"I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"
pmpractice - "I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"See full answer
"· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills
· Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"
BePostive - "· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills
· Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"See full answer
"Clarifying question:
We are just interested in facebook's ad rev and not other meta products
We are looking at the rev coming per year globally
formula = (avg. ads shown per min on fb products) x (avg. time spent per user per day in mins) x (avg. rev that fb makes per view) x (DAU) x 365
assumption
all kind of ads give the same rev per view to fb
all kind of geographies give the same rev per view to fb
avg. ads shown per min -> user can scroll upto 20 posts easily in a min, lets"
Anubhav A. - "Clarifying question:
We are just interested in facebook's ad rev and not other meta products
We are looking at the rev coming per year globally
formula = (avg. ads shown per min on fb products) x (avg. time spent per user per day in mins) x (avg. rev that fb makes per view) x (DAU) x 365
assumption
all kind of ads give the same rev per view to fb
all kind of geographies give the same rev per view to fb
avg. ads shown per min -> user can scroll upto 20 posts easily in a min, lets"See full answer
"Clarifying question:
By podcast, we mean a series of digital audio generally available on the internet in the form of monologue or interview.
Do we need to integrate it with Facebook or design a separate product? --> Separate Product not related to Facebook
Mobile/web application --> Any
Constraints? --> No
Goal? --> To design a dedicated app to recommend podcasts in order to increase user satisfaction
Users:
Power Users: Who regularly listens to podcasts and keep detailed information on various"
Gunjali D. - "Clarifying question:
By podcast, we mean a series of digital audio generally available on the internet in the form of monologue or interview.
Do we need to integrate it with Facebook or design a separate product? --> Separate Product not related to Facebook
Mobile/web application --> Any
Constraints? --> No
Goal? --> To design a dedicated app to recommend podcasts in order to increase user satisfaction
Users:
Power Users: Who regularly listens to podcasts and keep detailed information on various"See full answer
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Product Design
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"Clarify:
Across all platforms? - Yes
Specific geographies? - No
Any specific users? Like >60 years - No
Benefits of profile picture:
User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture.
Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform.
Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform.
Possible decisions:
Remove profile upload feature
Make it optional
No change
Approach to make decis"
Nishant V. - "Clarify:
Across all platforms? - Yes
Specific geographies? - No
Any specific users? Like >60 years - No
Benefits of profile picture:
User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture.
Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform.
Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform.
Possible decisions:
Remove profile upload feature
Make it optional
No change
Approach to make decis"See full answer
"Assumptions:
It is a brand-new product and will be for US markets.
We will be making a mobile app.
The purpose of this product is to solve the problems people face when relocating to a new city. Now there are many different kinds of problems to deal with, such as house hunting, furniture buying, transiting in the city, exploring and socializing, etc.
I will be moving forward with the socializing feature where the user will be able to find attractions of the city and visit, he will"
Ankit M. - "Assumptions:
It is a brand-new product and will be for US markets.
We will be making a mobile app.
The purpose of this product is to solve the problems people face when relocating to a new city. Now there are many different kinds of problems to deal with, such as house hunting, furniture buying, transiting in the city, exploring and socializing, etc.
