Company Name - Flipkart
Interview Month - May 2020
Position - Product Manager.
Job Location - Bangalore, India.
Total Number of Interview Rounds - 5
Interview Round 1:
(Time - 90 mins)
The interview started with my self-introduction.
(Roles and Responsibilities at my current organization, Past Work Experiences, Products and KPIs, Education, Location, etc.)Tell me about a product or feature that you worked on end-to-end at your current company.
What was the problem and how did you go about solving it.Assume that Flipkart owned E-kart Logistics was thinking of entering the 'courier' business and how you as a product manager would go about figuring this opportunity?
You are a PM at a hyperlocal grocery delivery startup. You see high returns for orders on rice. What could be the root cause? What is your hypothesis? How would you go about solving this?
Why do you want to leave your current company?
Do you have any questions for me?
Interview Round 2:
(Time - 90 mins)
How would you measure the success of Google search results?
Can you give me the total number of Tubelights in Bangalore?
What metrics would you look into when Amazon is losing 10% of its revenue monthly?
You are a PM for an e-commerce company. Due to some mistakes, the data team lost all key metrics. What are the metrics you will track as PM?
Interview Round 3:
(Time - 90 mins)
One of the largest e-commerce stores in India — Flipkart — wants to launch an e-pharmacy section. What should be their strategy to enter the market?
How would you give recommendations to Sellers on Flipkart?
How would you find if a customer is brand agnostic or not when shopping?
Interview Round 4:
(Time - 60 mins)
What would you do to get sellers to sign up quickly? Take certain baseline assumptions.
How would you make the e-commerce experience more social?
What would be your top priority if you were working at Uber?
Interview Round 5:
(Time - 60 mins)
How would you Measure, Avoid, and Reduce High Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates?
You are a PM at Flipkart. The company has decided to increase the userbase of age > 60 years on the platform. What will you do?
You are the product manager of ratings in an eCommerce website say Amazon / Flipkart. On one day, the total number of ratings dropped to 8000 from a general average of 10000 / day. Identify the root cause.
How do you manage conflicts in your team?
Do you have any questions for me?
More Questions from Flipkart:
You are a Product Manager at MakeMyTrip. You see that the number of hotel bookings on your platform is not increasing even though the number of flight bookings is on a rise. What solutions would you propose for this problem? [Ignore COVID scenarios.]
You are a Product Manager at Amazon. You find that the Furniture business has not been growing year on year in terms of profitability. What product solutions can be incorporated to address this?
You are a Product Manager at Spotify. The number of monthly subscribers on the app is low in India. How can you drill down into this problem and suggest some product solutions?
What suggestions would you give to improve the profitability of Flipkart?
Assume Flipkart wants to enter the food delivery business. How would you go about integrating food delivery into the current Flipkart app?
Let us assume that you are creating an alternative to Gmail but for the rural population. How would you design this app?
You are working at Airbnb as a Product Manager. They have asked you to create a platform for hotels to manage their property listings and bookings. How would you go about this?
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