Product design question
Design a feature for LinkedIn to hire remote workers for software/IT companies
- Product design
- Medium
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What this question tests
Tests product design for a two sided marketplace: matching remote focused employers with candidates within an existing platform.
How to approach it
- Define both sides: software and IT companies hiring remote roles, and candidates specifically seeking remote work.
- Identify the current gap: LinkedIn job search does not let candidates filter confidently for genuinely remote roles versus hybrid mislabeled as remote.
- Propose the feature: a verified remote badge for employers plus a remote first search filter with time zone overlap shown.
- Address trust: require employers to confirm remote scope to avoid bait and switch listings that erode candidate trust.
- Define success: application rate on remote verified listings versus unverified ones.
- Confirm with the interviewer whether this is global or US focused, since remote norms vary by region.
What a strong answer includes
- Targets the specific pain point of mislabeled remote listings, proposing an employer attestation plus candidate reporting to keep the remote badge trustworthy.
- Adds a time zone overlap indicator on each listing, since software teams often need working hour overlap even when remote.
- Proposes a success metric, for example application to interview conversion rate on verified remote listings versus the platform average.
- Suggests a lightweight employer incentive, higher visibility for verified remote listings, to drive adoption of the attestation step.
Common mistakes
- Building a generic job filter without addressing why remote listings are currently untrustworthy.
- Ignoring the employer side incentive needed to get accurate remote labeling in the first place.
Likely follow-up questions
- How would you verify an employer's remote claim is accurate?
- How would you handle roles that are remote only in certain countries?
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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
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