"Clarify: Any specific types of groups (families or business)? Type of travel (air, train)? Global or domestic?
Assumptions: Users have interest in travel. Content within Meta apps can help FB, whatsapp, Instagram. Have access to user data with travel preferences and budget. Resources to interact with travel businesses and institutions.
Constraints: Users typically think of meta apps in the early discovery phase of travel, typically use travel company apps to complete experience e.g. booking,"
Patrick W. - "Clarify: Any specific types of groups (families or business)? Type of travel (air, train)? Global or domestic?
Assumptions: Users have interest in travel. Content within Meta apps can help FB, whatsapp, Instagram. Have access to user data with travel preferences and budget. Resources to interact with travel businesses and institutions.
Constraints: Users typically think of meta apps in the early discovery phase of travel, typically use travel company apps to complete experience e.g. booking,"See full answer
"Meta Pay - What is it?
Payment platform that lets people buy and send money on Facebook, IG and Instagram
on platforms like FB and IG, people already find things they like and the businesses can sell directly on the platform through shops so Pay is closing the last mile and letting them also check out quickly once they’ve added their card details once. It’s making it a real one-stop shop.
It also allows making more transactions directly on the platform without having to enter card deta"
Rotem L. - "Meta Pay - What is it?
Payment platform that lets people buy and send money on Facebook, IG and Instagram
on platforms like FB and IG, people already find things they like and the businesses can sell directly on the platform through shops so Pay is closing the last mile and letting them also check out quickly once they’ve added their card details once. It’s making it a real one-stop shop.
It also allows making more transactions directly on the platform without having to enter card deta"See full answer
"Great explanation on each of the components and their use.
During the interview would a PM candidate be expected to go in-depth for capacity estimation (e.g. storage estimation, bandwidth estimation etc.?)"
A B. - "Great explanation on each of the components and their use.
During the interview would a PM candidate be expected to go in-depth for capacity estimation (e.g. storage estimation, bandwidth estimation etc.?)"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions
Is the product a digital or physical marketplace? (Digital)
Are we building an educational platform, freelance platform, or marketplace? (Freelance platform)
Are we focusing on a specific geographical location? (India)
Will the platform involve online transactions? (Yes)
User Personas
Individual Gardeners: Self-employed gardeners offering their services.
Gardening Agencies: Organizations providing gardening services.
**Educational Institutio"
Preetham m P. - "Clarifying Questions
Is the product a digital or physical marketplace? (Digital)
Are we building an educational platform, freelance platform, or marketplace? (Freelance platform)
Are we focusing on a specific geographical location? (India)
Will the platform involve online transactions? (Yes)
User Personas
Individual Gardeners: Self-employed gardeners offering their services.
Gardening Agencies: Organizations providing gardening services.
**Educational Institutio"See full answer
"Clarify Questions:
Is this app in Facebook app? or we build a different app for this? - Yes, this is in FB app now.
Will we have monetization in the first launch or launch it for free first? - Free first, but there is a potential monetization in the future.
Context: we will launch Facebook Jobs in two weeks, indicating that this is a new product.
I want to step back a bit, why this is important for Meta. Meta mission is to make it easier to build community and bring the world closer"
Nayla D. - "Clarify Questions:
Is this app in Facebook app? or we build a different app for this? - Yes, this is in FB app now.
Will we have monetization in the first launch or launch it for free first? - Free first, but there is a potential monetization in the future.
Context: we will launch Facebook Jobs in two weeks, indicating that this is a new product.
I want to step back a bit, why this is important for Meta. Meta mission is to make it easier to build community and bring the world closer"See full answer
Product Manager
Analytical
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"Clarifying
How does autoplay work? I presume it's how it's done today (no audio, start playing once the video is scrolled to be completely in the user's screen)
Desktop or mobile?
Which market is this? Users in US / Western Europe vs developing markets have different behaviors
Goals & Metrics
FB's mission is to help people build deeper connections. As a news feed PM, the goal is to make sure FB news feed is valuable to the users by being a great way to keep in touch with"
Patrick B. - "Clarifying
How does autoplay work? I presume it's how it's done today (no audio, start playing once the video is scrolled to be completely in the user's screen)
Desktop or mobile?
