Product design question

Design a contactless movie experience for PVR.

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What this question tests

Product design for a pandemic-era physical experience redesign, balancing safety perception with the core entertainment value.

Identify the user: moviegoers who want the cinema experience but were, at the time, concerned about health and safety in enclosed public spaces.
Name pain points across the journey: ticket purchase and pickup, concession ordering, and seating, each involving unnecessary physical contact with staff or shared surfaces.
Propose solutions: mobile ticketing with QR code scan entry, pre-order concessions for pickup or seat delivery, and app-based seat selection avoiding shared touchscreens.
Prioritize concession pre-ordering and mobile entry first, since they touch the highest-frequency contact points (ticket counter and concession stand).
Define success as adoption rate of contactless flows and reduction in average time spent in shared physical queues.

Maps the full physical journey (entry, concessions, seating) and identifies which specific steps carry the most unnecessary contact, rather than a vague 'go contactless' statement.
Prioritizes concessions and entry, the highest-frequency touchpoints, over lower-frequency ones like seat selection.
Picks queue time reduction as a metric, which reflects both safety perception and a genuinely better experience, appealing to the business case beyond just the pandemic context.

Proposing generic contactless features without mapping which specific physical touchpoints matter most.
Ignoring that some of these features, like mobile ticketing, have lasting value beyond the pandemic context that prompted them.

Which of these features would you keep even after health concerns faded, and why?
How would you handle guests without smartphones in a fully contactless flow?