JetSynthesys Associate Product Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Case: Feature to increase revenue 5%
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Implementing a feature to increase revenue by 5%
• Analyze current revenue streams and identify areas for improvement

• Research market trends and customer preferences to identify potential new revenue opportunities

• Develop and test new features or enhancements to existing products/services

• Implement pricing strategies or promotions to drive sales

• Monitor and analyze the impact of the feature on revenue

• Continuously iterate and
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Q2. Tell me about yourself
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Q3. Run me through the case solution
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The case solution involved analyzing customer data and identifying key pain points to develop a new product feature.
• Conducted customer interviews to gather feedback

• Analyzed data to identify common pain points

• Developed a new product feature to address identified pain points

• Tested the feature with a small group of customers

• Refined the feature based on feedback

• Launched the feature to all customers
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Q4. You notice the revenues have been declining for FIFA over the past week. What would you do as a PM?
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Q5. What are the possible causes of DAU decreasing?
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Possible causes of decreasing DAU
• Changes in user behavior or preferences

• Technical issues or bugs

• Competition from other products

• Lack of new features or updates

• Poor user experience or interface

• Marketing or advertising changes

• Economic or societal factors

• Seasonal fluctuations

• Security concerns or breaches
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Q6. What could be reasons for revenue/users decreasing?
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Reasons for revenue/users decreasing
• Decrease in demand for product/service

• Increased competition

• Poor marketing strategy

• Product/service quality issues

• Economic downturn

• Changes in consumer behavior

• Lack of innovation

• Pricing strategy

• Technical issues

• Seasonal fluctuations
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Q7. What would be the effect on metrics if you were to double the XP received per match?
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Doubling XP received per match would likely increase player engagement and retention, but could also impact game balance.
• Increased XP could incentivize players to play more matches and spend more time in the game.

• Higher XP rewards could also attract new players to the game.

• However, doubling XP without adjusting other game mechanics could lead to imbalances in player progression and rewards.

• It's important to consider th...read more
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Q8. What are the ways by which you can increase the purchase/spend on the app?
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To increase purchase/spend on the app, we can focus on improving user experience, offering discounts and promotions, and implementing a loyalty program.
• Improve user experience to increase engagement and retention

• Offer discounts and promotions to incentivize purchases

• Implement a loyalty program to reward frequent users

• Personalize recommendations and offers based on user behavior

• Optimize pricing strategy to maximize reve...read more
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Graph based- level based games-users playing suddenly drop at level 6
For this round, try to show the breadth of thinking by coming up with multiple features and solutions. Also discuss the priority. Having some knowledge of mobile games could help understand some questions better but it is not a MUST. You canask for explanation or clarifications on what the flow of the game is and the interviewer would provide the same.

Puzzle-ant at every corner of an equilateral triangle. What is the probability that 2 ants clash if all the ants start moving simultaneously in either direction?

Design a scoring mechanism to decide winner of a game based on outfit design (creativity is the criterion)

Candy crush is seeing a steep drop in the number of users between level 6 and 7.What can be the causes?
The difficulty level (too high in level 7) or fatigue (people are getting bored/tired by the time they reach level 7)

What test would you perform to find the cause?
Make the difficulty of level 7 same as level 6. If we see the same pattern, it would be due to fatigue

What's another way to do the test?
Replace level 5 with level 7. If the problem is difficulty, we would now see a drop between level 5 and 6.

Amazon saw a very steep decrease in revenue today.What would be the first question you would ask? Answer to that question should lead to 2 different approaches.
Was there a drop in number of users visiting the site? If yes, we need to check why users did not visit amazon for their purchases. If no, we need to check why they purchased less as compared to regular amount.

There was no drop in the DAU. Nothing external. No change in functionality of the site. Now how will you proceed?
Trace the user journey:

1) Lands on the home page (we know the user has visited)

2) Types in the search box or clicks on one of the categories or offers

3) Lands on results page (list of products, filters, etc.)

4) Clicks on filters to narrow down the results or clicks on an item

5) Lands on the product details page and selects buy now or goes back

6) Cart and Payment pages

There was a drop in users reaching the product details page. What would be your thought process (general idea not specific to a product category)?
Means users are reaching the results page but not going forward. Factors: Relevance and Product Descriptions.

Evaluate each one of them to check if something has changed Relevance: Clicks on first page of results? Position of the clicked item in the list? Navigation to 2nd page? Usage of filters? - Change in these statistics can tell us if the results were relevant to what user was looking for.
Product Description: Name, Short desc, Reviews, Amazon fulfilled, prices - Check if any of these factors have changed for the category that would be facing the problem.

A game where you get to dress up avatars using different apparels, jewelry, etc. As creativity is subjective, how will you judge the work of players and build a points system?
I don’t fully remember my answer, but following were some of the points I made: • Let players judge each other's work • Provide incentives for players to judge as many avatars as possible • Show them two avatars and let them pick the best one. The picked one gets points. This provides a frame of reference for players to judge.

Per day revenue of Swiggy in Hyderabad. Puzzles: 2 ropes of different lengths and non-uniform cross sections/density. Each takes 1 hr to burn. Measure 45 mins. 1 ant on each vertex of a triangle. Each can go along any of the two sides connected to the corner. Find the probability that none of the ants collide.
: (Dos and Don’ts, What went wrong.. , What went right.. etc.) Interviewer was pretty chill and very helpful. Whenever I was going in the wrong direction, he was asking me questions that can help me get back on track. Also, as they provided multiple cases, don’t worry if you screw up one case. So be calm and take your time to answer the question. They were looking to understand how you think, and not for a structure from any book.

