"Situation - A time I dealt with conflict while on a team was while I was working at Shopify on physical and digital gift card refund point of sale solutions. The situation was that we were dealing with complex technical constraints including not changing particular UI components behavior to act as they should be intended. On the refund screen, the existing design was using a toggle on the same screen to bring up a modal for gift card selection to either select digital or physical options. Thi"
Ben G. - "Situation - A time I dealt with conflict while on a team was while I was working at Shopify on physical and digital gift card refund point of sale solutions. The situation was that we were dealing with complex technical constraints including not changing particular UI components behavior to act as they should be intended. On the refund screen, the existing design was using a toggle on the same screen to bring up a modal for gift card selection to either select digital or physical options. Thi"See full answer
"Situation- I was leading a product through a complete overhaul to a new replacement product, and at the same time had to maintain the old product.
Concern -
In the old product, the team was usually stuck 40-50% of the time in bug fixing
This could have hampered the velocity and GTM of the new product
Action
Localised the problem to one major component - Export and Import Function- had 90% contribution to the issues
Worked with the engineering team to diagnose the issue, the issue was i"
Umang S. - "Situation- I was leading a product through a complete overhaul to a new replacement product, and at the same time had to maintain the old product.
Concern -
In the old product, the team was usually stuck 40-50% of the time in bug fixing
This could have hampered the velocity and GTM of the new product
Action
Localised the problem to one major component - Export and Import Function- had 90% contribution to the issues
Worked with the engineering team to diagnose the issue, the issue was i"See full answer
"The DNS server of the site URL can identify the source of the traffic via GeoIP and redirect it to the Amazon services closest to that location. The load balancer, installed before the web server, can manage the load and redirect traffic to redundant services."
Beth S. - "The DNS server of the site URL can identify the source of the traffic via GeoIP and redirect it to the Amazon services closest to that location. The load balancer, installed before the web server, can manage the load and redirect traffic to redundant services."See full answer
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"Great question!
Last year, we were working on a critical project to develop a real-time risk analytics platform. This platform was designed to provide our traders with instantaneous risk metrics, allowing them to make informed decisions in a fast-paced trading environment. Midway through the project, we faced a significant issue: our chosen data processing framework was not performing as expected under the high data throughput required by our trading algorithms. This was causing unacceptable lat"
Scott S. - "Great question!
Last year, we were working on a critical project to develop a real-time risk analytics platform. This platform was designed to provide our traders with instantaneous risk metrics, allowing them to make informed decisions in a fast-paced trading environment. Midway through the project, we faced a significant issue: our chosen data processing framework was not performing as expected under the high data throughput required by our trading algorithms. This was causing unacceptable lat"See full answer
"To bring any product to market here are the below steps that I would (did) take:
1.Understand the problem stmt / stakeholder need and asses depth of the problem
(qualitatively and then gather metrics to quantify it)
2.Do market study on understanding relatable solutions if any
3.Carve out viable solution/ideation that aligns with overall Business Vision/Goal
4.Get stakeholders buy in on the idea
5.Guesstimate and prioritize high level features, Cost and ROI.
6.Build Business case for Project Le"
Bk - "To bring any product to market here are the below steps that I would (did) take:
1.Understand the problem stmt / stakeholder need and asses depth of the problem
(qualitatively and then gather metrics to quantify it)
2.Do market study on understanding relatable solutions if any
3.Carve out viable solution/ideation that aligns with overall Business Vision/Goal
4.Get stakeholders buy in on the idea
5.Guesstimate and prioritize high level features, Cost and ROI.
6.Build Business case for Project Le"See full answer
"Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product.
Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"
Singer29 - "Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product.
Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"See full answer
"How about this one...
Situation:
In my previous Organization, I was PM of Financial services- Business Loans. I was building the user journey and end to end process. We were in middle of development and I got one more product to work on - BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later).
Tasks:
I was asked to provide the roadmap , rough wireframes, guess estimates (No of engineers required) and by when we can ship the MVP. Need not to mention but as startups always have resource constrains and tight deadli"
Veronica S. - "How about this one...
Situation:
In my previous Organization, I was PM of Financial services- Business Loans. I was building the user journey and end to end process. We were in middle of development and I got one more product to work on - BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later).
Tasks:
I was asked to provide the roadmap , rough wireframes, guess estimates (No of engineers required) and by when we can ship the MVP. Need not to mention but as startups always have resource constrains and tight deadli"See full answer
"First i will collect relevant data,Actual problem,Necessary input and raw material then i will start design drawing,modeling,Callibration and finally handing over my work."
