Analytical Thinking / Execution questions:

• Assesses how a candidate defines and measures success via data and principle-driven analysis
• If you were PM for XX product, how would you set goals and measure success

Analytical Thinking / Execution Signals:

Product Rationale

• Articulates the high-level purpose of a product and identifies the user problems the product features and design are solving for

Goal Setting

• Sets, adjusts, prioritizes, and clearly communicates unambiguous impactful goals for product success based on logical assumptions (with OR without the use of data), current/anticipated conditions and consideration of available information, resources and options

Measuring and monitoring impact

• Identifies prioritizes and monitors a comprehensive set of metrics that effectively measure product goals in a reasonably structured and focused manner

Evaluating trade-offs

• Assesses trade offs by identifying and communicating a clear, data driven (AB testing) OR principle driven (eg simplicity reliability, privacy first) framework to make objective decisions that support high quality products

Analytical Thinking / Execution Framework

1. Approach Preview: Give a preview of your approach
2. Business Mission & Importance: Clarify: Business Mission & why it’s crucial for the business to do this
3. Product Mission & Contribution: Clarify: Product mission & how this product contributes to the business mission
4. Success Conditions: Ideate: What are the 3 - 4 business conditions that need to be true for this product to be successful?
5. Product Strategy: Ideate: Product strategy: Write down the product strategies you need to create to achieve the business conditions above