Product Sense: Critique a Product You Love and Prioritize One Improvement

Pick a product you love and explain how you would improve it. Start with why it has earned a place in your life, then decide who the improvement is for, what it changes, and how you would know it worked. ```hint Find where the strength runs out Name what the product does unusually well and for whom, then look for a specific user and moment where that strength stops helping. An improvement anchored there beats a feature from a wish list. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - May I choose any product I use, or would you prefer one of this company's products or one close to this role? - Should the improvement grow the user base, deepen use among current users, or raise revenue, or is the goal my choice? - Do you want one improvement explored in depth, or a few compared briefly before I commit to one? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - A product choice backed by a clear account of what it does well and for whom - One target segment and a specific pain point it hits in the product, rather than a personal pet peeve - Several candidate improvements compared on explicit criteria and narrowed to one - A scoped first version with success metrics and guardrails - Risks to what already makes the product good, and awareness of what it may already offer ### Follow-up Questions - The team tells you a similar idea was tested and did not move the metrics. How would you find out why and decide whether to try again? - How would your improvement change if the company asked you to grow revenue rather than satisfaction? - What existing feature would you simplify or remove to make room for yours, and why?