On facebook, I asked:
Some of the answers that popped up on my wall are produced below. They include the contributor and his/her FB link!
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Rohit Agarwal Tell me about a time when you made a decision about a critical product or feature that turned out to be a bad decision. Describe how you arrived at that decision, the process of realizing it was a mistake, and what you did to recover.
Amit Thakral FB asks the PM guys to redesign the current ATMs
Asha Chaudhry how would you revamp doordarshan?
Nirav Shah Define what is product?
Subhrangshu Neogi What is the purpose of existence of a product?
Vigneshwar Shankar Poojar What have you shipped
Apoorv Garg Imagine yourself as a product and sell it to me.
Sarsij Nayanam What changes you would like to make to Google search home page.
Kinnari Dave What’s the difference between a Product & Service, if any ?
Harit Nagpal How was your journey from home to this office? Or any similar question. The way he responds will show his articulation ability and attitude. Rest is easy.
Satya Prakash
What’s important, Product or User/customer?
Suraj Wadhwani
Tell me the number of red colour cars in India
Umashankar Das
Which is bigger? The Product or the Customer
Abhay Kulkarni
What is your philosophy as a Product Manager?
Ankit Khandelwal How many product failures u have survived?
Vikas Singhal
What is the most crucial stage in the life of a product in development?
Amol Patil
Tu kya hai ?
Sweta Samota Be quiet and if he asks the right question, hire him smile emoticon
Vinay Krishna G
Tell me the story of any one product smile emoticon
Sarada Prasad Dash
I want to hire a product manager for just 15 days to develop my product post that u have to leave.. Do you think u can join me for this ?
Vimal Solanki
“If I ask you to hire a product manager by asking only one question, what would that question be?”
Sunil Suri
My Question – If given a choice what would you like to develop FIRST, a feature in software which could bring thousand of dollars in revenue for the company and could make you an instant star with great salary hike, or new feature request asked by most of the clients which would help them in their business and increase their productivity.
Rahul
How will you go about finding new product ideas?
Rana Dutta
From this moment, these products are yours and they are linked with your personal and professional reputation and wealth, if they take a beating so does your reputation and your wealth as they are now intertwined. What will be the next 5 steps you will take to garner – more mind and market share and if your strategies fail how will you reinstate your reputation and your wealth?
Ashwin C Parulkar
Do the SWOT for our current product portfolio