Which market is this? Users in US / Western Europe vs developing markets have different behaviors
Goals & Metrics
FB's mission is to help people build deeper connections. As a news feed PM, the goal is to make sure FB news feed is valuable to the users by being a great way to keep in touch with"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions
Are we an EdTech company adding this as a new arm, or building a new product? → New product
Is the learning mode online or offline? → User can choose
Are we focusing on any specific instruments? → No, any instrument
Does our product include a marketplace for purchasing instruments? → No
Are we building a mobile app or web platform? → Both, for India location
User Personas
Music Enthusiasts – Full-time learners aim"
Preetham m P. - "Clarifying Questions
Are we an EdTech company adding this as a new arm, or building a new product? → New product
Is the learning mode online or offline? → User can choose
Are we focusing on any specific instruments? → No, any instrument
Does our product include a marketplace for purchasing instruments? → No
Are we building a mobile app or web platform? → Both, for India location
User Personas
Music Enthusiasts – Full-time learners aim"See full answer
"Assuming this product is independent of FB product family and we are thinking of building an independent product.
Goal: Make it easy for users to simplify the appointment process with the doctor.
Success: Number of appointments made, repeat appointments made.
Lets understand who are the key personas involved here:
Doctors/Clinics (Excluding dentists)
Patients/Users
For this problem, I want to focus on the patient persona and go deeper into their problems.
The various user segments ar"
P K. - "Assuming this product is independent of FB product family and we are thinking of building an independent product.
Goal: Make it easy for users to simplify the appointment process with the doctor.
Success: Number of appointments made, repeat appointments made.
Lets understand who are the key personas involved here:
Doctors/Clinics (Excluding dentists)
Patients/Users
For this problem, I want to focus on the patient persona and go deeper into their problems.
The various user segments ar"See full answer
"SELECT
s.Sale_Date,
SUM(si.Quantity * si.SalePrice) AS TotalRevenue
FROM Sales s
JOIN SaleItems si ON s.SaleID = si.Sale_ID
GROUP BY s.Sale_Date
ORDER BY s.Sale_Date;
"
Bala G. - "SELECT
s.Sale_Date,
SUM(si.Quantity * si.SalePrice) AS TotalRevenue
FROM Sales s
JOIN SaleItems si ON s.SaleID = si.Sale_ID
GROUP BY s.Sale_Date
ORDER BY s.Sale_Date;
"See full answer
"Understanding the problem:
What do we mean by email notification experience here? Is it the quantity of notifications or quality?- it's the quality of the experience i.e. how can we make the experience better & more user centric
How would you define enhance in this context?- here enhacement means improving the engagement with the emails resulting in more people viewing the photo/s on FB with email as source
Are we supposed to enhance the viewer's experience only or the creators as w"
Debajyoti B. - "Understanding the problem:
What do we mean by email notification experience here? Is it the quantity of notifications or quality?- it's the quality of the experience i.e. how can we make the experience better & more user centric
How would you define enhance in this context?- here enhacement means improving the engagement with the emails resulting in more people viewing the photo/s on FB with email as source
Are we supposed to enhance the viewer's experience only or the creators as w"See full answer
"First, clarify the scope of question:
1) what is the goal of the feature , engagement or monetization? : I assume this is user engagement as the google maps is a mature product and this feature can solve pain of the users driving vehicles and may be later extend this to a premium offering
2) do we have any geographical location to target ? : I assume India as I am familiar with the location and later if required, we can extend the solution to other geographies
let me summarize my understanding o"
Rohit K. - "First, clarify the scope of question:
1) what is the goal of the feature , engagement or monetization? : I assume this is user engagement as the google maps is a mature product and this feature can solve pain of the users driving vehicles and may be later extend this to a premium offering
2) do we have any geographical location to target ? : I assume India as I am familiar with the location and later if required, we can extend the solution to other geographies
let me summarize my understanding o"See full answer
"Clarification: workplace is a communication messaging tool for employee to send and receive messages.
Why:
meta's mission
current landscape
market trends
meta's unique value
strength & weakness
Workplace Mission: build a communication tool for employees to better collaborate and engage with each other
Goal: focus on engagement, not revenue
Product ecosystem:
Meta
Company sourcing department
IT department
User:
sender/receiver
#of people log in
#of people"
Mark H. - "Clarification: workplace is a communication messaging tool for employee to send and receive messages.
Why:
meta's mission
current landscape
market trends
meta's unique value
strength & weakness
Workplace Mission: build a communication tool for employees to better collaborate and engage with each other
Goal: focus on engagement, not revenue
Product ecosystem:
Meta
Company sourcing department
IT department
User:
sender/receiver
#of people log in
#of people"See full answer
"Designing a Price Drop Tracker system like CamelCamelCamel involves creating a platform that tracks price changes for products on various e-commerce websites and notifies users when prices drop. Here’s a detailed system design for such a service:
Functional Requirements
User Registration and Authentication\:
Users can register and log in.
