Product design question
Suggest a new feature for a card game.
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What this question tests
Tests fast, structured ideation for a simple, well-defined product with limited scope.
How to approach it
- Pick a specific card game type, a multiplayer online card game, since card game alone is too broad.
- Identify the pain point: matches can feel repetitive for long-time players, and new players face a steep learning curve against veterans.
- Propose a rotating weekly modifier mode to keep repeat play fresh, paired with a skill-based matchmaking tier for new players.
- Prioritize retention of existing players, the modifier mode, since acquisition is a separate, larger problem.
- Define success as session frequency among existing players after the feature ships and mode adoption rate.
What a strong answer includes
- Picks a specific, well-known game archetype instead of staying abstract about card game.
- Ties the feature idea to a concrete retention problem, staleness, common to card games.
- Commits to one clear feature rather than a scattershot list of ideas.
Common mistakes
- Staying too abstract about a card game without picking a type, making the answer generic.
- Listing multiple unprioritized ideas instead of committing to one.
Likely follow-up questions
- How would you measure if the new mode is cannibalizing the core game mode instead of adding incremental engagement?
- Would you make this permanent or rotating and seasonal?
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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
- Chapter 14: Get the job: the AI PM interview loop