Product design question

You are a PM at Hyperloop, which is launching its first passenger route between SF and LA in 6 weeks. You are responsible for building out a mobile app in time for launch. What is your plan of action?

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What this question tests

Execution under extreme time pressure, checking whether you can scope ruthlessly and sequence work realistically.

Clarify constraints first, confirming the six-week deadline is fixed and asking what backend or ticketing systems already exist to build against.
Define the minimum viable scope: ticket booking, schedule display, and boarding confirmation, since a first launch cannot include every feature.
Cut anything not essential to day-one operation, like loyalty programs or in-depth trip personalization, and log them for a fast-follow release.
Sequence the work in parallel tracks, one team on booking and payment, another on schedule and notifications, to fit the timeline.
Plan for a hard risk buffer, building in a code freeze and testing window in the final week rather than developing until launch day.
Define launch readiness criteria explicitly, for example booking success rate and crash-free session rate thresholds, and confirm what happens if the app is not ready in time.

Names the exact MVP scope, booking, schedule, and boarding pass, and explicitly defers loyalty or personalization features to a fast-follow.
Builds in a testing and freeze buffer in the final week, showing awareness that a fixed hard deadline needs schedule risk management, not just feature triage.
States a fallback plan, for example a mobile web booking flow as backup if the native app risks missing the date.
Shows explicit prioritization logic, cutting scope based on what blocks day-one operations versus what merely improves experience.

Trying to fit a full feature set into six weeks without cutting scope.
No fallback plan if the native app is not ready in time for a fixed, real-world launch date.
Not building any testing or stabilization buffer before launch.

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