Airbnb product manager interview questions
54 questions asked in Airbnb product manager interviews: 18 product design, 12 strategy, 8 metrics, 2 estimation, 14 behavioral. Each has an answer guide, and you can practice any of them in a mock interview.
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Product design questions (18)
- How would you design a bicycle renting app for tourists?Google · Product design · Medium
- Design a driverless car pick up service for kids.Google · Product design · Hard
- Give an example of a badly designed product.Adobe · Product design · Easy
- Imagine you’re a Product Manager at Airbnb. You have been assigned the task of adding a new feature that could be useful to the Airbnb user base. It must include an integration with an external third-party/non-Airbnb API.Airbnb · Product design · Medium
- Design a way for people to find apartments.Google · Product design · Easy
- How would you improve Airbnb in 6 months?Airbnb · Product design · Hard
- How would you improve the Airbnb app?Google · Product design · Easy
- How would you design furniture for Airbnb?Airbnb · Product design · Medium
- How would you design "Airbnb Experience" inside the app?Airbnb · Product design · Medium
- How do you improve the check out experience for Airbnb?Instacart · Product design · Easy
- How would you approach the design and go-to-market for a completely new bike concept?Google · Product design · Hard
- How would you improve the Airbnb Homes product?Airbnb · Product design · Easy
- What are some reasons why WeWork failed?Airbnb · Product design · Easy
- How would you increase the conversion rate of the Airbnb Reservation experience for first timers?Airbnb · Product design · Medium
- How would you improve a trip organiser app like TripCase or TripIt?Airbnb · Product design · Easy
- Create a user-friendly online pet marketplace tailored for farmers, focusing on easy transactions and providing credit options.Airbnb · Product design · Hard
- Design a feature for Airbnb that helps travelers plan group trips more easily.Airbnb · Product design · Easy
- Develop a solution for Airbnb to help guests find properties that match their preferences.Airbnb · Product design · Medium
Strategy questions (12)
- What should Airbnb's strategy be during the COVID-19 pandemic?Google · Strategy · Hard
- Walk me through how you prioritize your product backlog.Spotify · Strategy · Easy
- Evaluate the upsides and downsides of building a super app — an app having all major B2C features including entertainment, e-commerce, food ordering, hotel booking, cab booking, chat, holiday planning, gaming, med ordering, service booking, etc.Google · Strategy · Hard
- This is an interview question, with a few sub-questions I was able to get after asking them: How would you determine the roadmap for a product? (Assume any product and any feature). What are the key criteria's/aspects you will consider to create this road map? How much weight will your roadmap have for user-driven features?Amazon · Strategy · Medium
- For a marketplace, how would you decide whether to have two different apps for buyers & sellers or only a single app?Swiggy · Strategy · Hard
- How will you plan the launch of a travel product after the end of coronavirus?Airbnb · Strategy · Hard
- How would you improve the user activation rate of Airbnb? Feel free to assume What you consider to be activation.Airbnb · Strategy · Medium
- How would you determine how to sell hotels on Airbnb?Airbnb · Strategy · Hard
- Should Airbnb offer free experiences/tours?Airbnb · Strategy · Hard
- Can you talk through how you worked with a design team in a previous company to ship a product / feature?Airbnb · Strategy · Easy
- You need to increase Acquisition for a Subscription based SaaS product in virtualization space. What product growth model would be useful?Airbnb · Strategy · Medium
- Should Airbnb enter the furniture retail market?Instacart · Strategy · Hard
Metrics questions (8)
- What A/B tests will you run to increase the booking rate among Airbnb guests?Airbnb · Metrics · Medium
- How do you measure the success of Airbnb online experiences?Spotify · Metrics · Medium
- What is the success metric for Airbnb's booking experience?Lyft · Metrics · Easy
- Define success metrics for the Airbnb traveler booking experience.Instacart · Metrics · Medium
- How would you determine success for the "Things to do" feature in Airbnb?Airbnb · Metrics · Medium
- How would you measure the satisfaction of hosts on Airbnb?Airbnb · Metrics · Medium
- How would you go about building a marketplace app for finding available parking spots?Airbnb · Metrics · Hard
- You have seen a 10% decrease in total bookings on Airbnb this month. What will you do?Airbnb · Metrics · Medium
Estimation questions (2)
- How much revenue does Airbnb generate annually in India?Google · Estimation · Easy
- Estimate the number of passengers per year in post-COVID world in August travelling from the US to the EU.Airbnb · Estimation · Medium
Behavioral questions (14)
- How do you know when to cut corners to get a product out the door?Shopify · Behavioral · Medium
- How do you prioritize requirements?PayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- Your Engineering Manager wants to work on a new feature and you absolutely have no bandwidth. How will you handle it?PayPal · Behavioral · Medium
- How would you keep developers working on a product motivated and turning out quality work?Shopify · Behavioral · Easy
- In layman terms, describe your day to day activities as a Product Manager.Shopify · Behavioral · Easy
- How would you make something significantly simpler for a customer?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you prioritize among competing features?Spotify · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you motivate a team?Shopify · Behavioral · Easy
- Describe a product/feature that you worked on from ideation to delivery.Airbnb · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you work with Marketing?Spotify · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you work with Designers?Spotify · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you know if your users are satisfied with your product?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- What would you say as your achievements in your current role?Airbnb · Behavioral · Easy
- What would you say as your achievements in your current role?Airbnb · Behavioral · Easy
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