Individual Contributor
Can you describe the life cycle of a feature for me?
If you were our product manager, what improvements would you implement in our product during the first 6 months
How do you conduct customer research?
Tell me about a time you disagree with an engineer and how you resolved it.
What’s the most important or impactful product you delivered? What made it so important? Would it have been as impactful without you, and why?
Imagine giving your engineering team 8 requirements for a feature release. They come back and say they can do 2. How would you respond?
Imagine you've given your design team an initial set of requirements, and they've spun up a first set of mocks. However, they are not what you're looking for and they've added elements that you didn't specify in your requirements. How would you respond?
Assume that we’re launching a new product (e.g., Candidate profile) - can you talk about how your launch plan for this product and how you would build a dashboard to track the launch?
Manager
Tell me about a product initiative you have taken that has positively impacted your business?
What tools do you put in place to ensure fluidity in exchanges with the various stakeholders of a product project?
Tell me about your method for building a product roadmap.
Tell me about a time where your team was not working well together. Why did this happen? What did you learn?
What do you think distinguishes good PMs from great PMs?
What was the feedback you received in your most recent review? Follow up: what have you done to improve on that feedback?