Product Owner Test

About the test:

The Product Owner Test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their knowledge of agile methodologies and product management best practices. The test aims to assess a candidate's ability to create and manage product backlogs, define product visions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, prioritize product features, and facilitate sprint planning and review sessions. Other important skills/topics evaluated in the test include product strategy, customer research, and business acumen.

Covered skills:

Agile
Scrum Framework
Sprint Planning
Product Backlog
Backlog Prioritization
MoSCow Technique
CSPO
Marketplace Knowledge

Scrum
Product Roadmap
Vision
Product Increment
Release Burndown Chart
Waterfall
Scrum Team

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9 reasons why

Adaface Product Owner Test is the most accurate way to shortlist Product Owners

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The Product Owner Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates.

The Adaface Product Owner Online Test screens candidates for the typical skills recruiters look for Product Owner roles:

Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
Knowledge of product development architecture
Proficiency in using analytic tools
Ability to prioritize effectively
Knowledge of user-centered design principles
Understanding of design quality standards

The insights generated from this assessment can be used by recruiters and hiring managers to identify the best candidates for Product Owner roles. Anti-cheating features enable you to be comfortable with conducting assessments online. The Product Owner Online Test is ideal for helping recruiters identify which candidates have the skills to do well on the job.

Reason #2

No trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

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Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this Product Owner Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium Burndown Chart 1 metrics	Solve
Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team A at SpaceY Inc: Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team B at SpaceY Inc: We know the following about the graphs: - Red line is the the ideal line: projected slope that depicts how the team progress would look like - Black line is the actual effort line - Story points are represented on Y-axis - And time in weeks is represented on X-axis Which of the following statements are true about SpaceY teams: P: Team A started slowly and was moving behind schedule. Yet, they managed to finish the sprint in time Q: Team A is working hard towards meeting the deadline but isn’t updating the burndown chart throughout the process, only at the end. R: Team A’s next sprint’s capacity should be burned down or decreased so that the team can have to complete tasks/story points from the previous sprint S: Team B started slowly but eventually caught up T: Team B might have overestimated the project’s timeline
Medium Stakeholders and Estimates Stakeholders Timelines	Solve
Emily is a product owner for a new application being built at Whalesforce Inc. To maintain visibility into project status, Emily has cut the project into chunks which different teams will be responsible for: - DevOps team (DoT) will set up the servers. They have no dependencies and will take 4 weeks to set things up. - Design team (DT) will design the screens for the application, have no dependencies and need 3 weeks to wrap up. - Front-end team (FT) will need the designs to start the work, and will take 5 weeks to create the front-end components. - Backend team (BT) will need input from DoT and DT to start designing the backend system, and will take 3 weeks to release the backend APIs. - Security team (ST) will require server details from DoT, and will need 3 weeks to give a go-ahead. - Integration team (IT) will require the front-end components and backend API to set up the integration. They will launch the application in 3 weeks. The project is marked for internal release once IT and ST teams give a go-ahead. Emily wants to communicate the best-case estimate for the internal release of the project to the major stakeholders. Can you help her with the estimate?
Medium Story Velocity 2 Velocity Metrics	Solve
Seloitte hires PopTal for developing a new mobile application. PopTal team follows Agile methodology for development and estimates the whole project to take up to 1000 points. In the first sprint the team commits to work on the following stories: Story 1 - 6 points Story 2 - 10 points Story 3 - 16 points The team completes Story 1 and 3 but only completes eighty percent of Story 2. Pick the correct statements: A: The average velocity of the first sprint is 22 points B: The average velocity of the first sprint is 30 points C: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 45 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same) D: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 33 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same)
Easy Email on Friday evening	Solve
Emily spent the entire week at a client's site as part of the accounting team. Emily is just about to leave for the weekend, when she notices that there is an email from another small, but growing client that they have been working closely for the past 3 months. Emily has a good professional relationship with Rebecca, who sent the email. Rebecca has a question, which she needs an urgent response to. Answering the question in detail will require Emily to access a number of files in her own office. What should Emily do first? A: Reply immediately that she needs more information before she can respond in detail, and that she will do it first thing on Monday morning. B: Rebecca will have gotten an out of office (OOO) response, so she can leave it for now and respond first thing on Monday morning. C: Call Rebecca to find out by when they need the information. If they need it right away, Emily can go to office, give the required details and provide a more detailed response on Monday. D: Reply to the email immediately, based on the information Emily has already and assure Rebecca that she will double check and send over a more detailed response first thing on Monday.
Medium Aggregate Deviation	Solve
Su is the project manager for a Bengaluru based video storage company. The allowable deviation for video compression time is ±150 milliseconds. They use a third party service which offers an API for video compression. The third party service delivers documentation with the latest version of the API which states that the requirements are being met as per specification. Su’s team conducts multiple quality tests on the API. The aggregate deviation found by her team is 155 milliseconds, but the team says this variation from the permissible deviation is negligible. What should Su do? A: Allow the API since the third party vendor provided the product on time B: Allow the API for now, but ask the third party vendor for an explanation C: Document the low level of quality, allow the API to be used and work with the third party vendor to find a solution D: Reject the API and ask the third party vendor to provide the product within the allowable deviation E: Use the API for now, and start developing their own video compression API to use in the future F: Halt the project and start developing their own video compression API

