"After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"
Chinedu ekene O. - "After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"See full answer
"Conflict is unavoidable for any project. The most important part of moving past conflict is to understand why it manifested in the first place. I would start by understanding:
What type of conflict is it? 1 on 1, with another team, with another function?
What shape it? Is it about communication, strategy, implementation, style?
What impact does it have? Will it affect our timelines, how we work together, etc
How do I feel about it? Is it a thorn in my side or something"
James W. - "Conflict is unavoidable for any project. The most important part of moving past conflict is to understand why it manifested in the first place. I would start by understanding:
What type of conflict is it? 1 on 1, with another team, with another function?
What shape it? Is it about communication, strategy, implementation, style?
What impact does it have? Will it affect our timelines, how we work together, etc
How do I feel about it? Is it a thorn in my side or something"See full answer
"During my internship at Inspira Analytics, our intern team had worked for two weeks on a client presentation for a new data dashboard. Unfortunately, during the final review, the manager pointed out several major flaws in our analysis and asked us to redo the entire structure. The feedback was blunt, and the team felt discouraged, questioning whether our efforts were even valued. As the informal team lead, I felt responsible for helping lift the team’s morale and refocus everyone so we could del"
Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Inspira Analytics, our intern team had worked for two weeks on a client presentation for a new data dashboard. Unfortunately, during the final review, the manager pointed out several major flaws in our analysis and asked us to redo the entire structure. The feedback was blunt, and the team felt discouraged, questioning whether our efforts were even valued. As the informal team lead, I felt responsible for helping lift the team’s morale and refocus everyone so we could del"See full answer
"The first step is to engage the coworker. Listen to their request and try to understand the root cause of the discomfort. Is it internal or is it the environment that the team operates in, is it a specific individual. Having an open conversation, I believe adds to a culture of being open to discussions for feedback. Depending on the response, would work together with the coworker to identify means or ways that can reduce/remove the discomfort and what can produce an ideal working environment. Th"
Alick C. - "The first step is to engage the coworker. Listen to their request and try to understand the root cause of the discomfort. Is it internal or is it the environment that the team operates in, is it a specific individual. Having an open conversation, I believe adds to a culture of being open to discussions for feedback. Depending on the response, would work together with the coworker to identify means or ways that can reduce/remove the discomfort and what can produce an ideal working environment. Th"See full answer
"To recount an experience from my last project . We were at the initial stages of designing a new data platform to enhance our trading analytics capabilities. The conflict arose over the selection of a data processing framework. I was advocating for Apache Spark due to its scalability and performance benefits, especially for handling large volumes of derivatives data. Another senior team member preferred a different technology they had more experience with, which they believed would be easier to"
Scott S. - "To recount an experience from my last project . We were at the initial stages of designing a new data platform to enhance our trading analytics capabilities. The conflict arose over the selection of a data processing framework. I was advocating for Apache Spark due to its scalability and performance benefits, especially for handling large volumes of derivatives data. Another senior team member preferred a different technology they had more experience with, which they believed would be easier to"See full answer
"Drew a framework -
Where are we - do competitive analysis of the company
Where do we want to go - Align business strategy with product strategy
What can we do in the given roadmap - prioritize solutions"
Joohi M. - "Drew a framework -
Where are we - do competitive analysis of the company
Where do we want to go - Align business strategy with product strategy
What can we do in the given roadmap - prioritize solutions"See full answer
"If it's a product end to end, then there's a lot to say. If it's just a feature on top of a product then I will focus on the complexity and how I break complex tasks into small milestones to partner with XFN teams to nail it. Focus on situation, task, actions and results"
S G. - "If it's a product end to end, then there's a lot to say. If it's just a feature on top of a product then I will focus on the complexity and how I break complex tasks into small milestones to partner with XFN teams to nail it. Focus on situation, task, actions and results"See full answer
"Situation: introduced to a new technology that I have never used before. I have used many different packaged software, tools and technologies and I can grasp things quickly. Lets assume this new technology is a Planning tool for TPM (Planr)
Target: To get familiar with Planr, its use cases, learn it well enough to be able to use it
Action: Here are some of the actions I would take to learn Planr well
(1) Find documentation on Planr = various use cases, see screenshots, watch demos,"
Adib M. - "Situation: introduced to a new technology that I have never used before. I have used many different packaged software, tools and technologies and I can grasp things quickly. Lets assume this new technology is a Planning tool for TPM (Planr)
Target: To get familiar with Planr, its use cases, learn it well enough to be able to use it
Action: Here are some of the actions I would take to learn Planr well
(1) Find documentation on Planr = various use cases, see screenshots, watch demos,"See full answer
"Assume you have a talking toy that can record voice. Machine learning is this magic that you could use to make this toy really useful for yourself. For a week - talk to this toy about your favorite color, favorite breakfast, what kind of weather you like, so on. The following week you could ask questions like today's weather is so and so - what breakfast should I have? , when should I plan a play date with my friends etc.."
Srinivas P. - "Assume you have a talking toy that can record voice. Machine learning is this magic that you could use to make this toy really useful for yourself. For a week - talk to this toy about your favorite color, favorite breakfast, what kind of weather you like, so on. The following week you could ask questions like today's weather is so and so - what breakfast should I have? , when should I plan a play date with my friends etc.."See full answer
"Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities
What i know about VR :
VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard
VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile
VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks
VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video?
Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush
which device are we implementing the new feat"
Praniti S. - "Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities
What i know about VR :
VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard
VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile
VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks
VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video?
Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush
which device are we implementing the new feat"See full answer
"Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus
By working on the below -ves:
What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ?
Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ?
Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone.
Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve)
Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel
UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI
What"
Anjaly J. - "Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus
By working on the below -ves:
What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ?
Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ?
Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone.
Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve)
Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel
UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI
What"See full answer
"Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager.
I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"
DM - "Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager.
I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"See full answer
"My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct?
Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"
Bg - "My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct?
Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"See full answer