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  • "Goal: The goal of the product is to create a virtual communication system that enables the CEO/Executives of Google to have realistic in-person interactions with people located in different parts of the world. Identifying Different Users: CEO of Google Business executives and professionals Selecting Right User: The primary user for this product is the CEO of Google who needs to have a virtual communication system that can facilitate face-to-face interactions. Defining Features: High-q"

    Anonymous Panda - "Goal: The goal of the product is to create a virtual communication system that enables the CEO/Executives of Google to have realistic in-person interactions with people located in different parts of the world. Identifying Different Users: CEO of Google Business executives and professionals Selecting Right User: The primary user for this product is the CEO of Google who needs to have a virtual communication system that can facilitate face-to-face interactions. Defining Features: High-q"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • +1

    "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"

    Kanika - "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
  • "Launch p2p payments on a chat application Clarify - - - - - - - - - - - any specific chat app in mind? [no] Is there a 3rd party vendor tech we can incorporate [no, build grounds-up] Markets [US] Framing - - - - - - - - - - - Messaging apps mission: be the go-to destination for 1:1, n:n info sharing and comms. Use network effects to gain market share Biz/product goals: Growth, gain more market share Engagement: time spent, instances of interaction and sharing Revenue: ads,"

    Calyan - "Launch p2p payments on a chat application Clarify - - - - - - - - - - - any specific chat app in mind? [no] Is there a 3rd party vendor tech we can incorporate [no, build grounds-up] Markets [US] Framing - - - - - - - - - - - Messaging apps mission: be the go-to destination for 1:1, n:n info sharing and comms. Use network effects to gain market share Biz/product goals: Growth, gain more market share Engagement: time spent, instances of interaction and sharing Revenue: ads,"See full answer

    Analytical
    Product Strategy
  • "For larger projects, companies will often hire project managers to plan, document, organize and oversee a project's life cycle, helping ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. However, due to limited resources such as limited budgets or personnel constraints, many teams function without a project manager."

    Abdurhman M. - "For larger projects, companies will often hire project managers to plan, document, organize and oversee a project's life cycle, helping ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. However, due to limited resources such as limited budgets or personnel constraints, many teams function without a project manager."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • "SW: Headway (Audio book app) Goal: Track user engagement with the product. (Analytics) To Track user engagement with the product I would first define the user actions defined as user engagement, and then define quantitative metrics to track user behaviour. User actions -> engagement: Actions: User Plays an Audio book (following by user's retention) User uses Next chapter button to continue listening User marks Audio books as favourites User shares Audio books Metrics: DAU & 2."

    Negar H. - "SW: Headway (Audio book app) Goal: Track user engagement with the product. (Analytics) To Track user engagement with the product I would first define the user actions defined as user engagement, and then define quantitative metrics to track user behaviour. User actions -> engagement: Actions: User Plays an Audio book (following by user's retention) User uses Next chapter button to continue listening User marks Audio books as favourites User shares Audio books Metrics: DAU & 2."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
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  • "Started with user-groups to identify the differences world wide: speed of internet, how high end devices are The interviewer just wanted to dive into the questions of latency & the technical fast. I then said let's separate out server vs client. On server side, cannot have australian users hitting california servers for data. So must be some sort of global availability of caching. And ensure rapid read out of that cache so something like a redis solution would help. Then switch gears to cli"

    Sim S. - "Started with user-groups to identify the differences world wide: speed of internet, how high end devices are The interviewer just wanted to dive into the questions of latency & the technical fast. I then said let's separate out server vs client. On server side, cannot have australian users hitting california servers for data. So must be some sort of global availability of caching. And ensure rapid read out of that cache so something like a redis solution would help. Then switch gears to cli"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • "Break down into: OPEX #Employees x $avg. cost per employee $Overhead (mktg, legal, compliance) Content cost (creator payments) 80% of advert. revenue Elec, cooling, maintenance CAPEX #Data centers Avg servers per data center Avg. cost $ per server"

    James M. - "Break down into: OPEX #Employees x $avg. cost per employee $Overhead (mktg, legal, compliance) Content cost (creator payments) 80% of advert. revenue Elec, cooling, maintenance CAPEX #Data centers Avg servers per data center Avg. cost $ per server"See full answer

    Estimation
  • "Clarifying questions: What kind of users are we talking about? Internal or external ? (Assumption: External) When was this issue discovered? (Not so long ago) Is this specific to a particular geographical location ? (Answer: No) External: Geography, time ? Internal: Pain points: Technical - latency, lag Engagement - Less engagement available on website , users are bored while waiting for their search results to appear Review - Explore platform options for users to review their experie"

    Anuradha T. - "Clarifying questions: What kind of users are we talking about? Internal or external ? (Assumption: External) When was this issue discovered? (Not so long ago) Is this specific to a particular geographical location ? (Answer: No) External: Geography, time ? Internal: Pain points: Technical - latency, lag Engagement - Less engagement available on website , users are bored while waiting for their search results to appear Review - Explore platform options for users to review their experie"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Cost Reduce data cost (google fi cost 10$ per gb while in india costs are pretty less than that) Can prompt to connect to closed wi-fi network if users has connected earlier Coverage In India, majority of the population lives in rural areas, need to solve for that Safety and Security Protect users from scamsters / malware /viruses etc. Net Neutrality Ensure that there is no bias towards google sites only"

