"Clarify
"What do you mean by favorite product? Are you thinking specifically hardware, software, or a feature within those, or something non-electronic? Dealer's Choice.
"Are you asking why I love this product, or to explain why this product is a market leader independent of how i feel about it? Talk about why YOU love this product.
Rephrase Question
With all that in mind, i want to rephrase the question. "What is your favorite software product and what features in this product"
Tim W. - "Clarify
"What do you mean by favorite product? Are you thinking specifically hardware, software, or a feature within those, or something non-electronic? Dealer's Choice.
"Are you asking why I love this product, or to explain why this product is a market leader independent of how i feel about it? Talk about why YOU love this product.
Rephrase Question
With all that in mind, i want to rephrase the question. "What is your favorite software product and what features in this product"See full answer
"from collections import deque
def updateword(words, startword, end_word):
if end_word not in words:
return None # Early exit if end_word is not in the dictionary
queue = deque([(start_word, 0)]) # (word, steps)
visited = set([start_word]) # Keep track of visited words
while queue:
word, steps = queue.popleft()
if word == end_word:
return steps # Found the target word, return steps
for i in range(len(word)):
"
叶 路. - "from collections import deque
def updateword(words, startword, end_word):
if end_word not in words:
return None # Early exit if end_word is not in the dictionary
queue = deque([(start_word, 0)]) # (word, steps)
visited = set([start_word]) # Keep track of visited words
while queue:
word, steps = queue.popleft()
if word == end_word:
return steps # Found the target word, return steps
for i in range(len(word)):
"See full answer
"Requirements and Goals
Primary Goal:Store key-value pairs in a cache with efficient access (reads/writes).
Evict items based on a certain “rank,” which might reflect popularity, frequency, or custom ranking logic.
Functional Requirements:Put(key, value, rank): Insert or update a key with the given value and rank.
Get(key): Retrieve the value associated with the key if it exists.
Evict(): If the cache is at capacity, evict the item with the lowest rank (or according"
Alvis F. - "Requirements and Goals
Primary Goal:Store key-value pairs in a cache with efficient access (reads/writes).
Evict items based on a certain “rank,” which might reflect popularity, frequency, or custom ranking logic.
Functional Requirements:Put(key, value, rank): Insert or update a key with the given value and rank.
Get(key): Retrieve the value associated with the key if it exists.
Evict(): If the cache is at capacity, evict the item with the lowest rank (or according"See full answer
"As you know, this is the most important question for any interview. Here is a structure I like to follow,
Start with 'I'm currently a SDE/PM/TPM etc with XYZ company.... '
Mention how you got into PM/TPM/SDE field (explaining your journey)
Mention 1 or 2 accomplishments
Mention what you do outside work (blogging, volunteer etc)
Share why are you looking for a new role
Ask the interviewer if they have any questions or will like to dive deep into any of your experience"
Bipin R. - "As you know, this is the most important question for any interview. Here is a structure I like to follow,
Start with 'I'm currently a SDE/PM/TPM etc with XYZ company.... '
Mention how you got into PM/TPM/SDE field (explaining your journey)
Mention 1 or 2 accomplishments
Mention what you do outside work (blogging, volunteer etc)
Share why are you looking for a new role
Ask the interviewer if they have any questions or will like to dive deep into any of your experience"See full answer
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"Clarifying questions:
Are there any specific constraints that you want me to take in to account when thinking through this problem : [Interviewer] No
Can i think through this in freeform or is there a specific goal we are trying to achieve : [Interviewer] I will let you decide the goal
Strategic Analysis:
Spotifyies mission is to - "Unlock the potential of human creativity – by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the o"
Kunal S. - "Clarifying questions:
Are there any specific constraints that you want me to take in to account when thinking through this problem : [Interviewer] No
Can i think through this in freeform or is there a specific goal we are trying to achieve : [Interviewer] I will let you decide the goal
Strategic Analysis:
Spotifyies mission is to - "Unlock the potential of human creativity – by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the o"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions & Assumptions:
Blue collar :relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry, they usually dont have college degree
Linkedin: a social network that focuses on professional networking and career development.
Why is linkedin expanding to blue collar workers?
Ans: to expand new market as they have great untapped potential
Do you want anew app or integrate it with Linkedin?
Ans: you decide
I would like to look more into the problem space before deciding on tha"
D J. - "Clarifying Questions & Assumptions:
Blue collar :relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry, they usually dont have college degree
Linkedin: a social network that focuses on professional networking and career development.
Why is linkedin expanding to blue collar workers?
Ans: to expand new market as they have great untapped potential
Do you want anew app or integrate it with Linkedin?
Ans: you decide
I would like to look more into the problem space before deciding on tha"See full answer
"I use a data driven approach by ensuring there is a deep-dive on all alternatives. My approach to tradeoffs is around how to achieve the customer experience needed. I ensure there is an immediate path to green for a solution and a follow-up solution addressing the problem rightly."
Syed I. - "I use a data driven approach by ensuring there is a deep-dive on all alternatives. My approach to tradeoffs is around how to achieve the customer experience needed. I ensure there is an immediate path to green for a solution and a follow-up solution addressing the problem rightly."See full answer
"Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens:
You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser.
Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com
[Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts
‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website
Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"
Jasmin R. - "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens:
You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser.
Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com
[Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts
‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website
Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"See full answer
"We can use dictionary to store cache items so that our read / write operations will be O(1).
