Analytical Interview Questions

What criteria would you use to assess the effectiveness of the insights (charts and metrics) offered for an enterprise messaging application aimed at administrators?

What is the number of lane divider stripes on the German autobahn?

LinkedIn

As the CEO of Airbnb, what criteria would you use to choose between expanding into football cities or the capitals of emerging countries?

LinkedIn

What is the functioning of Airbnb's pricing model? Who does it advantage?

How do you establish success metrics when introducing a new feature?

Lyft

Should Airbnb mandate that all hosts utilize professional photographs for their listings?

eBay

What is the key performance indicator for Airbnb? Which metrics would you monitor when starting a new e-commerce site? What is the reasoning behind this?

Microsoft

The government of India has invited you to develop the Cowin portal. What are some key features you would incorporate for partner personas? What essential metrics would you use to measure the platform's success? Additionally, how would these metrics vary depending on the user personas? (It's important to focus on metrics specific to the platform in your response.)

Google

Explain a complicated technical issue you resolved in simple terms, assuming I have no knowledge of the technology involved.

Pinterest

If you were the Product Manager for Spotify's Discover Weekly, which metrics would you monitor?