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One of the techniques that I love to prepare myself for interviews are tools and tips on the internet. From HR recruiter's blogs to Linkedin and indeed tips, Google interview warmup called my attention by being a very complete tool.

In this webiste will not only find questions, but you'll also be able to practice your answers!

You can either write down or speak your answers, and it will give you tips on words and terms you can improve into your answers.

I totally recommend you try it!

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A quick way to prepare for your next interview. Practice key questions, get insights about your answers, and get more comfortable interviewing.

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At Exponent, you will find a great resource of interview strategies. If you are a GPM or a Head of Product, you'll find great interview questions here.

If you are a PM looking for a job, here you'll be to learn some great techniques that will not only help you on interviews but also pve able to solve some problems and find some solutions inside your daily routine.

Check it out and tell me what you think after watch some videos.

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The Top 10 Product Manager Interview Questions (And How To Answer Them)

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In this link, you'll be able to see a lot (really a lot!) of questions and answers for Product Managers. I highly recommend you take a look weekly in a couple of questions and answers once you are applying for PM roles.

From senior to APM questions, here you'll find a lot of great information and different ways to solve the same question.

Use wisely ok? Be fair in your process and do not use it to copy and paste some answer in your tests. The recruiter can easily get you cheating in a 5 seconds survey in the internet.

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Metric questions are common in interviews at tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc. For instance, your interviewer might ask, "What are things LinkedIn should measure on a regular basis?"

These questions can feel really unsettling at first. But the good news is that if you know how to approach them they can become fairly easy to answer. So, let's step through our suggested techniques for answering metric interview questions as well as an example to help you prepare for your interview.

Here's an overview of what we will cover:

1. What is a product metric interview question? ↑

Metric interview questions test if candidates can perform data analysis and select key metrics that matter most to the success of a product. Employers like Facebook and Google use these questions to evaluate critical thinking and communication skills. There are two types of metric questions: Metric definition questions and Metric change questions.

Metric definition questions focus on your ability to define metrics that provide clarity on the health of a product or feature. Here's an example question: "What metrics would you use to determine success for Facebook Sponsored Posts?" There are many different metrics you could be tracking (e.g. impressions, clicks, return on ad spend, etc.) and your interviewer will want to hear you select the most important ones using a rigorous process.

Metric change questions test if you know what to do when a key product metric (e.g. traffic, revenue, engagement, etc.) is going up or down for no apparent reason. For example, "Facebook Newsfeed engagement is down 10%. How would you report this issue to the CEO?" There are many different reasons why this decrease might be happening and your interviewer will want to see you take a bulletproof approach to find the root-cause of the issue.

2. How to answer metric interview questions ↑

A common mistake candidates make when answering metric questions is to provide an unstructured answer. In this next section, we'll walk through two step-by-step approaches you can use to avoid that pitfall - one for Metric definition questions and one for Metric change questions.

2.1 Metric definition questions: GAME method
Metric definition question example:
"What metrics would you use to determine success for the Facebook Newsfeed?"

Our recommendation is to use the GAME method to answer Metric definition questions. Let's walk through each of the four steps one by one:

1. Goals: First, you should start by making sure you understand the product properly and agree with your interviewer on specific user and business objectives. Agreeing on the goals upfront is extremely important because what you measure will change entirely depending on what you're trying to achieve with the product.

For instance, imagine your interviewer has asked you, "What metrics would you use to measure the success of the Facebook Newsfeed?" The Newsfeed is one of Facebook's main features and it fulfills many objectives for the business. It's a primary driver of user engagement, a strong revenue generator, and the main place where Facebook can test new personalization features. So, how do you determine what the most important objective is?

There's no single right answer to that question but you could begin by saying, "My understanding is that there are several use cases for the Newsfeed including engaging users, generating ad revenue, and testing new personalization features. To stay healthy, Facebook needs strong user engagement, so I would assume that this is the primary business goal. Is that what you have in mind too?"

2. Actions: Next, you should think about all the actions users can take in the product. Listing each action will help you focus on available metrics and avoid those that aren't trackable.

