Imagine you are the senior product manager responsible for a new kitchen faucet. What features would you include in your product?
Senior product managers are responsible for developing the vision for the functionality available within their products. An interviewer may ask this question to assess a candidate's ability to develop and communicate their vision for a product's design.
Remember to add a feature that would set your kitchen faucet apart from the standard offering within the faucet market. Interviewers are interested in senior hiring product managers who understand how to balance the demand for standard features with those perceived as new and exciting by customers.
"The kitchen sink faucet I would design would have all of the basic features that customers have become accustomed to, such as a pull-down sprayer and an attractive design, and it would be available in several finishes to accommodate the customer's preferences. It would also have a button that allows you to switch between spray and stream and a stream pause feature.
In addition to the basics, I would add a hands-free option to change the temperature of the water. I often find that my hands are dirty with things I do not want to get on the faucet handle when I need to adjust the temperature. Some of the faucets available today have a sensor that allows you to move your hand from side to side to turn the water on and off. I would adjust this feature to allow up and down movements to adjust the temperature. The up and down motion is an intuitive match for the function it would be tied to, and it leverages technology that already exists. I feel this would be a feature that would be valued and could set my faucet product apart from the competition."
