Use these sample questions as a self-guided practice set. For each one, write a timed answer first, then use the outline to review the structure before starting a full mock interview.
Product design · Medium · 25 minutes
Design a product that helps older adults use public transportation independently.
Answer outline: Clarify the objective, select a user segment, map the highest-friction journey, prioritize one need, propose an MVP, and define an adoption metric plus safety guardrails.
Metrics · Medium · 20 minutes
Define success metrics for a new collaborative playlist feature.
Answer outline: Tie the feature to user value, select one primary metric, define its population and window, then add input, quality, retention, and abuse guardrails.
Root-cause analysis · Hard · 20 minutes
Daily active users dropped 15% after a mobile release. How would you investigate?
Answer outline: Verify instrumentation, establish the timeline, segment the drop, compare release and external hypotheses, request discriminating evidence, and delay fixes until the cause is isolated.
Product strategy · Hard · 25 minutes
Should a food-delivery marketplace enter a smaller city with limited courier supply?
Answer outline: Clarify the strategic goal, estimate market attractiveness, assess marketplace liquidity and company advantage, compare entry options, and recommend a testable wedge with exit criteria.
Execution · Medium · 20 minutes
Engineering and sales disagree on the next roadmap priority. How would you make the decision?
Answer outline: Surface the underlying goals, agree on decision criteria, compare customer and business impact, account for technical cost, make the call, and communicate what will not be built.
Technical PM · Hard · 25 minutes
Design a high-level notification system for a global collaboration product.
Answer outline: Define the user journey and scale, separate functional and reliability requirements, trace the data flow, then discuss delivery guarantees, preferences, observability, privacy, and cost.
Behavioral · Medium · 15 minutes
Tell me about a time you influenced a team without formal authority.
Answer outline: Name one specific conflict, your responsibility, the interests you uncovered, the action you personally took, the result, and what you learned.
Guesstimate · Medium · 20 minutes
Estimate the number of food-delivery orders placed each day in Bengaluru.
Answer outline: Set the geography and period, build a population and frequency equation, state rounded assumptions, calculate a range, and sanity-check it against a known benchmark.