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Design a product for government to improve the voting process. [Product Management Interview Question]

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  Interviewer:   Design a product for the government to improve the voting process .   Image Source - https://www.computerworld.com/ Priyanka:  I would like to ask a few questions to understand the problem in a better way .   Interviewer:  Sure, please go ahead.     Priyanka:  Firstly, I would like to understand who we are. Are we a tech company that was been given this project by the government ? H ave we had similar capabilities in the past or is it the first time we are working on a governmen t project?   Interviewer:   Yes, we are a private company, but we have collaborated with the government on similar projects.   Priyanka:   That’s interesting. Now I would like to understand what a product means here . Is it a hardware product or a software pr od uct? I would like to assume that we are building an app [software product] for the government . Building a software product would be scalable as well. As we dissect the question further,...

Design Uber for Kids. [Product Management Interview Question]

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Image credits - https://gbksoft.com/blog Interviewer: Design Uber for kids Priyanka: Before we proceed, I would like to clarify my understanding of Uber. So, Uber is a digital ride-hailing platform that connects riders with drivers. The passengers can request a ride on the platform, and the driver can fulfil the demand by dropping them at the desired location. Uber acts as a facilitator between the two and takes a cut out of each ride that happens through its platform. Besides this, Uber also has business verticals like Uber Eats, Uber Freight, etc. Is my understanding correct? Interviewer: Yes. Priyanka: Alright, to understand the problem better, I would like to ask some clarifying questions. When we talk about kids, I am assuming we are referring to an age group of 10–16 years who can travel alone. Also, I am assuming that parents will be booking the rides for their kids. Interviewer: That’s a fair assumption Priyanka: Also, we are catering to the age group of 10–16, so the...

UX Design Principles for Product Managers

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“It is not just what it looks like or feels like. Design is how it works” — Steve Jobs U X Design is the process of designing a product that is attractive, easy to use and delightful to interact with. UX Design involves UX artefacts and UX Design Principles. Critical Elements of UI/UX Design UX Design Artifacts Critical Elements of UX Design Visual Design:  How does it look like? Usability:  How easy it is to use the product. Information Architecture:  Does its structure make sense? Interaction Design:  How do we interact with it? Wireframing:  How does its prototype look like? Layers of UX Design Strategy:  Strategy is where it all begins; what do we want to get out of our product? What does our user want? It is closely related to the user persona and customer journey map etc. Scope:  Scope transforms strategy to requirement, where the feature lists and story map come into the picture. Structure:  Structure is the one that gives shape to the scop...