YouTube product manager interview questions
25 questions asked in YouTube product manager interviews: 9 product design, 11 strategy, 5 metrics. Each has an answer guide, and you can practice any of them in a mock interview.
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Product design questions (9)
- How would you go about designing a skip feature for a video streaming service?YouTube · Product design · Medium
- How would you further improve YouTube's share feature?YouTube · Product design · Easy
- Design a payments feature for YouTube creators to better monetize live streams.YouTube · Product design · Hard
- Enhance the YouTube experience for creators.Google · Product design · Easy
- Design a learning experience product for YouTube.YouTube · Product design · Easy
- How would you increase the frequency of YouTube (visits/week/user)?YouTube · Product design · Easy
- How would you improve battery life on YouTube mobile without making changes to the UI/UX?YouTube · Product design · Easy
- Design Youtube for concert lovers.YouTube · Product design · Medium
- If YouTube wanted to personalize the Home feed for casual viewers, what approach would you take?YouTube · Product design · Medium
Strategy questions (11)
- 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
- How would you launch YouTube in a country that currently has no comparable or similar products?YouTube · Strategy · Medium
- What should YouTube do with GenAI?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- Should YouTube Shorts be separated from the YouTube app? If yes, why? If no, why?Google · Strategy · Hard
- How would you get another billion monthly active users on YouTube?Google · Strategy · Hard
- How would you triple the revenue of YouTube?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- What should YouTube’s strategy be for news content?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- YouTube wants to enter messaging. From a trust and safety perspective, how would you approach building this feature?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- Why should YouTube invest in AI-generated video summaries for long-form content?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- How would you price YouTube?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
- Should YouTube create a dedicated feed for short educational videos?YouTube · Strategy · Hard
Metrics questions (5)
- Define the metrics for YouTube search.Google · Metrics · Medium
- YouTube usage has dropped by 50%. What would you do?Google · Metrics · Hard
- How would you measure the success of YouTube TV?Google · Metrics · Medium
- What metrics would you focus on as the PM for YouTube?YouTube · Metrics · Medium
- You noticed a drop in user engagement on recommended videos in Youtube, what metrics would you track to guide your next steps?YouTube · Metrics · Hard
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