The easiest way to do this is to think about what it really means for a user to be "engaged." You should aim to list every relevant action (e.g. creating a post, viewing a post, commenting, liking, sharing, etc.). However, it's also a good idea to avoid going into too much detail. For example, simply list "liking" as a category of action instead of "liking a friend's post, liking a group's post, liking an event, liking a comment, etc."

Next, you need to prioritize your list of actions. Remember to use the goals you established in the previous step to explain your thinking. For instance, you might say something like, "There are a number of user actions which reflect engagement but I think the three most important ones are likely to be posting, commenting, and sharing."

3. Metrics: Once you have a prioritized list of actions, it's time to define associated metrics for each one. In this step it's important that you define the metrics you will measure with precision.

Let's imagine that in our previous step, after discussing with your interviewer, you prioritized the "comment" and "share" actions. Talking about "comments" and "shares" isn't sufficient as there are many different ways in which you can track these actions.

In order to measure engagement based on these actions, here are some metrics that would make sense to track:

"Comment" metrics

Comments per thousand sessions

Comments per thousand posts seen

Comments per thousand posts clicked

"Share" metrics

Shares per thousand sessions

Shares per thousand posts seen

Shares per thousand posts clicked

4. Evaluations: After defining metrics, you should conclude the discussion by answering the initial question with the metrics you recommend. Finally, evaluate the metrics you have selected by highlighting trade-offs and limitations.

For the Facebook Newsfeed example, you could summarize by saying something like, "So, in order to increase Newsfeed engagement, I would first look at comments and shares per thousand sessions. These metrics would give us an idea of meaningful engagement for the average user."

The last key step is to show that you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your recommended metrics.

So you could wrap up your answer by saying something like, "We should keep in mind that not all commenting and sharing is positive. Perhaps we should monitor the sentiment of these actions to make sure we're creating a positive experience overall. Also, commenting and sharing represent deep engagement. If we are interested in shallower engagement we might need to consider other metrics (e.g. Number of sessions per user per day, Number of likes per user, etc.) to measure engagement for users who don't comment or share but still use the product frequently."

2.2 Metric change questions: IGotAnOffer method
Metric change question example:
"Facebook Newsfeed engagement is down 10%. How would you report this issue to the CEO?"

We developed the IGotAnOffer method below to help you give a clear and thorough answer to Metric change questions. Let's walk through each of the three steps one by one:

1. Define the metric change

2. Explore possible root-causes of the change

3. Conclude

1. Define the metric change: Many candidates skip this step and start listing ideas in an unstructured way. This is a big red flag for interviewers. Before starting to answer the question you need to define the metric change in detail. This often entails asking for three pieces of information:

The exact definition of the metric we're talking about

The time period over which the metric has changed

The characteristics of the user segment impacted by the change (e.g. device type, country, etc.)

Let's imagine your interviewer asks, "Facebook Newsfeed engagement is down 10%. How would you report this issue to the CEO?" To clarify your understanding, you might then ask something like, "What exactly do we mean by engagement here? Is that a direct measurement like number of sessions, or a combination of more detailed metrics (e.g. likes + comments + shares per user, etc.)? And over what time period has that changed occurred? Finally, do we know if all users are impacted or only a particular segment?"

Here let's imagine your interviewer tells you that the number of Newsfeed sessions for all users has gone done 10% since yesterday. Only after you've clarified that information should you start exploring possible root-causes.

2. Explore possible root-causes: Interviewers want to see that you're thinking of every possible problem which could cause the metric change you are investigating. In order to ensure you're thinking comprehensively and communicating clearly, you should:

Create a MECE framework for possible root-causes

Brainstorm potential root-causes to the problem within this framework

Discuss the different root-causes identified with interviewer

For our drop in engagement example, you could split your investigation between internal and external factors:

Internal factors: possible problems internal to Facebook that can explain the drop in sessions

External factors: possible problems external to Facebook that can explain the drop in sessions

Note that the framework above is MECE: Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive. The root-cause of the problem has to be internal OR external, as there is no other option.