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Q1. . The interviewer first asked what game do I play in real life. I said table tennis. He then asked me to design a mobile game for it.
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Q2. Design a mobile game for it.
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Design a mobile game where players match colored tiles to earn points.
• The game should have a grid of colored tiles that players can tap on to select.

• Players earn points by matching tiles of the same color in a row or column.

• Include power-ups or special tiles to add excitement and strategic elements.

• Add levels or challenges to keep players engaged and motivated.

• Consider adding social features like leaderboards or multip...read more
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Q3. Draw the wireframes.
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The wireframes for the Associate Product Manager interview question.
• Create wireframes for each screen or page of the product

• Include key elements such as navigation, content layout, and interactive elements

• Use tools like Sketch, Adobe XD, or Balsamiq to create the wireframes

• Ensure consistency in design and user experience across screens

• Consider user flows and interactions to guide the wireframe design
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Q4. Once a person owns all the bats, he will stop paying as we cannot keep adding bats every month. What can you do?
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Implement a subscription model with a fixed monthly fee instead of paying for each bat.
• Introduce a subscription plan where the person pays a fixed monthly fee to access all the bats.

• Offer different subscription tiers with varying benefits to cater to different customer needs.

• Provide additional perks or discounts for long-term subscribers to incentivize continued payment.

• Consider offering a limited-time trial period to ...read more
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Q5. . Every month you are seeing a drop in the revenue from the app. How will you get to the problem?
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To identify the problem causing the drop in revenue, I would analyze various factors such as user feedback, app performance, market trends, and competitor analysis.
• Analyze user feedback to identify any issues or dissatisfaction with the app.

• Evaluate the app's performance metrics such as user engagement, retention, and conversion rates.

• Conduct market research to understand any shifts in user preferences or competitive o...read more
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Q6. I was told that conversion rates are decreasing. What will you do?
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To address decreasing conversion rates, I would analyze the data, identify the root causes, and implement targeted strategies.
• Analyze conversion data to identify trends and patterns

• Identify potential barriers or friction points in the conversion process

• Conduct user research and gather feedback to understand user behavior

• Optimize landing pages and user flows to improve conversion rates

• Implement A/B testing to experiment...read more
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Q7. Q. How will you go about designing a subscription based model?
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To design a subscription based model, I would follow a systematic approach involving market research, pricing strategy, value proposition, and customer segmentation.
• Conduct market research to identify target audience and their needs

• Determine pricing strategy based on market analysis and competitor benchmarking

• Define the value proposition of the subscription model, highlighting benefits and unique features

• Segment custom...read more
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Q8. Did you clear the round?
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Prepare a slide deck

You will be mapped with seniors from flipkart.

Q1. Basics of Product management, questions from resume and your interests.
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As per prior work exp

We had to pitch a product that solved any real-life problem.

Q1. Questions related to the prepared deck and product design
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Q1. Product Design Exercise
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Product Case Study

Q1. Product Interview - Problem Solving
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Q1. Guesstimates and Product Design Problem
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Q1. Should Flipkart enter the cattle trading market?
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No, Flipkart should not enter the cattle trading market due to lack of expertise and potential ethical concerns.
• Lack of expertise in the cattle trading market may lead to poor decision-making and financial losses.

• Cattle trading involves ethical considerations such as animal welfare and sustainability, which may not align with Flipkart's values.

• Entering a new market requires significant resources and investment, which m
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Zynga had asked for a case submission (Pick any product and increase its revenue by 5%)so first few questions were based on that
I had suggested for monetization by introduction of new feature and questions revolved around that feature.Why do you think people will pay for it? How can you use data to justify if such a feature is required? Be very specific w.r.t to defining customer journey and what are the data points that you will collect through the journey to verify feature requirement before you build it

Final question was, give a 2 min pitch for this feature to your senior and
how you will convince your bandwidth crunched technical resource to build this
feature

Further, he gave additional problem solving of an e-commerce platform. Bounce rate of an ecommerce website if up by 20%, what do you think is the reason.
Structure is very important here. Be well versed with the e-commerce funnel and which KPIs you will look at to know what is going on. I started by asking the device type questions (Mobile vs Desktop), he said the bounce rate is in mobile app and not website. Further I asked for a trend (as in for how long we see this increment). To this he mentioned that the bounce rate has increased suddenly in one day span. Post this I went into the ecommerce funnel and tried to identify from which page customers were leaving the application. Once that was narrowed down, I asked for has there been any UI changes in this one-day span. It turned out that technical team had done some UI changes because of which few call to action buttons were not visible on the mobile screen (less than 4inch screen).

Q1. The interview started with a round of introduction. Behavioral questions, tell me about yourself? Why PM? Life goals? Situations where you have failed? Biggest success of life?
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Q2. Further, there was a series of puzzle. He asked 3 puzzles and gave only 2 min per puzzle to solve. 1st was a 25 horses puzzle, 2nd was, 3rd was
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Q3. Lastly, he devoted around 45 min to product thinking. Gave multiple cases back to back. 1st case was to monetize WhatsApp.
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Q4. Biggest success of life?
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Q5. Gave multiple cases back to back. 1st case was to monetize WhatsApp.
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Q1. . The interview started with a round of introduction. Behavioral questions, tell me about yourself? Why PM? Life goals? Situations where you have failed? Biggest success of life?
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Q2. Further, there was a series of puzzle. He asked 3 puzzles and gave only 2 min per puzzle to solve. 1st was a 25 horses puzzle, 2nd was, 3rd was
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