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Burndown Chart 1 metrics	2 mins Agile/Scrum	Solve
Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team A at SpaceY Inc: Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team B at SpaceY Inc: We know the following about the graphs: - Red line is the the ideal line: projected slope that depicts how the team progress would look like - Black line is the actual effort line - Story points are represented on Y-axis - And time in weeks is represented on X-axis Which of the following statements are true about SpaceY teams: P: Team A started slowly and was moving behind schedule. Yet, they managed to finish the sprint in time Q: Team A is working hard towards meeting the deadline but isn’t updating the burndown chart throughout the process, only at the end. R: Team A’s next sprint’s capacity should be burned down or decreased so that the team can have to complete tasks/story points from the previous sprint S: Team B started slowly but eventually caught up T: Team B might have overestimated the project’s timeline
	Medium Stakeholders and Estimates Stakeholders Timelines	2 mins Agile/Scrum	Solve
Emily is a product owner for a new application being built at Whalesforce Inc. To maintain visibility into project status, Emily has cut the project into chunks which different teams will be responsible for: - DevOps team (DoT) will set up the servers. They have no dependencies and will take 4 weeks to set things up. - Design team (DT) will design the screens for the application, have no dependencies and need 3 weeks to wrap up. - Front-end team (FT) will need the designs to start the work, and will take 5 weeks to create the front-end components. - Backend team (BT) will need input from DoT and DT to start designing the backend system, and will take 3 weeks to release the backend APIs. - Security team (ST) will require server details from DoT, and will need 3 weeks to give a go-ahead. - Integration team (IT) will require the front-end components and backend API to set up the integration. They will launch the application in 3 weeks. The project is marked for internal release once IT and ST teams give a go-ahead. Emily wants to communicate the best-case estimate for the internal release of the project to the major stakeholders. Can you help her with the estimate?
	Medium Story Velocity 2 Velocity Metrics	2 mins Agile/Scrum	Solve
Seloitte hires PopTal for developing a new mobile application. PopTal team follows Agile methodology for development and estimates the whole project to take up to 1000 points. In the first sprint the team commits to work on the following stories: Story 1 - 6 points Story 2 - 10 points Story 3 - 16 points The team completes Story 1 and 3 but only completes eighty percent of Story 2. Pick the correct statements: A: The average velocity of the first sprint is 22 points B: The average velocity of the first sprint is 30 points C: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 45 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same) D: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 33 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same)
	Easy Email on Friday evening	2 mins Situational Judgement	Solve
Emily spent the entire week at a client's site as part of the accounting team. Emily is just about to leave for the weekend, when she notices that there is an email from another small, but growing client that they have been working closely for the past 3 months. Emily has a good professional relationship with Rebecca, who sent the email. Rebecca has a question, which she needs an urgent response to. Answering the question in detail will require Emily to access a number of files in her own office. What should Emily do first? A: Reply immediately that she needs more information before she can respond in detail, and that she will do it first thing on Monday morning. B: Rebecca will have gotten an out of office (OOO) response, so she can leave it for now and respond first thing on Monday morning. C: Call Rebecca to find out by when they need the information. If they need it right away, Emily can go to office, give the required details and provide a more detailed response on Monday. D: Reply to the email immediately, based on the information Emily has already and assure Rebecca that she will double check and send over a more detailed response first thing on Monday.
	Medium Aggregate Deviation	2 mins Project Management	Solve
Su is the project manager for a Bengaluru based video storage company. The allowable deviation for video compression time is ±150 milliseconds. They use a third party service which offers an API for video compression. The third party service delivers documentation with the latest version of the API which states that the requirements are being met as per specification. Su’s team conducts multiple quality tests on the API. The aggregate deviation found by her team is 155 milliseconds, but the team says this variation from the permissible deviation is negligible. What should Su do? A: Allow the API since the third party vendor provided the product on time B: Allow the API for now, but ask the third party vendor for an explanation C: Document the low level of quality, allow the API to be used and work with the third party vendor to find a solution D: Reject the API and ask the third party vendor to provide the product within the allowable deviation E: Use the API for now, and start developing their own video compression API to use in the future F: Halt the project and start developing their own video compression API