Each time we read or update an existing record, we have to ensure the item is moved to the back of the cache. This will allow us to evict the first item in the cache whenever the cache is full and we need to add new records also making our eviction O(1)
Instead of normal dictionary, we will use ordered dictionary to store cache items. This will allow us to efficiently move items to back of the cache a"
Alfred O. - "We can use dictionary to store cache items so that our read / write operations will be O(1).
Each time we read or update an existing record, we have to ensure the item is moved to the back of the cache. This will allow us to evict the first item in the cache whenever the cache is full and we need to add new records also making our eviction O(1)
Instead of normal dictionary, we will use ordered dictionary to store cache items. This will allow us to efficiently move items to back of the cache a"See full answer
"In my organization, I was given a initiative to improve the time spent by users on web application so that we can improve the quality of engagement on the website.
Overview of a business model:
We are a research organization that delivers where users (B2B clients) consume research content in form of research reports. Clients has specifically subscription for a year and if clients engage continuously and they spend more time on research they will retain.
Success metrics:
Improve time spe"
Harshit J. - "In my organization, I was given a initiative to improve the time spent by users on web application so that we can improve the quality of engagement on the website.
Overview of a business model:
We are a research organization that delivers where users (B2B clients) consume research content in form of research reports. Clients has specifically subscription for a year and if clients engage continuously and they spend more time on research they will retain.
Success metrics:
Improve time spe"See full answer
"Clarifying questions
is there a main reason why we want to improve it? For instance:
active users declined
monetization declined
performance issues
customer complaints
(Based on this clarifying question the following answer could be any to be honest. if the interviewer says that it's an open questions, then I would go to the product design framework)
Assumption
Based on the impact that we would like to do,
1) I would assume that we are looking to improve the messaging experi"
Sergio C. - "Clarifying questions
is there a main reason why we want to improve it? For instance:
active users declined
monetization declined
performance issues
customer complaints
(Based on this clarifying question the following answer could be any to be honest. if the interviewer says that it's an open questions, then I would go to the product design framework)
Assumption
Based on the impact that we would like to do,
1) I would assume that we are looking to improve the messaging experi"See full answer
"To answer this question, I will first summarize the product and its use case. Thereafter, I will lay down the goals of the Company (LinkedIN) and the users with this product followed by going over user flows and determining what metrics we should use to measure success. We will go over a handful of metrics as a part of brainstorming but will only choose 2 or 3 to track overall success.
Product Overview
LinkedIn Events is a product will allows users to create online or offline events on Lin"
stash - "To answer this question, I will first summarize the product and its use case. Thereafter, I will lay down the goals of the Company (LinkedIN) and the users with this product followed by going over user flows and determining what metrics we should use to measure success. We will go over a handful of metrics as a part of brainstorming but will only choose 2 or 3 to track overall success.
Product Overview
LinkedIn Events is a product will allows users to create online or offline events on Lin"See full answer
"General Approach (using Max-Heap)
Use a max-heap (priority queue) of size k.
For each point:
Compute the distance to P.
Push it into the heap.
If heap size > k, remove the farthest point.
The heap will contain the k closest points to P.
import java.util.*;
public class KClosestPoints {
static class Point {
int x, y;
public Point(int x, int y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; }
// Euclidean distance squared (no need to take square root)
p"
Khushbu R. - "General Approach (using Max-Heap)
Use a max-heap (priority queue) of size k.
For each point:
Compute the distance to P.
Push it into the heap.
If heap size > k, remove the farthest point.
The heap will contain the k closest points to P.
import java.util.*;
public class KClosestPoints {
static class Point {
int x, y;
public Point(int x, int y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; }
// Euclidean distance squared (no need to take square root)
p"See full answer
"For self achievement, The product manager builds useful products for users and makes the world better.
For the team, The product manager can work with the team, and leverage the team resources to make things happen, which is more impactful.
For the company, Pm are usually problem solvers, help companies to solve problems and grow better
"
Shen W. - "For self achievement, The product manager builds useful products for users and makes the world better.
For the team, The product manager can work with the team, and leverage the team resources to make things happen, which is more impactful.
For the company, Pm are usually problem solvers, help companies to solve problems and grow better
"See full answer
"Assumptions:
LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content.
LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool,
encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves,
to facilitate Talent search by recruiters
in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"
Adaneir W. - "Assumptions:
LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content.
LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool,
encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves,
to facilitate Talent search by recruiters
in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions
Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve?
Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value
Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop?
Interviewer : Platform independent
Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point?
Interviewer : Not yet
Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries?
Interviewer : Yes
Candidate : A"
Sneha S. - "Clarifying Questions
Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve?
Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value
Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop?
Interviewer : Platform independent
Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point?
Interviewer : Not yet
Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries?
Interviewer : Yes
Candidate : A"See full answer
"INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children
ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative?
INTERVIEWER: Please assume.
ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc.
I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"
Priya T. - "INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children
ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative?
INTERVIEWER: Please assume.
ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc.
I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"See full answer
"Understand the business problem: Identify the business problem that the AI data product is intended to solve.
Identify the target audience: Understand who will be using the data and what problem they will be solving for using the data. This will inform the features and functionality that should be included in the product.
Gather and preprocess the data: Collect and preprocess the data that is relevant to the problem that it is being solved for. This will inform the AI algorithm"
M D. - "Understand the business problem: Identify the business problem that the AI data product is intended to solve.
Identify the target audience: Understand who will be using the data and what problem they will be solving for using the data. This will inform the features and functionality that should be included in the product.
Gather and preprocess the data: Collect and preprocess the data that is relevant to the problem that it is being solved for. This will inform the AI algorithm"See full answer