did the robinhood PM loop earlier this year for a senior PM role. this one doesn't have a ton of documentation online so i'm writing it up.
the short version: the robinhood PM loop is more analytical than most consumer fintech. they want people who can talk numbers AND product instinct in the same breath.
rounds i had:
product design (60 min): design a feature for robinhood's options trading experience for first-time options traders. this was very open-ended. they wanted to see: how i framed the user problem, how i thought about risk education as a constraint (fintech compliance reality), how i prioritized features, and how i would measure success. no wireframes, just verbal and maybe a whiteboard sketch. the interviewer probed hard on trade-offs.
metrics / analytical (45 min): given a metric that's declining (MAU for the cash management feature), diagnose the cause and propose a plan. classic pm analytical framework: break the metric, look at segments, form hypotheses, identify what data you'd pull. they asked follow-up questions about statistical significance and cohort analysis.
strategy / leadership (45 min): where do you think robinhood should expand in the next 3 years and why? what product would you kill if you had to? genuinely hard questions that require knowing the company's actual competitive position.
behavioral (45 min): standard PM behavioral. stakeholder conflict, data vs intuition, shipping something you disagreed with.
tips: know robinhood's product deeply. use the app. understand the order flow, the options UI, the IRA offering, the 24-hour trading feature. understand fintech regulatory context at a basic level. you don't need to be a compliance expert but knowing that margin trading requires specific disclosures will help. their users span a wide range from first-time investors to active day-traders. show you understand this spectrum.