Product design question
Design a car for blind people.
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What this question tests
Tests reframing a seemingly contradictory prompt into a real, buildable accessibility product rather than taking it literally.
How to approach it
- Reframe the prompt: a blind person can't drive, so the real need is independent mobility, meaning either an autonomous vehicle or a superior assisted-transport experience.
- Segment on blind and low-vision riders who currently depend heavily on others or paratransit for daily mobility.
- Identify pain points: today's ride-hailing apps are hard to navigate by voice alone, and communicating pickup location and destination confidently is stressful.
- Design a fully voice-driven ride-hailing experience with audio cues for pickup confirmation, in-vehicle audio describing the route and surroundings, and driver-side prompts to assist boarding.
- Define success as trip completion without needing a sighted companion, and rider-reported independence and confidence scores.
What a strong answer includes
- Correctly reframes the literal contradiction into a real underlying need, independent mobility, instead of getting stuck on the prompt's wording.
- Names concrete accessibility pain points specific to blind users, not generic ride-hailing UX issues.
- Ties success to independence and confidence, the actual outcome this product should deliver.
Common mistakes
- Taking the prompt too literally and getting stuck instead of reframing it into a real product need.
- Designing generic ride-hailing features without addressing blind-specific accessibility needs like audio navigation.
Likely follow-up questions
- How would this differ for someone with low vision versus someone fully blind?
- How would you validate this design with actual blind users before building it?
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Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.
- Chapter 4: Discovery and strategy for AI products
- Chapter 7: AI UX and human oversight: design for a system that is wrong sometimes
- Chapter 14: Get the job: the AI PM interview loop