Salesforce product manager interview questions
46 questions asked in Salesforce product manager interviews: 9 product design, 8 strategy, 2 metrics, 3 estimation, 24 behavioral. Each has an answer guide, and you can practice any of them in a mock interview.
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Product design questions (9)
- Design a library for the future.Spotify · Product design · Hard
- What is your favorite product? Why?PayPal · Product design · Easy
- Design an ATM for airports.Google · Product design · Medium
- Build a Google product that enables people to learn new skills.Google · Product design · Hard
- You were a PM on Microsoft Surface and Delta asked you to design the perfect airline entertainment system. You decide the features, scenarios, and users. What would you do?Microsoft · Product design · Hard
- Define roadmap, build, roll out and measure success of a product to manage Covid vaccination across India such that 80% of population is vaccinated in a price optimised manner.Salesforce · Product design · Hard
- How would you integrate video into Chatter?Salesforce · Product design · Medium
- Design an AI-based application in a store that would help customers check out clothes and try them on.Salesforce · Product design · Medium
- How would you raise the awareness of your product in the market?Salesforce · Product design · Medium
Strategy questions (8)
- What should Microsoft Teams' product strategy be for the next 3 years?Microsoft · Strategy · Hard
- How do you know if the user story you created is ready for execution?Salesforce · Strategy · Easy
- You have come up with a new product. How would you go about working with your stakeholders on taking it to the market?Salesforce · Strategy · Medium
- You are the PM in charge of product launch of Enterprise SAAS Solution. How would you go about it?Salesforce · Strategy · Hard
- You are a product leader at a large financial Services organization. You have been asked to come up with a governance strategy for the enterprise. What will be your key considerations as you work on developing a point of view?Salesforce · Strategy · Hard
- You are a product manager at a large retailer. You are working on the pricing of a new product. What are the factors you would take into account to price this product?Salesforce · Strategy · Hard
- You are working on developing a new product. Doing it right would take 18 months. By then, competitive gaps would be insurmountable. How do you come up with a delivery strategy that would keep your company in the game?Salesforce · Strategy · Hard
- You are a product leader at a healthcare service provider. You have just acquired a startup. How would you go about a combined data strategy for the merged companies?Salesforce · Strategy · Hard
Metrics questions (2)
- Your defective product was responsible for life-threatening illness in kids. How would you go about handling this situation?Salesforce · Metrics · Hard
- Your product just caused a worldwide outage. How would you go about handling this situation?Salesforce · Metrics · Hard
Estimation questions (3)
- How would you prepare a one month projection of a newly opened Ikea store for the company CEO?Salesforce · Estimation · Hard
- How many daily active users does Slack have?Salesforce · Estimation · Easy
- How many coffee shops are there in San Francisco?Capital One · Estimation · Easy
Behavioral questions (24)
- How do you motivate a Product team?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you prioritize Sales needs vs Engineering needs?TikTok · Behavioral · Hard
- 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
- Tell me a time when you influenced engineering to build a particular feature.PayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- You are a PM and you are about to enter the product launch meeting with all stakeholders. How would you prepare for that meeting?PayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- Tell me about a time you've had to change the way you work.Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you deal with engineering challenges at your current job?Salesforce · Behavioral · Easy
- How would you motivate the team to stack hands around your idea?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you motivate a team?Shopify · Behavioral · Easy
- Tell us about a time you had an idea that your team was skeptical about. How did you convince your team that you were right?Amazon · Behavioral · Medium
- You have just been handed a 10% cut in the engineering budget. How would you go about delivering on your committed roadmap?Salesforce · Behavioral · Medium
- Tell me about a SaaS product you really like using.Salesforce · Behavioral · Easy
- How would you minimize risk when building a product?Salesforce · Behavioral · Easy
- Tell me about a time you received a constructive feedback from your ManagerPayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- How did you turn an adversary into a confidant?Meta · Behavioral · Hard
- What excites you about product management?PayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- Tell me about a time when you didn't get along with a coworker. How did you deal with it?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- How would you handle a situation between a few workers relating to a power they believe they hold over minorities in the work place?Salesforce · Behavioral · Hard
- What is the toughest problem that you have solved as a Product Manager?PayPal · Behavioral · Easy
- Tell me about a product you've built that you're proud of.Spotify · Behavioral · Easy
- How do you interact with the engineering team?Amazon · Behavioral · Easy
- What's your experience with Agile/Scrum?Salesforce · Behavioral · Medium
- Your sales team has just reached out to you with a $100M deal where your product has a missing capability that is a deal stopper. Your Engineering Team is already busy working with another key feature for the rest of the year. How would you prioritize these requests?Salesforce · Behavioral · Hard
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