Once you've created your framework you need to brainstorm ideas and possible causes within each of the areas you identified. For example here you could populate your framework with the following points:

Internal factors:

Data accuracy (e.g. This metric change was measured incorrectly)

We broke the product (e.g. Someone in the organization made a change that broke the Newsfeed)

We made the product worse (e.g. The quality of content in the Newsfeed has degraded)

etc.

External factors:

User habits (e.g. User changed habits overnight for some reason, like a protest)

Referrers (e.g. Google had an outage)

Competition (e.g. Snapchat released a new feature that captured a portion of our normal Newsfeed traffic)

etc.

The interviewer will most likely stop you to talk about some of your proposed root-causes, which is perfectly normal. Listen carefully to what they say, as they will often provide clues that will point you in the right direction.

3. Conclude: Finally, you should conclude by summarizing your findings related to the initial question you were asked.

Let's imagine that you discovered Facebook suffered an outage which caused the drop in sessions. In this case you might summarize by saying something like, "Based on what we've talked about, I would explain to the CEO that Newsfeed sessions dropped 10% since yesterday because of a major outage this morning. I would also make it clear that we came to this conclusion by ensuring it could not be any other cause, and double-checked that the duration of the outage aligns with the 10% drop."

3. Example metric questions with answers

Now that you know how to approach metric questions, let's look at some full examples.

Try answering the question by typing your response in the comments at the end of this article, be sure to follow the appropriate method above. Play both the role of the interviewer and candidate. This is a great opportunity to gain some practice for your PM interviews.

The key is to answer the question without seeing other people's answers. To do so, scroll down directly to the bottom and leave your answer before reading other candidates' proposals.

3.1 YouTube traffic went down 5% - how would you report this issue to the executive team?

Answer:

You will find our proposed answer to the question below. Before taking a look at it, make sure you go to the bottom of the page and answer the question by yourself in the comments section. There are only so many opportunities to prepare for metric interview questions!

This is a metric change question, so we'll use the IGotAnOffer method described above.

Step one: Define the metric change

First we want to completely understand the question and define the metric, as "traffic" is a bit vague. Here are some questions that immediately come to mind and will help confirm our understanding:

What exactly do we mean by traffic here? Website visits, or plays on videos, or time spent watching? etc.

Is this impacting all user segments? Or maybe only a particular device type, or country, or browser? etc.

When did the dip start and how long did it last?

For the rest of this example let's imagine the interviewer tells us that the average time spent watching per session is down 5% month-over-month worldwide on mobile only.

Step two: Explore possible root-causes

Now that we know the exact problem we can create a framework to identify the root-cause of the time spent watching per session decrease:

Internal factors: possible problems internal to YouTube that can explain the drop in average time spent watching per session

External factors: possible problems external to YouTube that can explain the drop in average time spent watching per session

Note that the framework above is MECE: Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive. The root-cause of the problem has to be either internal OR external, there is no other option.

Within that Internal / External framework, let's brainstorm different root-causes that could drive down the average time spent watching per session:

Internal factors:

Data accuracy (e.g. We should confirm our reporting tool is working as expected)

Context (e.g. This could be an expected seasonal drop)

Access to the product (e.g. We might have had a major outage)

Product changes (e.g. We could have shipped some code that introduced a bug)

Product quality (e.g. Recent content might have been bad enough to drive away traffic)

External factors:

User habits (e.g. Video consumption is down across the industry)

Referrers (e.g. Facebook made a change to limit linking to YouTube videos)

Competition (e.g. Instagram TV released a new feature that captured our users)

Society (e.g. There's less active users because of civil unrest in a country that typically drives a lot of traffic)

We can also dive deeper on some of the root causes. Here's an example of how the conversation could go.

Data accuracy: Have we checked this dip compared to a similar metric - for example, time on page? Is there anything else indicating that our reporting tool might be broken?

Let's imagine the interviewer confirms that we're seeing a similar dip with time on page that leads us to believe the data is accurate. They also confirm that we've double-checked that our reporting is working as expected.

Context: Is there any history of a similar dip? We're close to major holidays, perhaps that could lead to less product usage overall.

The interviewer let's us know the only time we've seen a drop of more than 1% this time of year was due to major outages, but we have had 100% uptime in the past few months. This information also addresses our next factor, as access to the product hasn't been disrupted.

