UPS Interview Experience For Product Owner

Round 1:

Interviewer: Recruiter (HR): Duration: 25 mins.

The interviewer started by explaining details about this role. What the full-time role would be like? Talked about the company in general. Shared details about the roles and responsibilities.

• Tell me about yourself.
• Are you open to relocation?
• What is your Visa status? Would you require sponsorship anytime in the future?
• Expected compensation.
• What do you prefer, hybrid or onsite or work from home?
• Why this role?
• What makes you a good fit here?
• What do you know about UPS?
• Do you have any questions for me?

Shared details on what to expect in coming interviews.

Suggestion: Have a brief company overview before this round. Confidence and clear communication is the key. Giving a few behavioural mock interviews will help.

Round 2: Duration: 50 mins.

Interviewer: Director of Product Management.

The interviewer started by introducing himself. Sharing insights on key roles and responsibilities of the role.

• Introduce yourself.
• Why Product Management?
• Explain your recent experience in Product Management.
• Have you improved any business processes? How?
• How do you do prioritization?
• What do you know about SAFe (Scaled Agile)?
• Have you used UPS products?
• Have you used the UPS shipping service? What features did you like? What improvements would you want to make?
• What KPIs/OKRs you would consider to measure the success of a product?
• What tools have you used to track KPIs?
• How would you do reporting of metrics? What will you do if the reported metrics do not match with original metrics?
• Have you written user stories? What is a user story?
• Have you worked cross-functionally before?
• Explain your recent experience in Project Management.
• What is the biggest challenge you faced in project management? How do you overcome them?
• Can you deliver strong recommendations/presentations to the board/senior executives?
• Do you have any questions for me?

Suggestion: Confidence and clear communication is the key. Ask good questions that should be user-centric.

Round 3: Duration: 30 mins.

Interviewer: 2 Senior Product Managers.

The interviewers started by introducing themselves. Sharing insights on key roles and responsibilities of the role.

• Started with an icebreaker question. What is one activity you would want to remove from your daily routine and why?
• Introduce yourself.
• What are you doing at Duke?
• Explain your experience with the Product Management Club at Duke. How did you get into this club? What does the club do?
• Do you have any product certifications?
• Our team is shifting from a project-driven approach to a product-driven approach. What are your thoughts on this transition?
• Why are you transitioning from Software development to product management?
• How do you do market analysis? What is your experience with go-to-market strategies?
• How do you do competitive analysis?
• Do you have any questions for me?

Suggestion: Confidence and clear communication is the key. Ask good and relevant questions. Answers should be to the point and not too detail-oriented.

Good Luck 🙂