Product design question

Name 3 of your favorite nontech products and why? Improve one of them.

Practice this question out loud. An AI interviewer asks it, follows up like a real interviewer would, and scores your answer. Type or speak.

What this question tests

Basic product sense on everyday objects, checking whether the candidate can spot a real limitation and propose a grounded fix.

Name three specific nontech products briefly, with a short reason for liking each, rather than vague categories.
Pick one to improve and identify the actual user and moment where friction occurs.
Name the specific limitation clearly, not a vague dislike.
Propose a targeted fix addressing that exact limitation.
State how you would validate the fix matters to real users before committing to it, such as a small pilot or survey.

Chooses products with genuinely specific reasons for liking them, not generic answers like 'my phone' or 'my backpack'.
Identifies a precise moment of friction, for example a thermos that loses heat retention after repeated openings during a workday.
Proposes a fix, such as a double-seal lid, and ties it to a testable outcome like measured heat retention over time.

Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.