Product Designer Interview Preparation Guide

It’s important to have a good reason, not just “because it’s Facebook” or “because it would be great on my resumé”. Their goals have always been clear, impacting and changing lives, making a difference, delivering relevant news, focusing on communities, user-centered approach to design, amongst others. Find which one you share their passion with and you can’t go wrong.

Deckers seeks to provide value, serve the community, all while rooting in the same foundation that Doug Otto started, creative, out of the box, adventurous, fun.

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I had this one thought out already — Groups. Apart from the obvious reasons that there is a visible effort and focus that Facebook has placed on this area recently, it is something that goes back to their roots of community based social networking.

I like to think that we’re very thoughtful about who joins what team. It’s not an exact science, but there are some clear facets.
Our group of Facebook products—and Facebook itself—span a lot of territory from consumer products to business tools, from complex systems to independent experiences. We have products and projects that rely heavily on strategy and product thinking, and we also have those that have bigger needs in interaction and visual design. The recruiting and interview process helps determine what products might be a good match for each new designer. At times we’ll hire people who are strong in a very specific area because we already have an open role in mind for them.

Product design questions test the applicant’s ability to think on their feet and create a full product or feature. New product design questions can be very high level (“design a lamp”). Start with identifying the goal of the product–if the interviewer won’t tell you, state your assumptions so that you have something to build on. Decide which metric or business driver you will impact most. From there, identify the possible users for the new product or feature. Select the one that seems most relevant.
You won’t have time to cover everything in the answer. Once the user is selected, move on to use cases, goals, and scenarios for that user. The use cases should naturally result in a set of features for your new product. Prioritize these and close by linking back to the goal of the product, the business strategy, and the user needs you are meeting. Show you aren’t afraid to color outside the box by including a range of features in the product or tackle a novel problem. Present a range of ideas ranging from mundane to outlandish and demonstrate that you can generate a broad range of ideas and decide among them quickly.

You don’t develop new products just because “a new product is needed.” You have to carefully check and define the reason(s) for your new product. After all, responding to a competitor’s move, a brand pivot, or responding to user complaints are reflected very differently in your product brief and design.

What I love most is that I’ve been able to get an enormous range of experience at one job, and that I have been in direct control of that path.
I’ve worked on three teams over my three years at the company: Payments — specifically Payments in Messenger — and simultaneously designed the first launch of Safety Check. I worked on Privacy for nearly a year, and I started on Facebook’s K12 Initiative at the beginning of this year. These teams have all had products and features focused around my areas of interest: complex problems faced by people using Facebook, often dealing with a common thread of trust.

This is a common variation of the strategy question. Case study questions can be tricky. To prepare, research the market that your target company is in, as well as adjacent markets and competitors. Review recent tech business stories and analysis to understand current business strategies in play and what issues tech leaders are grappling with. If you are caught off-guard, you will at least have some analogs you can draw upon.
Like the product design questions, start your answer with stating your assumptions about the current business strategy and goals of the company in question. Common case study questions involve new market entry–Michael Porter’s Five Forces framework can be a good starting point. Discuss how the new market or segment fits with the company’s core business and complementary business opportunities. Understanding the company’s underlying value proposition can help put a seemingly unrelated business opportunity into context.