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Screna has 12 Twitter interview write-ups. The most reported round is the product sense round (8).

12 interview notes · updated Jul 2026

Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

Apr 2026
Interviewed at Twitter for a product role, got asked a classic user growth question. Not a lot of context to go off of but it's the kind of question that sounds straightforward until you're actually in the room trying to say something that isn't obvious.
  • How would you improve Twitter's user growth?

“I went straight to acquisition and kind of forgot to talk about retention, which in hindsight was a pretty big miss.”

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Twitter·Software Engineer·Onsite - System Design / Architecture

Apr 2026
Twitter system design round, one question about designing their API. Not much to go on but it's a meaty enough topic that it kept me busy for the whole session.
  • Design Twitter's API.

“Started with the core resources: users, tweets, timelines, follows.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

May 2026
Got a product strategy question at Twitter for a PM role, basically a Netflix case study about home screen curation. Pretty open-ended, which I wasn't expecting from a tech company interview.
  • You're a PM owning the Netflix home screen. How do you decide which shows get promoted through editorial curation versus algorithmic recommendations? Walk through the metrics, principles, and trade-offs involved, and explain how each approach affects the broader business.

“This one took me a minute to find my footing.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

May 2026
Interviewed at Twitter for a product role and got hit with a new user experience question. Not a lot of context to go on, but it was clearly a product sense type of conversation.
  • How would you improve Twitter's experience for users who are brand new to the platform?

“I went straight to onboarding friction, which felt right but maybe too obvious.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

Jun 2026
Interviewed for a PM role at Twitter and got hit with a product metrics estimation question pretty early on. Short round, one question that felt deceptively simple but had a lot of layers once I started talking through it.
  • Estimate how many tweets are posted on Twitter per day.

“I blanked for a second and went straight to DAU numbers without thinking about what percentage of users actually tweet versus just scroll.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

Jun 2026
Product design question at Twitter where they asked me to build something for Unity that goes head-to-head with their own platform. Meta, to say the least.
  • Design a product for Unity that directly competes with Twitter.

“The Unity angle threw me.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Hiring Manager Screen

Jun 2026
Interviewed for a PM role at Twitter, and it was pretty much what you'd expect from a big tech screen. One question, straightforward on the surface but easy to fumble if you're not prepared.
  • Why do you want to work at Twitter specifically?

“I had an answer ready but it felt thin the moment I said it out loud.”

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Twitter·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Jun 2026
Interviewed for an EM role at Twitter, just one question about how I run 1:1s. Short and a bit anticlimactic.
  • How do you typically structure your one-on-one meetings with direct reports?

“I rambled a bit.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy

Jun 2026
Product sense interview at Twitter, one question about whether Twitter should build a Stories feature. Pretty open-ended, not much else to go on.
  • Should Twitter build a Stories feature?

“This is the kind of question where you can go a dozen directions and none of them feel obviously right.”

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Twitter·Product Manager·Recruiter / HR Screen

Jun 2026
Short Twitter interview, basically just one question about the product itself. Nothing technical, nothing behavioral, just vibes.
  • What do you like and dislike about Twitter as a product?

“Felt easy at first and then I second-guessed everything midway through.”

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