Product Design Interviews: favorite product? How would you improve it?

The most commonly asked question in product manager interviews at Google, Facebook, Amazon and any tech company is "What is your favorite product? why? How would you improve it?"
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[@anish545]

I wish I got a senior like you at my next job. I will get a chance to grow exponentially.

[@roarkgan]

Hi Dianna. Thank you for your content. :) Q - Before we go into product improvements shouldn't we first identify well defined user segments for whom we want to improve Yelp? In the example you gave you choose consumers & business as the two segments. I wanted to check if we should have gone into segmenting these further before moving to solutions?

[@kumarrishav1641]

Great content ..Keep them coming 👍

[@shoshysam6355]

Great tips Dianna! Keep up the good work :)

[@diannayau]

Thank you!!

[@jeffersonsankara1189]

@Dianna - You are a godsend! thank you so much.

[@diannayau]

you bet! let me know what other interview questions I can help you answer ;)

[@sicktastictv]

This content is gold. Thank you Dianna.

[@diannayau]

So happy to hear it's been helpful!

[@sicktastictv]

@@diannayau Seriously, one of the best content for Product Manager interviews. Keep rocking.

[@asutosh123]

@Dianna - Outstanding content and approach as always. Thank you! Curious - How would you approach the response if the interviewer asks you about an app/product specifically that you have not used before, instead of asking you to pick an app yourself?

[@diannayau]

You'd want to spend a chunk of time in the beginning aligning on the product, how it works, its goals before you dive into how you would improve it. Don't be afraid to tell the interviewer you haven't used it and wanted to align with them on the product

[@asutosh123]

@@diannayau Thank you!

[@pavithrar6380]

Hi Dianna, super helpful, thank you. Do we need segment users in these types of question (which I don’t think is covered in this video). Please let me know. Thanks!

[@diannayau]

No need to segment users here! If you’re unsure you can always ask the interviewer

[@tram3131]

I really like your videos but I'm having brain fog on how to think of different ways to improve like you did in this example. Would you have any tips on how to think of solutions like you did (i.e. creating elite community, adding upsell options, personalization)? How did you get better at thinking of different solutions?

[@peterlegend]

this is the tough part, to be creative and formal when presenting these ideas in a span of several minutes...

[@diannayau]

Like Peter said, it definitely is tough so I empathize with that! 1) good solutions come naturally when you have well defined painpoints, so make sure your painpoints are clear 2) another neat trick is to combine various technologies and trends, which can help you come up with differentiating solutions