Product design question

How would you design a mortgage product for Robinhood?

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What this question tests

Product design that requires reconciling a new, regulated financial product with Robinhood's existing brand and constraints.

Define the user: Robinhood's existing base, largely younger, first time investors, many potentially first time homebuyers.
Identify the gap: traditional mortgage processes are opaque and paperwork heavy, clashing with Robinhood's simple, transparent brand.
Propose a streamlined, transparent application flow with real time rate comparison and clear fee breakdowns, via a licensed lending partner.
Address regulatory constraints: mortgages carry heavy compliance requirements, so partnership with an established lender is more realistic than building alone.
Define success: application completion rate and rate competitiveness versus traditional lenders.

Grounds the design in Robinhood's actual brand and user base rather than a generic mortgage app.
Recognizes the regulatory reality that Robinhood would likely partner with a licensed lender rather than originate mortgages.
Names concrete metrics tied to what would actually differentiate this from a bank's mortgage process.

Ignoring the heavy regulatory and licensing requirements of mortgage lending.
Designing a generic mortgage calculator with no tie to Robinhood's specific brand strengths.

Would Robinhood build lending capability in house or partner, and why?
How would you handle users with weaker credit who do not qualify through this flow?