Favorite Products & Improvement Metrics
Overview
This question evaluates a candidate's product-thinking, metric-definition, hypothesis-formulation, experiment-design, and prioritization competencies by asking for a description of past product work, role scope, north-star and input metrics, and a constrained improvement proposal.
Google
Jul 4, 2025, 8:28 PM
Product Manager
Onsite
Product / Decision Making
9
0
Onsite PM Interview: Product Thinking and Metrics
You are a Product Manager candidate. Use concise, structured answers and define metrics clearly. If you cannot share real numbers, provide reasonable baselines and targets.
Prompt
-
Describe one product you have worked on.
- What problem did it solve, for whom, and at what lifecycle stage?
- What was your role and scope?
- What were the key metrics you tracked (North Star and input metrics)?
-
Name two tech products and two non-tech products you admire.
- Pick one non-tech product and explain one improvement you would make.
- State the user problem, constraints, and your hypothesis.
-
Define the success metrics you would use to judge your proposed improvement.
- Identify primary, secondary, and guardrail metrics.
- Briefly outline how you would measure them (e.g., experiment design, time frame).
Solution
Login required
Show