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Burndown Chart 1 metrics	Agile/Scrum	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team A at SpaceY Inc: Here’s a sprint burndown chart for team B at SpaceY Inc: We know the following about the graphs: - Red line is the the ideal line: projected slope that depicts how the team progress would look like - Black line is the actual effort line - Story points are represented on Y-axis - And time in weeks is represented on X-axis Which of the following statements are true about SpaceY teams: P: Team A started slowly and was moving behind schedule. Yet, they managed to finish the sprint in time Q: Team A is working hard towards meeting the deadline but isn’t updating the burndown chart throughout the process, only at the end. R: Team A’s next sprint’s capacity should be burned down or decreased so that the team can have to complete tasks/story points from the previous sprint S: Team B started slowly but eventually caught up T: Team B might have overestimated the project’s timeline
	Stakeholders and Estimates Stakeholders Timelines	Agile/Scrum	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Emily is a product owner for a new application being built at Whalesforce Inc. To maintain visibility into project status, Emily has cut the project into chunks which different teams will be responsible for: - DevOps team (DoT) will set up the servers. They have no dependencies and will take 4 weeks to set things up. - Design team (DT) will design the screens for the application, have no dependencies and need 3 weeks to wrap up. - Front-end team (FT) will need the designs to start the work, and will take 5 weeks to create the front-end components. - Backend team (BT) will need input from DoT and DT to start designing the backend system, and will take 3 weeks to release the backend APIs. - Security team (ST) will require server details from DoT, and will need 3 weeks to give a go-ahead. - Integration team (IT) will require the front-end components and backend API to set up the integration. They will launch the application in 3 weeks. The project is marked for internal release once IT and ST teams give a go-ahead. Emily wants to communicate the best-case estimate for the internal release of the project to the major stakeholders. Can you help her with the estimate?
	Story Velocity 2 Velocity Metrics	Agile/Scrum	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Seloitte hires PopTal for developing a new mobile application. PopTal team follows Agile methodology for development and estimates the whole project to take up to 1000 points. In the first sprint the team commits to work on the following stories: Story 1 - 6 points Story 2 - 10 points Story 3 - 16 points The team completes Story 1 and 3 but only completes eighty percent of Story 2. Pick the correct statements: A: The average velocity of the first sprint is 22 points B: The average velocity of the first sprint is 30 points C: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 45 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same) D: Based on the average velocity, the product owner can notify the stakeholders that the project will take roughly 33 sprints to finish (assuming team size and members remain the same)
	Email on Friday evening	Situational Judgement	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Emily spent the entire week at a client's site as part of the accounting team. Emily is just about to leave for the weekend, when she notices that there is an email from another small, but growing client that they have been working closely for the past 3 months. Emily has a good professional relationship with Rebecca, who sent the email. Rebecca has a question, which she needs an urgent response to. Answering the question in detail will require Emily to access a number of files in her own office. What should Emily do first? A: Reply immediately that she needs more information before she can respond in detail, and that she will do it first thing on Monday morning. B: Rebecca will have gotten an out of office (OOO) response, so she can leave it for now and respond first thing on Monday morning. C: Call Rebecca to find out by when they need the information. If they need it right away, Emily can go to office, give the required details and provide a more detailed response on Monday. D: Reply to the email immediately, based on the information Emily has already and assure Rebecca that she will double check and send over a more detailed response first thing on Monday.
	Aggregate Deviation	Project Management	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Su is the project manager for a Bengaluru based video storage company. The allowable deviation for video compression time is ±150 milliseconds. They use a third party service which offers an API for video compression. The third party service delivers documentation with the latest version of the API which states that the requirements are being met as per specification. Su’s team conducts multiple quality tests on the API. The aggregate deviation found by her team is 155 milliseconds, but the team says this variation from the permissible deviation is negligible. What should Su do? A: Allow the API since the third party vendor provided the product on time B: Allow the API for now, but ask the third party vendor for an explanation C: Document the low level of quality, allow the API to be used and work with the third party vendor to find a solution D: Reject the API and ask the third party vendor to provide the product within the allowable deviation E: Use the API for now, and start developing their own video compression API to use in the future F: Halt the project and start developing their own video compression API

Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!

Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment Product Owner Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the Product Owner Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & comparative results

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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About Product Owner Roles

A Product Owner oversees the whole product development process. They investigate and assess the demands of clients to identify which features to add on goods, and propose product feature ideas to stakeholders.

Typical Product Owner responsibilities include:

Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
Defining the vision for the team’s product
Creating a product road map
Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them based on changing requirements
Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development
Developing user stories
Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates

What roles can I use the Product Owner Test for?

Product Owner
Product Manager

What topics are covered in the Product Owner Test?

Agile

Scrum

Scrum Framework

Product Roadmap

Sprint Planning

Vision

Product Backlog

Product Increment

Backlog Prioritization

Release Burndown Chart

MoSCow Technique

Waterfall

Certified Scrum Product Owner

CSPO

Scrum Team

Marketplace Knowledge

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.

85%

reduction in screening time

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FAQs

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

Non-googleable questions
IP proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.