The role, and what this assessment is for
Pixel IQ is Midwich's platform for configuring, pricing and quoting LED display products. Behind it, the Pixel IQ Core team onboards every product: taking each manufacturer's raw specifications and turning them into clean, accurate, correctly-structured data the platform can sell from.
As Technical Product Manager you own that work: collecting and validating manufacturer data, mapping it into the Pixel IQ schema, building the quantity and bundle logic, and testing new products before launch. It is precise, detail-critical work, where a wrong figure or a missed line item flows straight through to a customer's quote.
Why it matters
Every product onboarded cleanly means faster, more accurate quotes and protected margin across the group. Doing this well is central to how Pixel IQ scales.
What this assessment is
A short, practical exercise built from that real work. It is not a puzzle or a personality test. It mirrors an actual product-onboarding job, so you can show how you'd really do it and we can see how you think.
- Format: four tasks, done one at a time, using a product library we provide. Accuracy matters more than speed.
- What it measures: attention to detail, technical ability, and the judgement to handle data that doesn't line up neatly.
- How it's scored: one overall score across every check in the test, against a single pass mark. You'll see it in full on the next screen.
Need a reasonable adjustment (extra time, a different format)? Just ask.
How this works
- Use a computer, not a phone. There's a lot of product data to read and compare, so you'll want a full-size screen.
- It's not a race. Accuracy and good judgement matter more than speed.
- You'll work through four tasks, one at a time. Use Back and Next; you can revisit any task before you submit.
- A product library opens beside each task. All the data you need is in it, split across files and manufacturers, each in its own format. The job is partly detective work.
- How you're scored is shown right below, before you begin.
Every check across all four tasks counts once towards one overall score, measured against a single pass mark. There is no separate score per task and no part you have to pass on its own - it is the total that decides.
| What each task asks | What it's checking |
|---|---|
| Tasks 1 & 2 Map and validate data | Are your values right, in the format Pixel IQ expects - and did you catch the wrong ones without changing values that were already correct? Fixing a real error counts for you; changing something that was actually fine counts against you. |
| Tasks 3 & 4 Formulas and tricky cases | These have correct answers too. They test whether you notice when the data doesn't fit the system and handle it sensibly, rather than forcing a value or ignoring the problem. |
Map the Samsung MMF series
- Enter the Pixel IQ specs for the three Samsung MMF models. If a value isn't in the library, leave that cell blank.
- Match the format. Pixel IQ expects each value in its own format, not the way it appears in the source files.
- The Pixel IQ format column shows how each field should look - follow it.
- Numbers only: no units, symbols or thousands separators (enter 250, not "250 mm"; 5000:1, not "5,000 : 1").
- Two fields accept only a fixed set of values, listed in that column - pick the one that matches.
- Per cabinet, not per m². Pixel IQ stores figures per cabinet. Where the library gives a value both ways (power, for example), enter the per-cabinet figure.
- If a figure is given only per m², work out the per-cabinet value from the cabinet's area (in m²), and enter every decimal place you calculate - don't round.
Validate a colleague's Absen draft
- A colleague has mapped the four Absen NT Pro V2 2.6 mm variants into Pixel IQ (table below). Before it goes live, your job is to check their work and confirm every value is correct.
- Every cell is editable and pre-filled with their draft. Validate each value against the library, overwrite anything that isn't right, and leave the values you're happy with as they are.
- Use the same Pixel IQ format as Task 1 (no units, no stray spaces or commas): a value that is right but in the wrong format still needs correcting.
- Where a manufacturer's ABI export and spec PDF disagree, the ABI export is the source of truth.
Review notes (optional)
Notes back to the colleague on their draft - anything you'd flag, and why.
Build and check product bundle formulas
- Pixel IQ builds quote line items from the quantity formulas in product bundles.
- The library file “Pixel IQ product bundles” has real, working examples - use them to work out the pattern.
3a. Spare modules
We supply spare modules at 5% of the module count (always at least 1). A helper moduleQuantity("CODE") returns the module count. Write the quantity formula.
3b. Main power cables
Calculate how many main power cables a display needs. Each cable feeds one power circuit, and a circuit can carry only a fixed maximum number of cabinets - the library's helper legend gives that limit. Write the quantity formula.
3c. Check the live bundles
These rows are from the live database. Set Pass or Fail for each; if Fail, say what's wrong in the note.
Two things to set up
4a. Absen FL2.6 Flex curve
The Absen FL2.6 Flex cabinet supports these curve angles (degrees):
Pixel IQ's curve setting stores a minimum, a maximum, and a single step size that it applies uniformly between them. Enter what you would put in, then add any notes.
4b. Samsung MMF-A dimensions
Set up the display dimensions for a Samsung MMF-A all-in-one. From the library:
- Active display area (W × H): 2400 × 1350 mm
- Overall display size (W × H, including bezel/trim): 2408.2 × 1357.9 mm
- The CAD drawing shows a bezel/trim of 3.8 mm on each side
Pixel IQ stores the active display area plus one trim side value, which it adds to the left and the right sides to derive the overall width.
What single trim side value makes the derived overall width match the manufacturer's published overall width? Show your working below.
Finished?
Please make sure every question is answered before you submit. You can use Back to revisit any task and change your answers.
Prefer to return them yourself, or having trouble submitting? Export & email instead.
Return your answers by email to liam.winter@psco.co.uk - either:
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- copy the box below into your email.
Need a reasonable adjustment (extra time, a different format, anything else)? Email liam.winter@psco.co.uk and we'll arrange it.
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