Airbnb Mission, Belonging & Hosting
Overview
This question evaluates mission alignment, user empathy, leadership, and product-thinking skills within a hospitality and community-building context. Commonly asked to gauge cultural fit and the ability to translate values into user experiences, it belongs to the Behavioral & Leadership domain for a Product Manager and tests both conceptual understanding of mission and belonging and practical application through scenario-based product sense.
Airbnb
Jul 4, 2025, 8:28 PM
Product Manager
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Behavioral & Leadership
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Behavioral Interview: Mission, Belonging, and Product Sense
Context: You are interviewing for a Product Manager role. This prompt assesses mission alignment, empathy, leadership, and product thinking.
Questions
- What is Airbnb's mission, and why does it resonate with you?
- What does "belonging" mean in your personal and professional life?
- Describe a moment when someone made you feel you belonged, and a moment when you created that feeling for others.
- If you were an Airbnb host, where would you host, and what type of experience would you craft?
- Name one action you would take to change the world and explain how it aligns with Airbnb’s mission.
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