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?? This answer was provided by one of our expert PM coaches, Sandeep.

#1. Design a LinkedIn for blue-collar workers.

Clarifying Questions

• LinkedIn has many features like professional networking, job search, upleveling skills, messaging, company profiles etc. Any specific areas we should focus on?
• I am familiar with the US market - is it ok for me to focus on that?

**Note: The interview question can go in many directions here as the problem statement is very broad. But I am choosing to take this particular path in this answer.

Thanks for the clarifications. I would like to approach this question in 4 parts

1. Why should we build this product?
2. Who are the users? And which user segment should we focus on for this interview
3. What are the key user needs / pain points of this user segment?
4. Solutions that address these key user pain points

Does that sound good?

• Yes, sounds good!

Why?

• Blue collar workers are a large part of any labor market and they are essential part of the economy
• ~40% of the overall workforce in the US are blue collar workers **?You don’t need precise numbers here - a directional answer showing the scale of the workforce is what is relevant … Read More and Give Feedback

?? Sandeep also shared feedback on one of the community answers to this PM interview question. Check out the answer and his feedback here.

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#2. You are the PM of Instagram stories. What goal would you set and how would you measure success?

My approach for this would be, I will try to understand the objective of Instagram and also assume what Instagram intends to get with the stories feature.?

Instagram's Objective:?Instagram's mission is to connect people through everyday moments, and its tagline is "Capture and Share the World's Moments".

The objective for the stories feature:? My assumption is this feature would have stemmed from the idea to improve?product adoption, revisit rate, no of people posting and engaging through posts. These objectives?resonate with the mission statement and strengthen my assumption. Going ahead with the assumption here are a few problems it intends to solve:?

1. Privacy for posting

- Followers will have continuous access to the posts on the wall?( calling these wall posts for convenience) - Users do not know how the post will be received - Users are uncomfortable with people discussing their posts on a public platform.

2. Lack of FOMO? - The posts stay on the wall forever, I am not missing out even if I do not open the gram for a day.? Reducing the?inhibition to post and incentivizing the users to open every day can be the major objectives of the feature. So based on this narrative, these are the metrics I would be tracking … Read More and Give Feedback

#3. Estimate the number of planes that are in the air in an hour.

1. Considering only domestic flights+commercial.

2. Will not consider military ones.

3. Considering all external conditions (weather, delays, etc.) fine.

Assumptions #1: Though its known that India as ~137 airports in total (but if you do not know then you can guess it)

1. India has around ~800 districts.

2. All Metro and tier 1, tier 2 cities, some tier 3 have airports.

mathematically: Metro & tier 1 will have 100% airport: 9 cities (Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Goa)

Assumption #2 airport penetration:

Tier 2: 104 cities (70%) = 70

Tier 3 : ~400 cities (15%) = 60

Total airports: 70 + 60 + 9 = ~140 airports Total runways: Delhi has 4 and rest of metro and tier 1 has 2 and 1 airports, that gives us: 17 runways … Read More and Give Feedback

Interview Questions of the Week

#1. As a PM at Apple, you are tasked with delivering the new version of iOS 19. What features would you prioritize and why?

Asked by Apple in Product Strategy 2 days ago

#2. Design a standalone maps app for Meta.

Asked by Meta (Facebook)?in Product Design 3 days ago

#3. As the Product Manager for Coinbase’s onboarding experience, how would you set goals and define success for the product?

Asked by Coinbase in Metrics 4 days ago

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