I will be moving forward with the socializing feature where the user will be able to find attractions of the city and visit, he will"See full answer
"Clarified on definition of hyperlocal - Defined it as a community of people in a 2-3 km radius and assumed geography as India
Talked about different type of community needs in a hyperlocal space - public services, local grocery delivery, food delivery, parcel delivery, making new friends for shared interests like playing badminton (Prioritised public services since it was underserved with respect to things like sewage cleaning, electricity outage in an area, community traffic problems, water"
KAI - "Clarified on definition of hyperlocal - Defined it as a community of people in a 2-3 km radius and assumed geography as India
Talked about different type of community needs in a hyperlocal space - public services, local grocery delivery, food delivery, parcel delivery, making new friends for shared interests like playing badminton (Prioritised public services since it was underserved with respect to things like sewage cleaning, electricity outage in an area, community traffic problems, water"See full answer
"Improving the parking experience as a Google Maps PM is a challenging and interesting task that requires understanding the user needs, pain points, and goals. Here are some of my ideas for how to improve the parking experience on Google Maps:
Provide real-time parking availability and prices: One of the main challenges for drivers is finding a parking spot that is available, convenient, and affordable. Google Maps could use data from various sources, such as sensors, cameras, or crowdsourc"
Anonymous Dove - "Improving the parking experience as a Google Maps PM is a challenging and interesting task that requires understanding the user needs, pain points, and goals. Here are some of my ideas for how to improve the parking experience on Google Maps:
Provide real-time parking availability and prices: One of the main challenges for drivers is finding a parking spot that is available, convenient, and affordable. Google Maps could use data from various sources, such as sensors, cameras, or crowdsourc"See full answer
"We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions:
Ask Clarifying Questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Identify current solutions
Brainstorm new solutions
Evaluate solutions
Measure success
Summarize
We'll go through each of these step by step.
Ask Clarifying Questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"
Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions:
Ask Clarifying Questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Identify current solutions
Brainstorm new solutions
Evaluate solutions
Measure success
Summarize
We'll go through each of these step by step.
Ask Clarifying Questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer
"THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON
STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER
ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA
WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING
ACHIEVING THE IDEA
THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA.
AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"
Lea M. - "THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON
STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER
ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA
WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING
ACHIEVING THE IDEA
THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA.
AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"See full answer
"Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area.
Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product?
Assume: Charity function built within Facebook.
Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"
Anonymous Pelican - "Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area.
Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product?
Assume: Charity function built within Facebook.
Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"See full answer
"What is the goal of FB as a company, how does marketplace help.
Who are the different users (Sellers and buyers. Also mention advertisers). Sellers can be artists or small/ home business owners. they also also be infrequent sellers who come to FB marketplace when they are moving cities or moving to a new location. Buyers can be low and high engagement.
We will focus on sellers - if more sellers come on the platform, it will attract buyers, generate sales, and spin the flywheel. Also, if a sel"
Neha A. - "What is the goal of FB as a company, how does marketplace help.
Who are the different users (Sellers and buyers. Also mention advertisers). Sellers can be artists or small/ home business owners. they also also be infrequent sellers who come to FB marketplace when they are moving cities or moving to a new location. Buyers can be low and high engagement.
We will focus on sellers - if more sellers come on the platform, it will attract buyers, generate sales, and spin the flywheel. Also, if a sel"See full answer
"Structure
Why should we build this? + market, company, product, trends
Users
Painpoints
Solutions
Summary
Clarify
company - 0 to 1
Why should build this
Market factors
Size and opportunity (tam)
sizeable market - billions of dollars in TAM
Competitors
(1) governments (2) parkmobile (3) vendors for each parking lot (parking structures / lots, man people)
Strengths
Parkmobile - available anywh"
Karthik M. - "Structure
Why should we build this? + market, company, product, trends
Users
Painpoints
Solutions
Summary
Clarify
company - 0 to 1
Why should build this
Market factors
Size and opportunity (tam)
sizeable market - billions of dollars in TAM
Competitors
(1) governments (2) parkmobile (3) vendors for each parking lot (parking structures / lots, man people)
Strengths
Parkmobile - available anywh"See full answer
"Ask Clarifying Questions :
A Podcast app is an app where artists/creators can upload their voice content and users are able to consume it. Is my understanding correct ? Yes
Are we building this specifically for ios or android or web ? Consider ios and Android for now.
Are we building the podcast app for a particular region like India ? Consider it a global launch
What is the timeline that we are looking at? 6 months approximately
Is it going to be an independent app or are we loo"
Ishan M. - "Ask Clarifying Questions :
A Podcast app is an app where artists/creators can upload their voice content and users are able to consume it. Is my understanding correct ? Yes
Are we building this specifically for ios or android or web ? Consider ios and Android for now.
Are we building the podcast app for a particular region like India ? Consider it a global launch
What is the timeline that we are looking at? 6 months approximately
Is it going to be an independent app or are we loo"See full answer