Product design question

Pick a non-technical product you use. Why do you like it and why don't you like it? How will you improve it?

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

Applied product sense on something personal and everyday, showing critical thinking extends beyond software.

Pick a real, specific everyday product, for example a coffee maker, a physical planner, or a transit card system.
State what you like: name the specific design choice that works well and why, for example a single-button interface reduces friction.
State what you dislike: name a specific, real frustration, not a generic complaint.
Propose one concrete improvement targeting that frustration, with a rough mechanism for how it would work.
Consider the trade-off of your fix, for example added cost or complexity versus the friction it removes.
Define what 'better' would look like measurably, for example less time spent on the task or fewer repeat purchases needed.

Chooses a genuinely non-technical, everyday product, showing product thinking applies broadly, not just to software.
Gives a specific, well-observed likes-and-dislikes pair rather than generic praise or complaint.
The proposed fix is concrete and mechanistically plausible, not hand-wavy.

Picking a tech product by accident, like an app, missing the non-technical constraint.
Giving only surface-level opinions with no proposed improvement.

How would you validate that your fix actually solves the problem for other users too?
What trade-off would your fix introduce?