Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at eBay with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 46 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at eBay overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at eBay as a Product Manager according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 28%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I would say it was not very hard. Spoke to multiple people. Mostly standard behavioral interview questions and case study questions. The interviewers were nice and left time for questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You’re asked to lead discovery for a new B2B product in a space you’re unfamiliar with. Where do you start?
• How would you define value early on
• What trends or needs would you explore
• How would you build confidence in your direction
• How would you evaluate opportunity size ‘
• Who would you partner with
• How would you avoid analysis paralysis
Engineering pushes back on your new feature because it’s too complex. What do you do
• What’s the core value of the feature
• Is complexity justified by impact
• How would you evaluate tradeoffs
• What options could reduce scope while persevering value
• How do you respond to pushback
• What’s your approach to getting buy in
Your metrics show that sign up conversion dropped significantly after a recent redesign. What’s your approach
• What may be missing in the new flow
• How would you define success
• How do you structure the problem
• What hypotheses would you would you prioritize testing
• How do you work with design and engineering on improvements
• How do you communicate urgency
Interviewed with 2 rounds, then told role was being put on pause and they'd reach out. Never heard from them again after that. Quite frustrating. Don't even know if it went well or not
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if a stakeholder just said a product "didn't work"
still in interview phase, was told 5 rounds (Product Sense, Case Study, Stakeholder, Engineering Manager, VP/Director). I will add another interview update review but still in the phase right now
First Round:
1. Questions about the product metrics
2. Current product experience
3. Design a product
The HR is not at all responsive; they do not provide feedback
I applied for the PM role, an interview happened for the PM role, but after many follow-ups, they sent the rejection mail for some other Analytics role, which I haven't not even applied for
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Round:
1. Questions about the product metrics
2. Current product experience
3. Design a product