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Asked at Google, Amazon • 5 months ago
Explain SSL handshake.
Security Engineer
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Asked at Google, Microsoft • 5 months ago
How does malware achieve persistence on Windows machines?
Security Engineer
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Asked at Google, Meta • 5 months ago
What is the principle of least privilege?
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Launch a cookie business.
Product Strategy
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Product Strategy
Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How many 'likes' happen on Facebook each day?
Product Manager
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"This is a Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your equat"
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a public health feature for hearing damage using existing Google apps.
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How do you align incentives with a team that shares similar goals?
Product Manager
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Product Manager
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
What strategy could Microsoft take to launch a new mobile phone?
Product Strategy
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Product Strategy
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Analyze the statement: 'Email is dead'.
Analytical
Product Strategy
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Analytical
Product Strategy
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Tell me about a non-technology product you recently purchased and loved. What do you love about it, and what would you change? Imagine its capabilities 50 years in the future.
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
You're given plastic straws. What can you create from them?
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Google • 5 months ago
There is a critical vulnerability on 2 servers, one inside the network and one in the DMZ. Which one would you address first?
Security Analyst
Technical
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Security Analyst
Technical
Asked at Google • 2 years ago
Check if a given binary tree is a complete binary tree.
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer
Asked at Google • 2 days ago
What are the Z and t-tests?
Data Scientist
Statistics & Experimentation
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Data Scientist
Statistics & Experimentation