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Updated Mar 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 2 weeks)

The questions were mostly related to the role of product management and understanding of the industry. There were few technical questions as well.

Team was nice and conversations were interesting.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2011 (took 3+ weeks)

I was first contacted by the recruiter who knew me via a friend. Then hiring manager did a phone screen and then it was followed by two rounds of in person interview which were scheduled over the period of two weeks. It was challenging experience and allowed me to learn more about the opportunity.

Interview Questions

Talk about the products you have launched in the past.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)

Phone screen followed by on-site 1:1 interviews with hiring manager, other product team members, and an engineering counterpart. The hiring manager asked scenario questions to gauge product intuition. The team member interviews discussed previous work experience to assess basic product management skills and personality fit with the rest of the team.

Interview Questions

How would you integrate this feature with social networks? What would the user experience be like?

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Negotiation Details

Yes, I was able to negotiate by speaking with the HR recruiter. I would recommend going through the HR recruiter since this is part of their job, and they may already know the acceptable range for base salary, bonuses, etc.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2010 (took 1 week)

Interview Process:
* Phone Interview/conversation with the recruiter
* Phone Interview with the hiring manager
* Scheduler helped with setting up the on-site interview co-ordination
* On-site interview for about half-a-day with the team
- 4-5 interviews depending probably on the hiring manager
* Interviews were mainly on the experience & relevant to the product
- Challenges and problems solved/faced
- Included technical questions
- Fermi questions like "Estimate the volume of water on the Earth"
* I interviewed in 2 different groups & made it to the on-site in both
- In one of the positions, the group hired an internal candidate
- In the other a candidate referred by an internal employee was preferred. The manager mentioned that "...there is nothing wrong with you but an internally referred candidate was hard to say no to"
- I would recommend that go via internal referral of some sort - not only here but in any/all big companies

People & Work Culture:
- People were all great. I found them knowledgeable, helpful & made you feel welcome. Managers are/were very busy but still found time to respond to my emails post the interview process
- Most if not all functional groups were represented in the interview - Engineering (Dev & QA), Program Management & ofcourse the Product Management team
- The mood was positive. Seemed like they had a plan and were driving towards a goal
- Individual properties seemed to be driving their own individual product strategies but there is/was a plan to have consistency in that regard