"Ask Follow up Questions
Is this for specific type of user or open?
Do we have any past research that has been done?
Do we have an idea of company and user goals?
Do we have metrics of success?
Are there any existing constraints?
Why | 5 min
Why is this product or feature important?
How does this product benefit customers?
What business opportunities does it create?
What is our hypothesis?
What are our company goals?
Who | 3 min
Who are the different types"
Ben G. - "Ask Follow up Questions
Is this for specific type of user or open?
Do we have any past research that has been done?
Do we have an idea of company and user goals?
Do we have metrics of success?
Are there any existing constraints?
Why | 5 min
Why is this product or feature important?
How does this product benefit customers?
What business opportunities does it create?
What is our hypothesis?
What are our company goals?
Who | 3 min
Who are the different types"See full answer
"Situation
Our data engineering team was growing rapidly, and we needed to establish a more structured management layer to support this growth. One of our senior engineers, Sarah, had consistently demonstrated leadership qualities and technical expertise. The team was working on a critical project to enhance our real-time analytics capabilities, and it became clear that we needed additional management support to ensure the project's success.
Task
My task was to evaluate Sarah’s potential"
Scott S. - "Situation
Our data engineering team was growing rapidly, and we needed to establish a more structured management layer to support this growth. One of our senior engineers, Sarah, had consistently demonstrated leadership qualities and technical expertise. The team was working on a critical project to enhance our real-time analytics capabilities, and it became clear that we needed additional management support to ensure the project's success.
Task
My task was to evaluate Sarah’s potential"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
"I covered the following area - Working with the Stakeholders, setting miles stones, delving deep into the area and understanding what success look like and defined it with metrics, created dependency and reviewing the progress against the milestones planned. To keep everyone updated on the program, sent a monthly newsletter on the program. During this phase I also identified opportunity to improve the engineering pace"
Rajesh P. - "I covered the following area - Working with the Stakeholders, setting miles stones, delving deep into the area and understanding what success look like and defined it with metrics, created dependency and reviewing the progress against the milestones planned. To keep everyone updated on the program, sent a monthly newsletter on the program. During this phase I also identified opportunity to improve the engineering pace"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
"This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator.
Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook.
Briefly, the steps required are the following:
Migrate the database to support reactions
Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"
Exponent - "This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator.
Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook.
Briefly, the steps required are the following:
Migrate the database to support reactions
Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"See full answer
"Define Groups: Platform where users ( organizers and members) with shared interests can come together and express their thoughts and opinions.
Meta's mission: To bring ppl closer together by giving them access to tools and technology.
Groups Mission alignment: Gives Organizers and members to come closer together over shared interests and build community.
Users :
Organizers ( create a group-> invite people on the platform --> can accept or deny a member to the group --> Intera"
Raunak K. - "Define Groups: Platform where users ( organizers and members) with shared interests can come together and express their thoughts and opinions.
Meta's mission: To bring ppl closer together by giving them access to tools and technology.
Groups Mission alignment: Gives Organizers and members to come closer together over shared interests and build community.
Users :
Organizers ( create a group-> invite people on the platform --> can accept or deny a member to the group --> Intera"See full answer
"Clarifying questions:
Clarify what Facebook Lite is
Assumed answer: It’s a slimmed down version of mobile FB app optimized for slower connections and uses less data than the primary mobile FB app by not offering features like videos and high resolution photos. It is only available on Android and primarily built by FB to the developing world can have access to FB.
What is meant by “opens are down”?
Assumed answer: The total amount of opens of the app on Android devices"
Arthur Y. - "Clarifying questions:
Clarify what Facebook Lite is
Assumed answer: It’s a slimmed down version of mobile FB app optimized for slower connections and uses less data than the primary mobile FB app by not offering features like videos and high resolution photos. It is only available on Android and primarily built by FB to the developing world can have access to FB.
What is meant by “opens are down”?
Assumed answer: The total amount of opens of the app on Android devices"See full answer
"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
"Looking back on my most recent project, which involved developing a real-time market data processing platform in the derivatives trading function , there are a few things I would have done differently to improve the process and outcomes. Here’s a reflection on those aspects:
1. \\Enhanced Initial Stakeholder Engagement\\
What Happened:
While we did conduct stakeholder meetings at the beginning of the project, some specific requirements and expectations emerged later in the process,"
Scott S. - "Looking back on my most recent project, which involved developing a real-time market data processing platform in the derivatives trading function , there are a few things I would have done differently to improve the process and outcomes. Here’s a reflection on those aspects:
1. \\Enhanced Initial Stakeholder Engagement\\
What Happened:
While we did conduct stakeholder meetings at the beginning of the project, some specific requirements and expectations emerged later in the process,"See full answer
"bool isValidBST(TreeNode* root, long min = LONGMIN, long max = LONGMAX){
if (root == NULL)
return true;
if (root->val val >= max)
return false;
return isValidBST(root->left, min, root->val) &&
isValidBST(root->right, root->val, max);
}
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Alvaro R. - "bool isValidBST(TreeNode* root, long min = LONGMIN, long max = LONGMAX){
if (root == NULL)
return true;
if (root->val val >= max)
return false;
return isValidBST(root->left, min, root->val) &&
isValidBST(root->right, root->val, max);
}
`"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
"A few clarifying questions:
Algorithm that is specifically used to match individuals?
Define better? More matches, higher likelihood of relationship? etc.
Next I'd like to consider the product's goals, how users engage with the app, how we'd measure those engagements, and how they align with our goals.
Considering Goals
Facebook's mission is to give people the tools to build communities
FB Dating's goal for the end user is to find a partner, but for Facebook it is really ab"
Anonymous Hawk - "A few clarifying questions:
Algorithm that is specifically used to match individuals?
Define better? More matches, higher likelihood of relationship? etc.
Next I'd like to consider the product's goals, how users engage with the app, how we'd measure those engagements, and how they align with our goals.
Considering Goals
Facebook's mission is to give people the tools to build communities
FB Dating's goal for the end user is to find a partner, but for Facebook it is really ab"See full answer