What is your favorite product management interview question and the best answer you've heard?
Notable Head of Product • 3y
The question I love asking every candidate is "tell me the story of the most impactful thing you’ve ever worked on." I like this question for several reasons: It works f...
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Design a product for drivers driving in rush hour. I am betting every human stuck in traffic has once thought... “Dang this traffic sucks, I wish I could [insert idea].” ...
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 4y
"Assume I don't know anything. Teach me something in the next two minutes about a topic you are passionate about - can be anything". This questions helps me understand ho...
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Carta Sr. Director of Product Management | Formerly Salesforce, MuleSoft, Apple • 4y
My favorite interview question was asked by a hiring manager ~8 years ago when I interviewed for an Associate PM position at MuleSoft. I was asked the following: "Imagine...
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Scribe VP of Product | Formerly LaunchDarkly, New Relic • 11mo
Ooh, so many good ones come to mind, so I'm going to cheat and pick two!"If I went to your Engineers and Designer and asked them what it was like to work with you, what w...
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GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • 3y
One question I love to ask is: "Tell me about a time when a conversation with a customer made you realize that your product direction was wrong." I have heard so many g...
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 2y
Will add my favorite question to ask the managers of product managers (GPM, Director and above): "Tell me about a product manager you've worked with, and who's better tha...
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Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn • 3y
For very role-specific hiring: "Knowing about the role, how does your experience and skillset fit the needs?" The best answer: Reflects the candidate really understands ...
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Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management • 2y
In a product management interview, my favorite question came up: "What is the best product you have ever used, and why?" I took a creative approach and presented myself a...
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Matterport VP of Product • 2y
'What is a project that you are proud of accomplishing'. I like asking this as one of the first few questions. The reason I like this question is for a few reasons: When ...
952 Views
Atlassian Principal Product Manager • 2y
My non-negociable PM interview question is "Tell me about a product you love, and why. Now no product is perfect so how would you improve it?".Here is why it is a must-as...
263 Views
Vera Solutions Director of Product Management • 2y
"Tell me more about your experience in building a product and your contributions to it. And tell me as you look back now, what are the things that you would do differentl...
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