THE INTERVIEW FILES · PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

What PM candidates took home.

30 real hiring assignments: what people were asked to do, what they submitted, and the interviews that followed.

US-reported interviews come first. Anonymous and historical accounts with no stated location are labeled. Read the source for the full context; summaries paraphrase the public brief.

Reviewed 2026-10-07 · Candidate reports and published hiring exercises · Explore the PM path →

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30 assignments · Showing 1–5

Google · APM / L3
Lending and borrowing physical items
Candidate report · US reported · Got offer
Design a product for lending physical items. Address trust, damage, and long-term expansion.
Deliverable
Product proposal deck; presentation and Q&A.
Time requested / spent
72-hour deadline; suggested effort at most 4 hours.
Live interviews before offer
7 live sessions + take-home
Interview sequence
Design screen → five interviews → take-home → PM presentation. Seven live sessions counted from the account.
Read source: Google — Lending and borrowing physical items ↗
Uber · Senior PM / L5
Grow Uber Grocery adoption 4×
Candidate report · US reported · Got offer
Choose a strategy to quadruple adoption and connect it to a minimum lovable product that can be tested.
Deliverable
Take-home deck and Uber Jam presentation.
Time requested / spent
Candidate spent about 15 hours on thinking before slide polish.
Live interviews before offer
8 live sessions + take-home
Interview sequence
Sourcer → hiring manager → Jam presentation → five onsite interviews. Eight live sessions counted from the account.
Candidate accepted the offer; reported loop took about two months.
Read source: Uber — Grow Uber Grocery adoption 4× ↗
Intuit · Principal PM
AI platform for a hotel chain
Candidate report · US reported · Got offer
Propose an AI platform to reconcile inconsistent hotel-chain data and improve cross-channel customer experience; address security.
Deliverable
Case presentation; candidate included architecture, mockup, rollout, and metrics.
Time requested / spent
About 10 calendar days.
Live interviews before offer
7 live sessions + take-home
Interview sequence
Recruiter → hiring manager → take-home → panel presentation → four partner interviews. Seven live sessions counted from the account.
Decision took nearly a month after the final panel; reported overall process was four months.
Read source: Intuit — AI platform for a hotel chain ↗
Rippling · Staff PM / L6
Platform proposal and tradeoffs
Candidate report · US reported · Got offer
Prepare a platform-focused product proposal and explain technical and UX choices.
Deliverable
Proposal presented to the final panel.
Time requested / spent
Not reported.
Live interviews before offer
Not reported
Interview sequence
Recruiter → senior PM/bar raiser → hiring manager → take-home → EM and panel. Exact total is ambiguous.
Full original brief is not public. Candidate reports an offer after four weeks.
Read source: Rippling — Platform proposal and tradeoffs ↗
Uber · Senior PM / L5
Events marketplace
Candidate report · US reported · Rejected
Prepare an events-marketplace proposal and defend it in a Jam discussion.
Deliverable
Take-home deck; one-hour panel presentation.
Time requested / spent
Preparation time not reported.
Live interviews reported
6 live sessions + take-home
Interview sequence
Recruiter → hiring manager → take-home → Jam → three final interviews. Six live sessions counted from the account.
Only the assignment theme is public; full brief is not disclosed.
Read source: Uber — Events marketplace ↗