Product changes: Is it possible we shipped some code that introduced a bug? Or, did we release any significant feature changes?

Let's imagine the interviewer says that the user interface for the video player was recently changed on mobile. We would then ask questions to explore this such as, "What exactly was changed in the UI and was any drop to be expected as a result?"

After discussing with the interviewer, we learn that the UI change involved making the "Send video to device" button two times larger, and reducing the "Full screen" button by half its original size. The interviewer also explains that the "Send video to device" button can be used to play a video that's on your mobile phone on another device such as a Chromecast, Roku, SmartTV, etc.

This is interesting, but we need to investigate further. At that point, we could form a hypothesis and say something like, "Have we noticed a change in the frequency at which the 'Send video to device' and 'Full screen' buttons are being used on mobile? Maybe mobile users are having a harder time tapping the 'Full screen' button now that it's smaller, and are tapping the 'Send video to device' button by accident because it's too big? Tapping 'Send video to device' would end the session and therefore decrease the average time per session. And if the smaller 'Full screen' button is harder to tap, it might frustrate some users and lead them to end their session early."

Let's imagine that the interviewer confirms that this is likely one of the drivers of the decrease. Before making any final conclusion, we would continue exploring the remaining elements (i.e. Product quality and External factors) to confirm that they aren't also a driver of the change we are observing. Let's imagine we quickly discuss this with our interviewer, and they confirm there's nothing significant to report related to those remaining possible factors.

Step three: Discuss and conclude

Now that we've stepped through our framework, we would conclude by saying something like, "Based on what we've talked about, I would explain to the executive team that our time spent watching per session has dropped by 5% month-over-month on mobile because of a change in the video player UI, which has negatively affected the user experience. Mobile users are having a hard time tapping the new, smaller 'Full screen' button and are ending their session prematurely. They are also now more often tapping the larger 'Send video to device' button unintentionally which also ends their session early."

Finally, we could enrich our answer by saying something such as, "We've also double checked that no other drivers were causing this engagement dip. A good next step here would probably be to revert the UI changes, think through why we made these changes in the first place, and brainstorm how we can achieve the goals we were aiming for in a different way."

3.2 Example metric question mock interview: "Instagram engagement is down 10%. What do you do?"

Watch how Damien, ex-Facebook PM, has a clear flow of questions to tackle this problem. Pause the video as you go along in order to construct your own answer.

3.3 Example metric question mock interview: "Pick 3 key metrics for YouTube"

Watch how Mark, ex-senior product manager at Google turned interview coach, gives a best-in-class answer to this metric definition question. Pause the video as you go along in order to construct your own answer.

4. List of sample interview questions: Metrics ↑

If you would like feedback on your answer to any of the questions listed here, you can leave your answer below and our team will get back to you. If you'd like to learn about the other types of questions you may face, you can also visit our ultimate guide to product manager interview questions.

4.1 Practice Metric definition questions

Here is a list of metric definition questions that were asked in PM interviews at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, according to data from Glassdoor.com:

What metrics did you use to measure the successful launch of your product?

Imagine you are the PM of the Facebook Newsfeed - how would you measure retention?

What metrics would you use to measure the success of Facebook's "Save Item" feature?

How would you determine post ranking in the Facebook Newsfeed?

Tell me what metrics you would look at as a product manager for Instagram ads

How would you measure the success of the new YouTube Player UI?

What analysis would you use to understand if we should increase the price of an Amazon Prime Membership?

How would you determine the negative value of an abusive posting?

What are the things that Netflix should measure and analyze on a daily basis?

How would you measure the success of Apple's WWDC event?

4.2 Practice Metric change questions

Here is a list of metric change questions that were asked in PM interviews at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, according to data from Glassdoor.com:

Users are no longer signing up for our email list - what would you do?

There's been a 15% drop in usage of Facebook Groups - how do you fix it?

You have just localized an ecommerce site in Spain and now see that traffic has reduced - what could be the reasons?

The usage of Facebook Event's "Yes I'm going" dropped 30% overnight - what data would you look at to try to isolate the issue?

