Behavioral Interview Questions

Netflix

Why do you want to work at Netflix?

Explain your motivation for wanting to work at Netflix, focusing on its unique culture and values.

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Hard

Netflix

Adapting to Netflix Culture?

Explain how you will adapt to Netflix’s unique culture, which emphasizes freedom and responsibility.

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Maintaining team motivation during low morale

Tell me about a time when you had to keep your engineering team motivated despite low morale.

#121

Recovering a project that was nearly derailed

Tell me about a time when your project almost got derailed. What caused it? How did you right the ship?

#122

Discuss two weaknesses and personal growth

Name two of your weaknesses and what you’re doing to overcome them.

#123

Share a recent creative contribution

What’s something creative you’ve done in the last month?

#124

Overcoming misalignment with another team

Tell me about a time when you relied on another team or person, but they didn’t think your project was very important. How did you get past this roadblock?

#125

Handling conflict within your team

Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflict within your team.

#126

Motivation for joining Airbnb

Why do you want to work at Airbnb?

#127

Shipping a product before it’s ready

Tell me about a time when you had to ship a product before it was ready, or when you knew there were major problems with it. What was your reaction?

#128

Define your core value in one word

What do you stand for? What’s one word that sums up your value system?

#144

Reflecting on failure and lessons learned

Tell me about a time you failed. What did you learn from the experience?

#145

Covering for another role and overcoming challenges

Tell me about a time when you had to cover for another role (e.g. do engineering work because there were no engineers available). What difficulties did you face?

#146

Structuring an organization for a favorite product

What is your favorite product. Imagine you are the VP of the product. How would you structure your organization (engineering, product and other verticals)

#147

Collaborating with another PM and dividing responsibilities

Tell me about a time when you worked side-by-side with another PM. How did you divide the responsibilities up?

#148

Resolving disagreements with colleagues

Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a colleague on a key issue. How did you resolve it?

#149

Working with a difficult coworker

Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult coworker. What did you do?

#150

Aligning with Robinhood’s mission

What does Robinhood’s mission mean to you? How do you see yourself fitting into it?

#151

Describing your PM superpower

What’s your PM superpower?

#152

Career goals and Robinhood’s role

What are your career goals? How can working at Robinhood help you achieve them?

#153

Self-rating across PM skill axes

How would you rate yourself (out of 10 points) along the following axes: UI/UX, engineering, vision, process, and analysis?

#154

Envisioning future growth

Where do you see yourself in 3 years? How about 5?

#155

Recounting a surprising moment at work

Tell me about a time when you were surprised at work.

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Leadership outside work

Tell me about a leadership experience you’ve had outside of work.

#336

PM role at Meta

Describe the role and responsibilities of a product manager at Meta.

#337

Decent vs great PM

What is the difference between a decent, good, and great product manager?

#338

Proudest product achievement

What is your proudest product achievement?

#339

Creative hack example

Tell me about a time you implemented a creative hack to solve a problem.

#340

Failure and learning

Describe a failure you’ve experienced and what you learned from it.

#341

End-to-end project

Tell me about an end-to-end project you led.

#342

Pitch in outside your role

Share a time when you pitched in outside your role to help your team.

#343

Deadline with restricted timeline

Describe a project where you had to meet a deadline with a very restricted timeline.

#344

Hard

Decision without data

Tell me about a time you made a decision without having full data.

#345

Influence without authority

Describe a situation where you influenced others without formal authority.

#346

Cross-functional translation

Describe a time when you had to translate between cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering and design).

#347

Underperforming teammate

Tell me about a time you managed an underperforming teammate or partner.

#348

Help beyond responsibilities

Share an example of when you helped a colleague beyond your responsibilities.

#349

Responding to negative feedback

Describe how you responded to negative feedback.

#350

Disagreement with engineer

Tell me about a disagreement you had with an engineer and how you resolved it.

#351

Persuade cross-functional partners

Describe a time you persuaded cross-functional partners to support your idea.

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Receiving negative feedback

Describe a situation where you received negative feedback and how you processed it.

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Giving negative feedback

Tell me about a time you had to give negative feedback.

#354

Resolve team conflict

Describe a conflict with a team member and how you resolved it.

#355

Meta products’ influence

How have Meta products influenced your life?

#357

Lacking a key skill

Tell me about a time when you realized you lacked a key skill and worked to acquire it.

#358

Appeal of Meta’s mission

What about Meta’s mission appeals to you? Why do you want to come work here?

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Traits of a great PM

What traits make someone a great product manager? Rate yourself on these traits and explain why.

#360

PM skill you struggle with

What’s a product management skill you struggle with? What have you done to improve on that?

#361

User needs vs business objectives

Tell me about a time when user needs or social value came in conflict with business objectives. How did you navigate the tension?

#362

Why Meta?

Why do you want to work for Meta?

#363

Strength and weakness

Tell me about your greatest strength and greatest weakness.

#364

Skills to develop

What skills do you need to develop further to succeed as a product manager at Meta?

#365

Disagreeing with manager

Describe a time when you disagreed with your manager and how you handled it.

#366

Skills for long-term goals

What key skills will you need to acquire to achieve your long-term career goals?

#367

Balancing multiple stakeholders

Describe a situation where you balanced the needs of multiple stakeholders.

#368

Motivation to build for billions

What motivates you to build products for billions of users?

#369

Meta’s culture and you

How would you describe Meta’s culture, and how do you see yourself contributing to it?

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