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01 Why did Amazon enter the hardware business?The Amazon strategy question every PM candidate should own. Three nested motivations, the ad revenue flywheel, and the 2026 AI-agent layer explained. hard → 02 What is the biggest threat to Reddit?A strategy answer calibrated to the strong-hire bar. The real threat is not TikTok: it is AI content eroding Reddit's authenticity signal from within. hard → 03 How do you decide whether to build a capability in-house, buy a vendor solution, or form a partnership?The PM strategy interview question on build vs buy vs partner. A decision framework built around differentiation, data compounding, and reversibility. hard → 04 Should Meta consolidate Messenger, Instagram DMs, and WhatsApp into a single messaging product?A Meta strategy question on messaging unification. Separate the three consolidation layers, give a clear recommendation, and handle the DMA constraint. hard → 05 You're the CPO of Zoom. How do you compete with Microsoft Teams and Google Meet over the next two years?A CPO-level strategy question on Zoom vs Teams. Model answer, weak answer, and the 2026 competitive facts you need to sound credible. hard → 06 How should this company monetize its product?A PM interview framework for monetization strategy questions. Decision logic for choosing ads, subscriptions, usage-based, or outcome-based models. hard → 07 How would you price a new product and build its go-to-market strategy?Price and GTM are one question. This covers the sequencing, the strong answer, the weak answer, and the 2026 AI viability context. hard → 08 A competitor just launched your feature. What do you do?How to answer the competitive response PM interview question. Diagnosis before action, the urgency trap, and what separates a strong answer from a panicked one. hard → 09 Should Amazon enter the e-learning market?A model strategy answer for PM interviews. Which segment, why B2B AI upskilling, what Amazon already has, and the 2026 context that changes the frame. hard → 10 Should Amazon enter the food delivery market?A strategy answer grounded in what Amazon actually did. Build vs. buy vs. partner, the Grubhub facts, and the kill criterion that clears the bar. hard → 11 Should Google build a streaming service?A Google strategy interview question on build vs. partner, content economics, and where Google's real moat sits in the streaming value chain. hard → 12 Should Meta build a dating product?A model answer for the Meta PM strategy question. Recommendation, evidence, North Star, and 2026 AI framing. Not a framework recitation. hard → 13 What should Meta's next acquisition be?A model answer for the Meta M&A strategy interview question. Gap logic, a named 2026 target, and why TikTok is the wrong answer. hard → 14 Should Meta enter the education market?A strategy answer that treats Meta's legal exposure with minors as a structural constraint, not a risk to mitigate. The right entry point is not K-12. hard → 15 Design a go-to-market strategy for a text-to-music AI product.How to answer the text-to-music GTM question in a PM interview, with real market data, a worked strong answer, and the traps to avoid. hard →