You are looking at YouTube's Daily Active User data worldwide and notice a 10% jump compared to yesterday in Indonesia - what happened?

You are the PM of Facebook 3rd Party Login, and you see your numbers are declining 2% week-on-week - what do you do?

Reddit traffic went down 5% - how would you report this issue to the executive team?

Now that you have a list of sample questions to work with, it's important to consider how you will practice with these questions.

5. How to practice metric questions ↑

With a lot to cover, it's best to take a systematic approach to make the most of your practice time.

Below you'll find links to free resources and four introductory steps that you can take to prepare for product metric questions.

5.1 Study the company you're applying to

Get acquainted with the company you've applied to. In many cases, the product questions you'll be presented with will be based on real-life cases the company is facing. If you're applying to a specific team, study up on their products, the user, etc.

Take the time to find out which products you'll most likely be working with, based on the job description, and research them. Look up relevant press releases, product descriptions, product reviews, and other resources in order to discuss what's most important to the role: the company's product.

If you'd like to learn more about a specific company's PM interviews, then we'd encourage you to check out our guide for that company below :

5.2 Learn a consistent method for answering metric questions

In this article, we've outlined a step-by-step method you can use to solve metric questions. We'd encourage you to first memorize the basic steps, and then try solving a couple of the sample questions on paper.

This will help you to understand the structure of a good answer. This is a good first step, BUT just knowing the method is not enough, you also need to be able to apply the steps in interview conditions.

5.3 Practice by yourself or with peers

In our experience, practicing by yourself is a great way to prepare for PM interviews. You can ask and answer questions out loud, to help you get a feel for the different types of PM interview questions. Practicing by yourself will help you perfect your step-by-step approach for each question type. It also gives you time to correct your early mistakes.

You can find free practice questions on articles like this one or on .

If you have friends or peers who can do mock interviews with you, that's a great option too. This can be especially helpful if your friend has experience with PM interviews, or is at least familiar with the process.

In addition to practicing by yourself and with peers, it can be a huge advantage to do mock interviews with experienced PM interviewers.

5.4 Practice with experienced PM interviewers

Finally, you should also try to practice product manager mock interviews with expert ex-interviewers, as they'll be able to give you much more accurate feedback than friends and peers.

If you know a Product Manager who can help you, that's fantastic! But for most of us, it's tough to find the right connections to make this happen. And it might also be difficult to practice multiple hours with that person unless you know them really well.

Here's the good news. We've already made the connections for you. We've created a coaching service where you can practice 1-on-1 with ex-interviewers from Google, Amazon, and other leading tech companies. Learn more and start scheduling sessions today.

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You've made a good impression on your application. Now it's time to prepare for the next step: the product manager interview questions!

There is no substitute for interview preparation, but that doesn't mean it has to be a time-consuming process. Between nervousness and excitement, the best thing you can do for your product manager interview is to show up well-prepared.

Customize the ClickUp Interview Process Template to organize your thoughts and responses while you read through this guide!

While ClickUp Automations already allow you to automate repetitive tasks, ClickUp Brain can now help you build them with natural language. Create custom automations simply by describing the process you want to automate. This makes it easier than ever to set up triggers, actions, and conditions for repetitive workflows.
For example, you could tell the AI: "When a Task with Open status in the Improvements list is marked as High Priority, assign it to Cristina and set a due date for 2 days from now."
Understandably, not all Automations will run perfectly from the get-go. But, guess what? ClickUp's AI will guide you through any steps requiring further clarification to refine the instructions and ensure your automation runs smoothly.

In the above example, your ClickUp Space may have three kinds of Improvements lists-app, editorial, and workflow improvements. So, the AI doesn't know which one to choose. AI does the following:

AI builds the Action part of the Automation: Change assignees to Cristina

For the Trigger part of the Automation, AI opens a dropdown to choose the right Improvements list

Now, the project manager understands how to complete the Automation manually, and they can pick the correct list, let's say app improvements

Now, when an Open Task in App Improvements is marked as High Priority, it's automatically assigned to Cristina

What Do Employers Look for in a Product Manager?

