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PM Interview Questions

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Collaboration

  • How would you create an environment that encourages collaboration with your peers?
  • How do you get engineering to listen to you, given that Product Management has no official authority?
  • How have you worked with engineers in your current/previous roles?
  • What strategies have you used to manage conflicts within your team, especially between different functions (e.g., engineering, design, etc.)?
  • Can you share an example of a difficult negotiation you had with a stakeholder and how you handled it?

Execution

  • What tools, artifacts or ceremonies do you use for carrying out, organizing and communicating your projects?
  • How do you handle having multiple priorities at the same time?
  • Which parts of the (broadly-defined) Product Management role do you truly excel in? Which parts are your weaknesses?
  • Can you describe a time when a project or product feature didn't go as planned? How did you handle it and what was the outcome?
  • How do you ensure that your team meets deadlines and achieves its goals?

Strategy

  • Pick a product you worked on in the past year—talk me through your strategy for it.
  • Can you describe a time when you had to pivot your product strategy? What led to this decision and what was the outcome?
  • How do you align your product strategy with the overall business strategy?

Customer Insights

  • Tell me about a time you did user research on a product/feature and that research had a big impact on the product.
  • Can you share an example when you used data to understand user behavior and how it influenced your product decisions?

Impact

  • What’s the most important or impactful product you shipped?
  • How do you prioritize initiatives?
  • How do you balance the demands of strategic activities versus the tactical?
  • How do you measure if a product or feature was a success?
  • How do you define and measure success for a product?
  • What was a decision you made that had a negative impact on a product, and how did you learn from it?

Product Sense

  • How would you improve feature x in our product?
  • What aspects of our product do you think should be improved?
  • What's a cool innovation that you've seen lately? Why?
  • What's the app on your phone with the best ux and why?
  • What's one complex feature of an app you like that you think is really well designed.
  • Can you talk about a feature that you believe was poorly designed in a product you love? How would you improve it?
  • How do you stay current with the latest UX/UI trends and technologies?

Business sense

  • What do you think of the industry that I'm in?
  • We're thinking about expanding into XYZ, should we?
  • Can you describe a time when you had to make a tough business decision for a product? What factors did you consider?
  • How do you factor in the competitive landscape when making product decisions?

Change

  • What do you do when starting a new role?
  • Tell me about a time you came up with a better way to do something at a previous job and implemented those changes on the team/organization.
  • Can you provide an example of a time when you had to adapt your product due to changes in the market or user needs? What was your approach and what was the outcome?

On the role of a Product Manager

  • How did you become a product manager?
  • What valuable lessons have you learned in the last 12 months that you wish you knew when you started?

Innovation

  • What do you think are the biggest trends or opportunities in the industry right now? How would you capitalize on them as a product manager?
  • Can you share an example of when you introduced an innovative solution to a problem or challenge within a product?

Team Management

  • How do you motivate your team members to perform at their best?
  • Can you provide an example of when you had to give constructive feedback to a team member? How did you approach it?

Technical Knowledge

  • How would you rate your technical expertise, and how does it help you in your role as a product manager?
  • How do you collaborate with technical team members to ensure a shared understanding of the product requirements and constraints?