Product design question
Tell me a product that you don't like but still use. How will you improve this product?
- Product design
- Easy
Practice this question out loud. An AI interviewer asks it, follows up like a real interviewer would, and scores your answer. Type or speak.
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What this question tests
Tests genuine product observation and problem-framing on a self-chosen product, similar to identifying a real pain point and proposing a grounded fix.
How to approach it
- Pick a specific product you actually use regularly despite a real frustration, not a vague or generic complaint.
- State precisely what's wrong: which specific interaction or moment fails, not the product as a whole.
- Explain why you keep using it despite the flaw, since that reveals what job the product does well enough to retain you.
- Propose a concrete improvement targeting that specific failure point, naming a real mechanism rather than a vague wish.
- Weigh a trade-off the fix introduces, showing balanced thinking about cost or complexity.
- State how you'd know the fix worked, tying back to why you'd stop being frustrated.
What a strong answer includes
- Picks a specific, well-defined frustration point rather than a vague complaint about the whole product.
- Explains why the product retains you despite the flaw, showing nuanced product thinking, not just criticism.
- Proposes a concrete, buildable fix rather than a vague better experience wish.
- Names a real trade-off introduced by the fix, avoiding a one-sided wish list.
Common mistakes
- Giving a generic complaint about an entire product category instead of one specific product.
- Not explaining why you continue to use the product despite the frustration.
- Proposing a fix so vague it could apply to any product.
Likely follow-up questions
- Why do you think the company hasn't fixed this already?
- How would you validate other users feel the same frustration?
- What would be the simplest version of this fix to test first?
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Learn the skill behind it
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