Mohammed H. - "First i will collect relevant data,Actual problem,Necessary input and raw material then i will start design drawing,modeling,Callibration and finally handing over my work."See full answer
"To clarify the question, we need to know
What portion of “food” are we discussing? All groceries, cold ready-to-heat meals, meal kits, hot meals, or something else? Finding “something else” presents the opportunity to invent a new sector of the business that leverages Amazon’s unique strengths. That’s more likely to be a winner idea, from Amazon’s perspective and the interviewer’s opinion of you, than copying some other company’s existing approach. But it’s also possible the interviewer has a"
Jonathan S. - "To clarify the question, we need to know
What portion of “food” are we discussing? All groceries, cold ready-to-heat meals, meal kits, hot meals, or something else? Finding “something else” presents the opportunity to invent a new sector of the business that leverages Amazon’s unique strengths. That’s more likely to be a winner idea, from Amazon’s perspective and the interviewer’s opinion of you, than copying some other company’s existing approach. But it’s also possible the interviewer has a"See full answer
"I started asking some questions regarding the constrains of the system:
An antena is emitting a signal that says if the tagged device was out of the room where the interview was happening.
I was able to decide which would be the schema for the Antena's message.
The antena is sending the info of multiple users.
The system doesn't need to push notification to the users when the user left the device behind.
Upon reflection, this is what I recollected doing.
I propuse the json schema a"
Eduardo C. - "I started asking some questions regarding the constrains of the system:
An antena is emitting a signal that says if the tagged device was out of the room where the interview was happening.
I was able to decide which would be the schema for the Antena's message.
The antena is sending the info of multiple users.
The system doesn't need to push notification to the users when the user left the device behind.
Upon reflection, this is what I recollected doing.
I propuse the json schema a"See full answer
"Credibility is very important for success of any team. And it is something that takes time to build, but if i am inheriting a team that i did not build, i would spend dedicated time to understand team structure, dynamics and skill levels for every team member. Domain knowledge and experience are other important factors i would learn about each team member. In regular meetings i would introduce the culture of openness and respect where team members feel free to bring in ideas and constructive fee"
Kanwarpreet S. - "Credibility is very important for success of any team. And it is something that takes time to build, but if i am inheriting a team that i did not build, i would spend dedicated time to understand team structure, dynamics and skill levels for every team member. Domain knowledge and experience are other important factors i would learn about each team member. In regular meetings i would introduce the culture of openness and respect where team members feel free to bring in ideas and constructive fee"See full answer
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Last year, we were in the midst of a critical project to develop a new machine learning-driven risk analytics platform. This platform was intended to provide real-time risk assessments and predictive insights to enhance our trading strategies. However, midway through the project, our project lead unexpectedly had to take an extended leave of absence due to a personal emergency. This left the team without clear leadership during a crucial phase of the project.
Stepping into the Leadership R"
Scott S. - "
Last year, we were in the midst of a critical project to develop a new machine learning-driven risk analytics platform. This platform was intended to provide real-time risk assessments and predictive insights to enhance our trading strategies. However, midway through the project, our project lead unexpectedly had to take an extended leave of absence due to a personal emergency. This left the team without clear leadership during a crucial phase of the project.
Stepping into the Leadership R"See full answer
"Might be good to have also explained how the engineer wasn't aware of th expedition process that you as a PM were able to identify when you spoke to the PM from the team that was providing the API, was it just a simple of case of not having access to information that you were able to help surface ?"
Yogi S. - "Might be good to have also explained how the engineer wasn't aware of th expedition process that you as a PM were able to identify when you spoke to the PM from the team that was providing the API, was it just a simple of case of not having access to information that you were able to help surface ?"See full answer
"While interning at Numerix Analytics, I was working on a campaign analysis project where I used customer engagement data to recommend which email subject lines performed best. Based on open rate data from the past two campaigns, I concluded that short, curiosity-based subject lines were outperforming more direct ones. I recommended using that style for the next major campaign. The marketing team followed my recommendation. However, the open and click-through rates for the next campaign dropped s"
Dhruv M. - "While interning at Numerix Analytics, I was working on a campaign analysis project where I used customer engagement data to recommend which email subject lines performed best. Based on open rate data from the past two campaigns, I concluded that short, curiosity-based subject lines were outperforming more direct ones. I recommended using that style for the next major campaign. The marketing team followed my recommendation. However, the open and click-through rates for the next campaign dropped s"See full answer
"In order to earn team members trust you need to show -
1- You need to show them you trust them. Treat others the way you wanted to be treated.
2- Do what you say. Keep commitments.
3- Listen
4- Admit when you make mistakes
5- Consistently make good decisions
"
Ritu G. - "In order to earn team members trust you need to show -
1- You need to show them you trust them. Treat others the way you wanted to be treated.
2- Do what you say. Keep commitments.
3- Listen
4- Admit when you make mistakes
5- Consistently make good decisions
"See full answer
"· Listen both sides and without any bias. Support or focus on the problem rather than person. Take necessary steps in case there is middle ground its well and good if both parties agree. If not be honest and support the person who is correct. Ultimate goal is to be useful for overall project and company rather individual satisfaction. The approach should be fit into overall team goal."
BePostive - "· Listen both sides and without any bias. Support or focus on the problem rather than person. Take necessary steps in case there is middle ground its well and good if both parties agree. If not be honest and support the person who is correct. Ultimate goal is to be useful for overall project and company rather individual satisfaction. The approach should be fit into overall team goal."See full answer