Product Manager Interview Exercise
I created WREM (Warehouse Risk Exposure Management) as part of an interview process for a Product Manager role. I didn’t get the job, but by the time I finished the exercise, I had created something much closer to a complete product concept than a typical interview assignment.
I took the original problem and developed it into a mobile-first SaaS concept for monitoring risk exposure across warehouse locations, including the product strategy, name, branding, business model, target users, user journey, MVP, roadmap, feature breakdown, user stories, and UX.
Product Strategy & Business Model
I defined the problem, solution, target audience, value proposition, key metrics, and potential monetization model.
The concept included a free basic product plus paid subscription tiers and additional services around deeper risk analysis, forecasting, insurance data, security data, and prevention planning.
Product Definition & Roadmap
I developed the product from concept through a proposed MVP and post-MVP roadmap, including:
- Business analysis and product concept
- Target audiences and users
- Value proposition
- Product roadmap
- MVP definition and prioritization
- MVP/post-MVP feature breakdown
- Functional and non-functional requirements
- User stories
- Team involvement
- UAT/SIT planning
- Release and hypercare planning
The proposed delivery path covered research, proof of concept, roadmap and MVP approval, product design, branding, prototypes, infrastructure setup, Scrum team setup, development, testing, release, and hypercare.
UX & Product Design
I created the product name and brand identity and designed the mobile experience around a map-based view of warehouse locations and their exposure to risks such as burglary, flood, and fire.
The concept allowed users to view individual locations, switch between risk types, combine risk views, and open a warehouse profile showing risk levels for a specific facility.
Product Scope
The broader concept included:
- Warehouse location entry and CSV/XLS import
- Map and list views
- Search and filtering
- Warehouse profiles
- Risk dashboards
- Event dashboards
- Risk forecasting
- Potential-loss analysis
- Insurance-data integration
- Security-system data integration
- Data export
- Prevention-planning consulting
- Multiple subscription levels and paid services
And yes, I didn’t get the job.
But I kept the work because I still think it was a damn good product exercise.
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