Product manager Interview experience at Bounce

Round 1 – Screening with Group PM
Round 2 – Screening with VP of Product
Round 3 – In person interview with VP of products
Round 4 – In person interview with Director of Products
Round 5 – In person interview with CTO

Round 1 – Screening with Group PM

Screening round (30 minutes). Scheduled with a Group PM.
Discussed my current role and a product case problem for Bounce - How do I find
out what parking spots in Bangalore are valid or not? Problem was open-ended and had a good discussion with the interviewer.

Round 2 – Screening with VP of Product

2nd screening round (30 minutes). Scheduled with a VP of Product. We discussed more about who I was and why I was interested in this role.
This was followed by a 10 minute discussion on - 'If you were the Netflix growth PM for India, what would you do?' At the end of the call I was asked to do a write up on
the same problem and bring it to my in-person interview.

Round 3 – In person interview with VP of Product

He reviewed the write up for the first 10 minutes. Then he said 'I like the structure but I don't think this would work. How about you flip this and look at the exact opposite solution?' This was then followed up with a second product case - 'If you had to give 1 student out of 100 students class and you had grades for each semester(4 semesters). Who would you give an award to and Why?'

Round 4 – In person interview with Director of Product

Behavioural interview with questions about how I dealt with conflict. Most questions were about my personality to see if I would be a good fit within the team.

Round 5 – In person interview with CTO

The entire process took less than a week. I got to interact with each senior leader in the product team and the interviews were extremely conversational. I think the main
advice I have here is that never jump to the solution. In most situations, getting to the answer quickly is rewarded but for a product interview you need to ask a lot of questions to understand what exactly the interviewer is trying to solve? You are judged by, can you get to the Why? and not the How?

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