Product discovery interview involves thinking like a CEO and thinking through user problem. Identify problem, identify solutions, identify go-to-market and potential risks. This also involves storyboarding, MVP design, and KPIs.
The recruiter called me, and I asked what the hiring process is. He said 3 rounds of interviews, a mini case study, another case study, and a Power Day ( 7 hours of interviews with different people and different case studies). He said that it takes 10 days for candidates to prepare.
10 Days! I declined to interview. After 3 weeks I received an automated email saying that "due to changing business needs, we are unable to fill the role at this time". Just like that.
I am so thankful that I declined this ridiculous recruiting process. Imagine putting in 100 hours to prepare and getting an automated message like that?
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Question 1
What experience do you have with Snowflake and Service Now
I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Dec 2024
Interview
Experience was great. After the recruiter screening, there was a mini case study on capital one shopping app - including complete product lifecycle. Next is Powerday - round 1 includes your story of past product (how did you do 0-1, challenges, user impact, and revenue generated), next are 2 rounds with proper case studies - medium and hard. Medium one is a standard business case but the harder one is quant heavy and does require you to go through financial modeling and break-even analysis. Last one was a new product discovery around capital one loyalty and rewards program. I did religious checks on reddit, blind alongside a mock with capital one PM coach on Prepfully, who was very helpful and advised me on financial modeling cases. Interviewers were helpful and the process was quite streamlined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Blackfriday is coming up. What would you do to ehance customer experience on capital one shopping app and what would you do to increase the average order value? How would you measure the impact of your optimization?