Top 10 Technical Interview Questions For Product Management

Hey folks! Sibaprasad here, a Product Manager at Google with over 15 years of experience.

Having gone through the grilling technical PM interviews at MAANG companies myself, I know just how crucial it is to prepare for those mind-bending technical questions.

While product management is a highly cross-functional role, top tech companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others really put a heavy emphasis on your technical chops during the interview process.

They want to ensure you can effectively bridge that business-engineering divide.

After all, as a PM you'll be working hand-in-hand with engineering teams day in and day out.

You need to speak their language and deeply understand the technical architectures, constraints and tradeoffs involved in building complex products and systems. ✅

So whether you're targeting MAANG roles or just looking to uplevel your technical PM skills, this guide covers 10 tactical technical questions you should absolutely prepare for. 

Top 10 Technical Questions to Prepare for as a PM

▶️ How would you work with engineering teams to break down an epic into manageable user stories and estimate the implementation effort?

▶️ What metrics would you track to measure the success of a new feature rollout, and how would you instrument the collection of those metrics?

▶️ How would you approach prioritising technical debt tasks alongside new feature development? What frameworks would you use?

▶️ Describe your process for defining the system architecture and choosing the right technologies for a new product initiative.

▶️ How would you collaborate with engineering to set up an A/B testing framework and run experiments for a critical product feature?

▶️ What are some common techniques for handling scalability and performance issues as a product grows? How would you identify bottlenecks?

▶️ How would you approach integrating a third-party API or service into your product's tech stack? What factors would you consider?

▶️ Describe your strategies for gathering and prioritising feedback from engineering during the product development cycle.

▶️ How would you work with security and compliance teams to ensure your product meets the necessary standards and regulations?

▶️ If you had to rebuild a legacy system from scratch, what would your process be for assessing the existing codebase and planning the migration?

Wrapping it Up

There you have it - 10 technical questions that can really put your product management skills to the test during interviews. ✅

Cracking the technical portion of PM interviews at MAANG and other top tech companies requires practice, practice, and more practice.

The more you familiarise yourself with these concepts and run through mock technical conversations, the more comfortable and confident you'll be.

That's why I'm offering a 1:1 mentorship for aspiring PMs.

We can discuss these technical questions in-depth and I can give you personalised feedback through mock practice sessions.

So if you're aiming for those highly coveted PM roles at tech giants and want to ensure you bring your A-game to the technical interviews, click here to book a free call with me.