Design a better reading experience
for Wikipedia.
About this question
Category
Product Design
Subcategory
Improvement
Difficulty
Easy
Est. time
35 min
What this question helps you practice
This product design prompt asks you to improve a familiar content product without losing what makes it useful. A strong answer should segment readers, identify reading pain points, prioritize use cases, and propose lightweight improvements that respect Wikipedia's trust and neutrality.
How to practice
Clarify the reader context
Define target users, devices, reading situations, and success metrics before suggesting features.
Find friction in the journey
Map discovery, scanning, deep reading, citation checking, and follow-up learning moments.
Prioritize simple improvements
Choose changes that improve comprehension and navigation while protecting trust.
Strong answer signals
Balances readability, credibility, accessibility, and editorial neutrality.
Uses clear metrics such as task completion, return visits, scroll depth, or comprehension proxies.
Avoids adding engagement features that conflict with the product's core trust promise.
Common mistakes
Jumping straight to UI features without defining the reader problem.
Optimizing only for engagement while ignoring trust and neutrality.
Designing for one persona and ignoring mobile, accessibility, or low-bandwidth contexts.
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