WHAT skills tested in PM interview?
Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze data, solve problems, and make informed decisions.
Communication Skills: How effectively you convey your ideas, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and articulate your thought process.
Product Sense: Understanding of user needs, market trends, and your ability to think like a product manager.
Behavioral Competencies: Soft skills, leadership qualities, and how you handle various situations.
Technical Aptitude: Understand the technical aspects related to the product or industry.
HOW are these tested? - These are basically open-ended questions, approach to how you answer to the questions asked is tested in the interview
Product Design Questions
Design a meditation app. How would you improve Spotify as a podcast application?
Guesstimate Questions
How many people in India use 5G network How many vehicles cross the Delhi-Gurgaon toll per day? (Yes, this is a real question which was asked to me in an interview)
Behavioral Questions
Tell me about a time you handled a difficult stakeholder. How would you handle negative user feedback for your product?
Product Strategy Questions
Should Google go into the ridesharing market? How would you increase the adoption of Microsoft Edge?
Metrics/ Analytics Questions
What metrics would you focus on as the PM for Spotify? How would you measure the success of Medium?
Execution Questions
Fake news is increasing on social media. How would you reduce its proliferation? YouTube comments are up, but watch time is down. What do you do?
Technical Questions (not that common in all PM interviews)
Design the architecture for Instagram’s Home Feed. Tell me about a previous project where your team had to choose between two technologies with trade-offs. Why did you choose what you did?