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Product case: prioritising a roadmap

A single spoken product case, built up stage by stage, in which the candidate sets priorities for a small team and adapts as the picture changes. Suits mid-level and senior product managers and product owners. Follow-ups push for clear choices, numbers and what would change the plan.

Suits: Product manager, Senior product manager, Product owner

Questions
6 stages
Length
38 min
Format
Voice
Levels
Mid to Senior
See this interview on a 30-minute call.
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Problem framing20%
    • Use of evidence25%
    • Prioritisation and trade-offs30%
    • Stakeholder handling15%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Problem framing20%
    Clarifies goals, users and constraints before choosing.
  • Use of evidence25%
    Turns the facts given into clear reasoning about each option.
  • Prioritisation and trade-offs30%
    Makes a firm choice, orders it well and says what loses.
  • Stakeholder handling15%
    Handles sales pressure with numbers and options.
  • Measurement10%
    Defines how the choice will be judged and when to change course.
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