A hiring manager looks for prospective product managers that know how to solve problems. So a strong product management candidate knows their KPIs and metrics, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and develops product strategy to serve the company's customers and product vision.

Product managers deal with ambiguous and novel challenges. Naturally, they're curious and ask a lot of questions- the right questions -to ship the product toward completion. Their day-to-day responsibilities include coordinating the release path and product lifecycle. Companies need agile product managers who understand both the technical and design requirements of their products.

Can you lead product team meetings to drive product planning and development? Do you have methods to plan your time intentionally? Are you comfortable with saying "no" to out-of-scope requests?
Communicating what you will bring to the team culture and product role will show your potential employer the positive impact you'll make on the company.
While ClickUp Automations already allow you to automate repetitive tasks, ClickUp Brain can now help you build them with natural language. Create custom automations simply by describing the process you want to automate. This makes it easier than ever to set up triggers, actions, and conditions for repetitive workflows.
For example, you could tell the AI: "When a Task with Open status in the Improvements list is marked as High Priority, assign it to Cristina and set a due date for 2 days from now."
Understandably, not all Automations will run perfectly from the get-go. But, guess what? ClickUp's AI will guide you through any steps requiring further clarification to refine the instructions and ensure your automation runs smoothly.

In the above example, your ClickUp Space may have three kinds of Improvements lists-app, editorial, and workflow improvements. So, the AI doesn't know which one to choose. AI does the following:

AI builds the Action part of the Automation: Change assignees to Cristina

For the Trigger part of the Automation, AI opens a dropdown to choose the right Improvements list

Now, the project manager understands how to complete the Automation manually, and they can pick the correct list, let's say app improvements

Now, when an Open Task in App Improvements is marked as High Priority, it's automatically assigned to Cristina

50 Product Manager Interview Questions and Answers

During the product manager hiring process, it's important to demonstrate your critical thinking skills, technical skills, and communication skills. These will give the hiring manager a panoramic view of you and your experiences.

As you go through the questions, think back on specific experiences and achievements that have shaped your professional development. Your interviewer wants to know the value and outcomes you made in previous roles: increased production efficiencies, revenue growth, or better team management.

These responses in your back pocket will help you answer confidently and eliminate interview stress!

So what questions can you expect from a product manager interview? From technical to behavioral interview questions, we got you covered!

1. What do you consider when creating product roadmaps?

Product managers are building and improving the future. The product roadmap is a strategic action plan defining the product OKRs, features, positioning, schedule, and contributors needed to build and ship a product. This is where you'll walk through a high-level summary of what you'll be accountable for.

If you're struggling with getting a practice response started, ask yourself this: What is the problem we're trying to solve and how are we going to get there?

2. What changes would you make to our product and why?

Companies engage with their customers to get valuable feedback about their products. It's essential to the health of the business and its overall impact on a customer's experience. The hiring manager asks this question to understand your product design and development thinking.

This insight paints a picture for them of the features you'd prioritize and your strategic approach that will ultimately benefit the target market and business goals.

3. How do you prioritize tasks?

Time is our most valuable asset, yet the most mismanaged. A product manager has their own workload, but they're responsible for the overall product progress. Hiring managers want to know how you will actively handle competing priorities, blockers, and unavoidable tech pitfalls.

Product prioritization helps teams make decisions faster. Here are a few situations to consider for a response:

Tip: Create a product requirements document using ClickUp's Product Requirements Template and practice working through product features, plans, and processes!
Try out these extra product requirements document templates!
4. Describe your process to improve a declining metric.

Product managers have a responsibility to optimize the team's performance. So it's important to know if you're meeting, exceeding, or not yet reaching the product vision and customer needs. Hiring managers want to know product metrics you've had an active part in nurturing.

First, give the hiring manager context to the metric about why it matters. Then, detail your data analysis process. Here are a few examples of product metrics to answer this interview question:

Daily active user and monthly active user count

Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)

User engagement/adoption

Churn rate

5. How would you manage a team that works across time zones?

Highly-efficient product teams give full visibility into their planning and activities so task hand-offs are quicker. At the intersection of it all is the product manager. This person should clearly communicate expectations and vision so all contributors are ready to get to work without confusion about what's happening.

