Conflicting Product Requirements: Product Manager Mock Interview (with Affirm PM)

As a product manager, you should first assess the situation by gathering information from stakeholders and users to understand each requirement's priority and assess each solution's impact. You should then create a roadmap or plan to ensure that all requirements are addressed efficiently and effectively. Finally, you would communicate the plan to stakeholders for approval and implementation. This mock interview with an Affirm product manager outlines some strategies for dealing with conflicting requirements.

Chapters -
00:00 - Intro
02:15 - How do you resolve conflicting product requirement?
11:38 - Product goals and monthly business review
18:31 - Summary
21:59 - User happiness
28:26 - Engagement
32:10 - User acquisition
34:08 - Retention
37:44 - Interview analysis
39:08 - Advice

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[bhavyabansal]

probably the best mock I have seen yet from exponent. The guy feels humble, and his background in teaching is clearly visible with how he takes time to explain everything. Fantastic!

[_ptoni_]

Best start i've seeing so far. "a layer of trust" Amazing!

[wangjiannan]

Great insights in the interview. The only thing I am a bit confused about is the question is "How do you resolve conflicting product requirement?" and the answer is more like answering "How do you resolve conflicts?"

[architbhargava]

Fantastic mock. I had very interesting takeaways from this mock. This was not a 'conventional mock' in the sense that it didn't look rehearsed.

[antonignatenko]

just love your content, it’s super helpful.
Can’t find anything as relevant to product management as this

[ajitnandakumar]

Fantastic insights, especially with Heart framework and very honest answering.
Please also introduce the interviewers. Great job both, thank you.

[main_stream_media_is_a_joke]

Talk about rambling....this guy knows how to keep talking.

[radar]

just that we dont get this much time to talk about one question in the actual interview

[u]

Is it just me, or was the guy asked about Conflicting Requirements, but he answered a different question about Conflicts in the team?

[Akash]

I learnt more about product management from this mock interview than my 2 years of experience as an APM.