Metrics question
You are a Product Manager for Expedia. Your customer segment is international travellers. How would you go about building a product for them?
- Expedia
- Metrics
- Medium
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What this question tests
Whether the candidate can tailor product decisions to a specific, non-obvious user segment rather than designing generically for all travelers.
How to approach it
- Clarify what makes international travelers distinct: currency and language differences, unfamiliar destinations requiring more trust signals, and often longer, higher-stakes trip planning.
- Name pain points: uncertainty about visa or entry requirements, difficulty comparing prices across currencies, and less trust in unfamiliar local providers (hotels, car rentals).
- Prioritize trust and clarity: localized pricing display, verified reviews weighted toward other international travelers, and clear requirement checklists per destination.
- Propose a focused feature, such as a pre-trip requirements checklist (visa, vaccination, currency) integrated into the booking flow.
- Define success as completed bookings per international-traveler session and reduction in cancellations due to missed entry requirements.
What a strong answer includes
- Names specific pain points unique to international travel, currency, trust, requirements, not generic travel booking friction.
- Proposes a requirements checklist as a concrete, high-value feature addressing a real cause of cancellations for this segment.
- Defines success with a metric specific to reducing this segment's unique failure mode, missed entry requirements.
Common mistakes
- Designing generically for all travelers without addressing what's distinct about the international segment.
- Ignoring trust barriers around unfamiliar local providers in a new country.
Likely follow-up questions
- How would you keep entry requirement information accurate and current across many countries?
- What would you prioritize first if you could only ship one feature for this segment?
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Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.
- Chapter 9: Prove it paid off: outcomes, economics, and pricing
- Chapter 2: Data fluency: SQL, logs, and reading the truth yourself
- Chapter 14: Get the job: the AI PM interview loop