaction volume = # of transactions x average transaction amount

Placeholder Mission/Vision

1. Design a improved ATM for international airport to so that we can increase our transaction volume

Stakeholders and Users

1. Airport authorities -> Assumption: we can place the ATM anywhere
2. Airport employees -> Not our focus
3. Domestic travelers -> Not our focus
4. International travelers -> our focus ... Read More and Give Feedback

Interview Questions of the Week

#1. Imagine you’re the growth PM at LinkedIn. How would you design a business-to-business growth strategy?

Asked by Linkedin in Product Strategy 2 days ago

#2. Amazon has noticed a 20% drop in daily active users in India. Find the Root cause?

Asked by Amazon in Problem Solving 4 days ago

#3. How would you design a metaverse solution for office management and collaboration?

Asked by Atlassian in Product Design 5 days ago

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