    P D. - "Cost Reduce data cost (google fi cost 10$ per gb while in india costs are pretty less than that) Can prompt to connect to closed wi-fi network if users has connected earlier Coverage In India, majority of the population lives in rural areas, need to solve for that Safety and Security Protect users from scamsters / malware /viruses etc. Net Neutrality Ensure that there is no bias towards google sites only"See full answer

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Designer
    Product Design
  • "Clarification: What type of business partners are these, some examples? Why isn't a phone/Google meet sufficient for communication? Any specific countries - abroad? With unlimited resources: Mission - To drive increases in Google's business through partnerships Goal of this project - Enable Sundar to communicate quickly and effectively with partners Product vision - Multi-language simulcast of Sundar's message tailored for individual partners Details: Allow Sundar to relay the same message t"

    Sarabjeet S. - "Clarification: What type of business partners are these, some examples? Why isn't a phone/Google meet sufficient for communication? Any specific countries - abroad? With unlimited resources: Mission - To drive increases in Google's business through partnerships Goal of this project - Enable Sundar to communicate quickly and effectively with partners Product vision - Multi-language simulcast of Sundar's message tailored for individual partners Details: Allow Sundar to relay the same message t"See full answer

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences. They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."

    Patrick K. - "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences. They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
    +1 more
  • "watch time = #users x avg videos/user x avg duration of video x % watched #users - already huge can't affect more avg videos/ users - sticky videos (interactive video content form + promoting youtube shorts in recommendations) avg duration of video - double edged sword (quick summaries of long videos) % watched - reduce unecessary ads + improvise and provide native advertising gamification - to win points after reaching a daily target + few days of free premium create a viral trend/ video"

    Rev - "watch time = #users x avg videos/user x avg duration of video x % watched #users - already huge can't affect more avg videos/ users - sticky videos (interactive video content form + promoting youtube shorts in recommendations) avg duration of video - double edged sword (quick summaries of long videos) % watched - reduce unecessary ads + improvise and provide native advertising gamification - to win points after reaching a daily target + few days of free premium create a viral trend/ video"See full answer

    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +1

    "Clarifying Questions Is it for a specific museum or any museum? To start with for a specific museum , we can expand to more museums Which region? Lets say a museum in UK, US or Europe any specific problem you want to solve? nothing specific What is the objective or goal of the app? You can choose Goal : To enhance the experience of visiting the museum and increase footfall in the long run through word of mouth / referrals Users : Museum Visitors Painpoints / Use Cases :- 1) For l"

    Abhinav C. - "Clarifying Questions Is it for a specific museum or any museum? To start with for a specific museum , we can expand to more museums Which region? Lets say a museum in UK, US or Europe any specific problem you want to solve? nothing specific What is the objective or goal of the app? You can choose Goal : To enhance the experience of visiting the museum and increase footfall in the long run through word of mouth / referrals Users : Museum Visitors Painpoints / Use Cases :- 1) For l"See full answer

    Product Design
  • "Assumptions Contact lens camera is launched only in the US Ages most likely to benefit 20-60 Doesn't work with prescription i.e. people who have prescription glasses/contact lens are not the target market Can't be worn all the time max of 10 hours. Capturing video via contact lens means people have to stare at things uninterrupted. Assuming, no that video stops the moment people close their eyelids video length will be limited to maximum staring"

    K N. - "Assumptions Contact lens camera is launched only in the US Ages most likely to benefit 20-60 Doesn't work with prescription i.e. people who have prescription glasses/contact lens are not the target market Can't be worn all the time max of 10 hours. Capturing video via contact lens means people have to stare at things uninterrupted. Assuming, no that video stops the moment people close their eyelids video length will be limited to maximum staring"See full answer

    Estimation
  • "Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement) Age: 0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents) 5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day) 52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs 15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins) 30 x 8 ="

    Rev - "Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement) Age: 0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents) 5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day) 52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs 15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins) 30 x 8 ="See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • "Clarifying question(s): what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ? Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account? Which personas are likely to be targeted: Journalists gathering more information for reporting Doctors and SMEs Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment Pharmaceuticals orga"

    RockyBalboa - "Clarifying question(s): what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ? Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account? Which personas are likely to be targeted: Journalists gathering more information for reporting Doctors and SMEs Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment Pharmaceuticals orga"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Asked clarifying questions to understand why we want to do this. Said building is too labor intensive and AirBnB has years of experience in this. Said buying a company is probably too expensive and doesn't address why we're doing this to begin with. I said partnering with a travel company might be the best move."

    Andrea M. - "Asked clarifying questions to understand why we want to do this. Said building is too labor intensive and AirBnB has years of experience in this. Said buying a company is probably too expensive and doesn't address why we're doing this to begin with. I said partnering with a travel company might be the best move."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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