Support for social media logins (e.g., Google, Facebook).
Product Tracking\:
Users can add products to their watchlist for"
Scott S. - "Designing a Price Drop Tracker system like CamelCamelCamel involves creating a platform that tracks price changes for products on various e-commerce websites and notifies users when prices drop. Here’s a detailed system design for such a service:
Functional Requirements
User Registration and Authentication\:
Users can register and log in.
Support for social media logins (e.g., Google, Facebook).
Product Tracking\:
Users can add products to their watchlist for"See full answer
"I liked the role of a TPM due to the opportunity to contribute to the multiple dimensions of software product development. As a TPM I need to collaborate with multiple teams like Engineering, Product, and other business functions, but I also get the opportunity to contribute to the technical aspects of the program/project. I can use my sharp analytical skills to identify/anticipate problems, and leverage my problem solving skills to unblock the teams. I orchestrate multiple teams effort to del"
A R. - "I liked the role of a TPM due to the opportunity to contribute to the multiple dimensions of software product development. As a TPM I need to collaborate with multiple teams like Engineering, Product, and other business functions, but I also get the opportunity to contribute to the technical aspects of the program/project. I can use my sharp analytical skills to identify/anticipate problems, and leverage my problem solving skills to unblock the teams. I orchestrate multiple teams effort to del"See full answer
"In the API design, the interviewer is switching between RPC style (operation based endpoints) and REST style (resource oriented). Sticking to one convention and explaining why it is preferred over the other e.g. REST if the twitter domain maps nicely to resources e.g. /tweet or /follower or /user would help to create a more consistent and unified API. It would make it easier for clients to integrate with the API as well."
dreamingincode - "In the API design, the interviewer is switching between RPC style (operation based endpoints) and REST style (resource oriented). Sticking to one convention and explaining why it is preferred over the other e.g. REST if the twitter domain maps nicely to resources e.g. /tweet or /follower or /user would help to create a more consistent and unified API. It would make it easier for clients to integrate with the API as well."See full answer
"CQ:
What's the goal - we are just exploring
Any specific timeline we are targeting - NA
Why specifically podcast - its a growing area and can help engage the customers
Any specific geography to be kept on mind - You tell
Approach:
Understand Netflix’s landscape
Understand more about the Podcast space via Porter’s 5 Forces framework
Decide mode of entry
Tradeoffs & Risk
Netflix’s landscape;
Product - OTT player
Who uses - kids, adults
When do they use – leisure"
Anonymous Newt - "CQ:
What's the goal - we are just exploring
Any specific timeline we are targeting - NA
Why specifically podcast - its a growing area and can help engage the customers
Any specific geography to be kept on mind - You tell
Approach:
Understand Netflix’s landscape
Understand more about the Podcast space via Porter’s 5 Forces framework
Decide mode of entry
Tradeoffs & Risk
Netflix’s landscape;
Product - OTT player
Who uses - kids, adults
When do they use – leisure"See full answer
"I will divide my answer in 2 parts:
Process I use for managing risks in any Project
I will explain a real life situation where a Risk occurred and how I managed it
Process for Risk Management can be broken down into 3 parts:
Risk Identification: Risk identification is a team effort and is an ongoing process that happens throughout the Project. Technical Risks are usually identified during design/build/testing stage. I maintain a Risk register document to capture all the risks identified"
Saket S. - "I will divide my answer in 2 parts:
Process I use for managing risks in any Project
I will explain a real life situation where a Risk occurred and how I managed it
Process for Risk Management can be broken down into 3 parts:
Risk Identification: Risk identification is a team effort and is an ongoing process that happens throughout the Project. Technical Risks are usually identified during design/build/testing stage. I maintain a Risk register document to capture all the risks identified"See full answer
"Clarify: I'm assuming that a workplace chat app is similar to something like Slack or Teams, which is a web app/mobile platform for employees to securely message each other directly or in a grouping (i.e. a channel). I'm also assuming that this workplace app is for a generic company, and not Microsoft or Salesforce.
Goals: Workplace apps serve a vital connective tissue within enterprises to allow employees to freely message one another and collaborate on projects. These services a"
William D. - "Clarify: I'm assuming that a workplace chat app is similar to something like Slack or Teams, which is a web app/mobile platform for employees to securely message each other directly or in a grouping (i.e. a channel). I'm also assuming that this workplace app is for a generic company, and not Microsoft or Salesforce.
Goals: Workplace apps serve a vital connective tissue within enterprises to allow employees to freely message one another and collaborate on projects. These services a"See full answer