Did the Walmart Global Tech PM loop in March for a senior PM role on the digital commerce side. Six rounds over two days (virtual). Here's what came up.
Round breakdown: Recruiter screen (30 min, behavioral warmup, logistics) Technical screen with a PM lead (45 min, product sense + some SQL comfort check) Product sense (60 min with PM director) Strategy and metrics (60 min) Cross-functional leadership (60 min with an eng lead and a design lead) Executive conversation (30 min, very little structure, mostly vibe/vision)
Product sense questions I got: Design a feature to reduce grocery order cancellations. How would you improve the Walmart+ membership experience? Walmart is considering adding a social commerce feature. Walk me through how you'd evaluate that.
All very commerce/retail-grounded. This isn't the "design a feature for Google Maps" type of generic product sense. Know Walmart's actual product portfolio: Walmart.com, Walmart+, Spark delivery, in-store tech, supply chain tools. If you haven't used Walmart+ as a customer, fix that before the interview.
Metrics questions: What metric would you use to measure the health of the grocery reorder feature? If GMV is up but cart abandonment is also up, what do you do? How do you think about the relationship between NPS and repeat purchase rate?
What tripped me up. The exec round had almost no structure. She asked two questions in 30 minutes and spent most of the time asking me what I wanted to know about the org. I was not prepared for that much silence-to-fill. Have 4-5 genuinely curious questions about the direction of the business ready, not just polite interview questions.
Comp for the senior PM offer: base was around $155k in Hoboken. RSUs were on the lower side compared to what I've seen at pure-tech companies but the total package with bonus was reasonable for the cost of living. Not FAANG PM comp, but solid.