Applied from the UK, got through the full Verizon PM interview process for a remote-eligible Senior PM role on their consumer product side. Sharing the questions because the PM process at Verizon is pretty different from standard tech-company PM loops.
First: the context. Verizon's PM org sits closer to traditional product management in a large corporation than startup-style product. If you're used to Amazon PM interviews with 14 leadership principles and a writing sample, or Google where you might get an analytical question involving a billion users, calibrate down a bit. This felt more like interviewing at a well-run enterprise than a tech-native company. Not a criticism, just a reality check.
Phone screen with recruiter: Standard. Why Verizon, current comp range, timeline.
Hiring manager interview (45 min): She asked two behavioral questions and one "tell me about a product you admire and why." The product I picked was Duolingo (I was going for something familiar with good retention mechanics) and she asked good follow-up questions about what I'd change and how I'd measure success.
Panel onsite (3 rounds, 45 min each):
Round 1 (Senior PM, cross-functional): Product sense. "Walk me through how you'd redesign the Verizon app for a customer who wants to manage their family plan." Standard product design question. They want CIRCLES-ish structure but don't need to see the framework explicitly. User segments, pain points, prioritized features, metrics for success.
Round 2 (Engineering partner): Technical fluency for PMs. No coding. They gave me a scenario about an API latency spike affecting a customer-facing feature and asked how I'd work with the eng team to diagnose and communicate it. They're checking that you can read a basic dashboard, understand what "p95 latency" means, and know how to write a good incident update to leadership.
Round 3 (Behavioral, Director-level): Four STAR questions. Themes: managing stakeholders with competing priorities, delivering bad news, a time you used data to change your mind about a product decision, and one about cross-functional influencing ("tell me about a time you got alignment from a team you didn't manage").
What I didn't get: No estimation question, no market sizing, no written case. I've heard some Verizon PM teams do a take-home case but this team didn't.
Timeline: 5 weeks start to finish. Still waiting on the offer as of this post.