Recent PM interview question I've been using: You're the PM at Netflix handling the home screen. How do you determine how shows get promoted editorially vs algorithmically recommended? Walk through metrics/principles/trade-offs and how it impacts various parts of the biz.
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Replying to @sriramk
After you retire this I’d be fascinated to see your rubric for it.
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Replying to @patio11
Obviously no right or wrong answer. At high level looking for systems thinking - what happens when you influence with editorial or ranking downstream? How does it influence the economics of buying content? How do you trade off the most optimum thing for LTV vs soft considerations
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Lots of things of that nature. Though one person once brought up that talent might be convinced to sign up with Netflix by being promised a marquee slot which I had never thought of.
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I’ll give you two more: you may have a soft or hard regulatory requirement to affirmatively promote “local” content in some jurisdictions. You may have a certain user group who votes on Award X and there are some mighty trade offs for talent on giving them their own experience.
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Sadly in a lot of cases you have about 15-20 mins tops so you don’t get too far outside the broad frameworks.
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Replying to @sriramk
Yeah. I think you can maybe focus that sort of question down more to a particular moment, e.g. “Pretend you’re a historical PM at Netflix. Bizdev asks, for first time, whether you can guarantee placement above fold to a particular show. Walk me through your thinking.”
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And then your rubric can include relatively constrained, objective facts like: Score 1 for each of following candidate mentioned: * Other shows will learn * Precedent for same team in future * Engineering schedule * Ops considerations * Legal considerations * Authority to offer
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Replying to @patio11
I like that. Most times I'm just looking for systems thinking - do they understand how shows work in the broader context of BD, Hollywood, partners, the UX and how it ties together. Most folks don't even get that far.
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