Describe your best practices to set up the team for success! A few examples to consider:

Breaking down silos with communication channels

Using modern and relevant product management tools

Standardizing product processes and information sharing

6. What software have you used in your previous roles?

Oftentimes, hiring managers will include a list of tools they currently use in the job listing. If you're familiar with any software mentioned, briefly explain your skills with the tool. If any of the software is new to you, this is an opportunity to express you're receptive to learning and using them.

Call out any roadmapping software, user research tools, and team communication apps you've had great success with. The goal is to show how invaluable software is to a successful product launch and team productivity.

7. How do you explain technical concepts to non-technical teams?

Product managers work with various departments like Marketing, Finance, Sales, and Support to collect ideas and opinions to form the product strategy. These groups are not familiar with the complexities of product features and specifics so making information accessible is critical for collaboration.

To answer product manager interview questions about communication methods, here are a few examples:

List the ways you'd use visuals like screen recordings and digital whiteboards to break down concepts

Different communication channels to keep all teams on the same page

How you'd relate the advantages and benefits of the product features

8. Describe your ideal product management process.

This is a window into what it would look like working with you on a Wednesday afternoon in a product training meeting.

Or the steps you'd take to conduct user research in face-to-face interviews with the target audience.

Or how you would minimize risk while making operational improvements to the team's workflow.

Choose relevant examples to illustrate your process and draw from the role requirements under the job listing. This is an open product management interview question so you don't want to miss the opportunity to show how you'd add value to their organization!

9. Can you tell me about a mistake you made?

This behavioral interview question is deeply rooted in how you would handle challenging situations. Everyone makes mistakes, and hiring managers know this. But ultimately, your response helps them decide if you have the interpersonal and product management skills to succeed in the role.

Write out a few example situations where you made a mistake and what you learned. It's important not to dwell on the mistake. Focus on the steps you made, the frameworks you put in place, and the outcome of the result.

10. What do you need from your manager to be successful?

Employers ask about your expectations from supervisors to understand your preferred management style. It shows if your values align with the team and company. Use these prompts to put together a thoughtful response:

What qualities from past managers helped you grow in your career?

How do you want to receive immediate feedback and recognition?

How often do you prefer 1:1 check-ins with your manager?

How important is transparency to you?

Do you work best independently?

Below are 40 more questions to review and practice responses!

11. What do you enjoy most about product management?

12. What metrics on a dashboard would you track for X product?

13. What do you like about our product?

14. What qualities do you look for in a strong product management team?

15. Describe how you have collaborated with a design team to ship a product or feature.

17. What challenges have you faced when working remotely?

18. What's your process to perform a cost-benefit analysis?

19. How do you communicate opportunities to engineers?

20. If a team member's bandwidth doesn't allow for competing priorities, how do you determine what to focus on?

21. How would you measure the success of X product?

22. How do you collaborate with the marketing and sales team to ship a product?

23. What are the best ways to communicate with senior management?

24. How do you know if your users are satisfied with your product?

25. What are your ideal methods for customer research?

26. How do you think about onboarding new users to your product?

27. Why do you want to work as a product manager?

28. What do your day-to-day activities look like as a product manager?

29. How would you work through an issue with an engineer?

30. What's your process for reviewing metrics?

31. How would you explain product management to a person without technical knowledge?

33. How do you say no to feature requests or suggestions?

34. How would you explain product challenges?

35. What's more important: getting a product done on time or getting a product done as planned?

36. Do differentiating opinions hurt or help team performance?

37. Tell me about a time when you had to build or motivate a team.

38. How do you choose a task to focus on from different executive stakeholders?

39. What has made X product successful?

40. Tell me about a time you handled a difficult stakeholder.

41. How do you create alignment between technical and design functions?

42. How do you decide what and what not to build?

43. Tell me about a time you had to influence a key decision-maker.

44. Tell me about a time you solved pain points for customers.

46. What is the key to a good user interface?

47. Tell me about a time you solved pain points for customers.

48. How do you know if a product is well-designed?

49. Is there a product you'd like to see improved? How would you do it?

50. Do you have any questions for me?

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