"Me: I would first like to ask a few clarifying questions :
Is this tipping issue confined to specific regions?
Is this a new problem, or has it always been present?
Does this issue affect all types of rides offered by Lyft?
Is there a correlation between driver ratings and the likelihood of being tipped?
Interviewer: The problem is widespread across all regions where Lyft operates. It's not new but has been consistent over time. The lower tipping rate is uniform across all ride types, i"
Ankit M. - "Me: I would first like to ask a few clarifying questions :
Is this tipping issue confined to specific regions?
Is this a new problem, or has it always been present?
Does this issue affect all types of rides offered by Lyft?
Is there a correlation between driver ratings and the likelihood of being tipped?
Interviewer: The problem is widespread across all regions where Lyft operates. It's not new but has been consistent over time. The lower tipping rate is uniform across all ride types, i"See full answer
"Lyft is a ride hailing platform where the users can request the rides on the app and the drivers can fulfill the rides based on their availability and willingness
Goal: So here we want to design a ride hailing platform for college students for there commute
From home to college
College -> Home
Inside campus
Why do we want to concentrate specially on students? Data analysis of existing ride pickup and drop location and time analysis
Hypothesis: A good share of rides are originating from"
Rutuja A. - "Lyft is a ride hailing platform where the users can request the rides on the app and the drivers can fulfill the rides based on their availability and willingness
Goal: So here we want to design a ride hailing platform for college students for there commute
From home to college
College -> Home
Inside campus
Why do we want to concentrate specially on students? Data analysis of existing ride pickup and drop location and time analysis
Hypothesis: A good share of rides are originating from"See full answer
"Food delivery apps : Food delivery apps are clear example of demand and supply functions, Both end need to monitored closely.
Ecosystem : Order placer, Restaurant and Food delivery Platform
Value :
Order placer find value when they can order food at home from their fav restaurants. Restaurant find value when they make sell via order coming in and probably good reviews which marks future growth.
Food delivery platform when orders are being placed.
North star metrics : # of order delivered
Bre"
Aeshvarya J. - "Food delivery apps : Food delivery apps are clear example of demand and supply functions, Both end need to monitored closely.
Ecosystem : Order placer, Restaurant and Food delivery Platform
Value :
Order placer find value when they can order food at home from their fav restaurants. Restaurant find value when they make sell via order coming in and probably good reviews which marks future growth.
Food delivery platform when orders are being placed.
North star metrics : # of order delivered
Bre"See full answer
"I would like to ask a few clarifying questions
Lyft for kids: Does this mean we want to design a ride sharing app for kids? (Assuming yes)
Do we have any existing features catered to kids? (Assuming no)
Lyft has a lot of features. I am going to assume basic table stake features which Lyft already has as:
Ability to call for a ride
Ride tracking
Are there any goals that we would like to achieve with this feature?
If we look at current market conditions, Lyft has biggest threat f"
Unicorn 2. - "I would like to ask a few clarifying questions
Lyft for kids: Does this mean we want to design a ride sharing app for kids? (Assuming yes)
Do we have any existing features catered to kids? (Assuming no)
Lyft has a lot of features. I am going to assume basic table stake features which Lyft already has as:
Ability to call for a ride
Ride tracking
Are there any goals that we would like to achieve with this feature?
If we look at current market conditions, Lyft has biggest threat f"See full answer
"Lyft’s mission: To become the world’s best transportation company
CQ:
· Region: USA
· Metrics to improve: Engagement
User persona:
· Passengers
· Drivers
Will consider passengers persona for this case.
Use case / pain points:
Exact pick up location is not visible on the map
Not able to communicate exact location to the driver due to unknown location
How to change the pick-up location in case passenger has to move around
Features:
Passenger can share a pictur"
Kena K. - "Lyft’s mission: To become the world’s best transportation company
CQ:
· Region: USA
· Metrics to improve: Engagement
User persona:
· Passengers
· Drivers
Will consider passengers persona for this case.
Use case / pain points:
Exact pick up location is not visible on the map
Not able to communicate exact location to the driver due to unknown location
How to change the pick-up location in case passenger has to move around
Features:
Passenger can share a pictur"See full answer
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"Clarify
the default pick up location/pin feature - I'm assuming it lets you define a location in settings that is used for pickups unless you over ride it.
this is a rider feature. It is not used by the driver to specify where they want to pick up riders
Feature goal
Make it simpler for the user to book a ride as they no longer need to type in an address when going to the default location
User Journey
assuming they have already set the default location
they open the app
cl"
PTL - "Clarify
the default pick up location/pin feature - I'm assuming it lets you define a location in settings that is used for pickups unless you over ride it.
this is a rider feature. It is not used by the driver to specify where they want to pick up riders
Feature goal
Make it simpler for the user to book a ride as they no longer need to type in an address when going to the default location
User Journey
assuming they have already set the default location
they open the app
cl"See full answer
"Goal of the pilot deployment: 1) Evaluate if riders would choose self driving cars (SDC) over regular driver operated cars 2) Test SDC performance/efficiency in given area before scaling operations
Interviewer liked my goals and asked me to proceed , this is where I got stuck. I wasnt sure if this was an algorithmic based problem or something else and started saying about general issues SDC may have that may impact customer experience such as SDC waiting too long in traffic affecting ETA, SDC"
Prashant R. - "Goal of the pilot deployment: 1) Evaluate if riders would choose self driving cars (SDC) over regular driver operated cars 2) Test SDC performance/efficiency in given area before scaling operations
Interviewer liked my goals and asked me to proceed , this is where I got stuck. I wasnt sure if this was an algorithmic based problem or something else and started saying about general issues SDC may have that may impact customer experience such as SDC waiting too long in traffic affecting ETA, SDC"See full answer
"A transportation system that connects with stakeholders to make the treatment process more predictable and time-effective.
Algorithm to send a push to drivers nearby."
Tartan C. - "A transportation system that connects with stakeholders to make the treatment process more predictable and time-effective.
Algorithm to send a push to drivers nearby."See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
How do you define 45% drop in ride orders? Does it include completed as well as cancelled rides?
Is it a sudden drop or a gradual decline?
For all types of services/rides or anything specific?
At any particular time of the day/week/month, have we observed this drop?
Is it happening across all locations or in a particular region?
For a particular platform? iOS/Android
Most likely reasons (that we can cross-off asap): Unrest in a particular geograph"
Rishabh S. - "Clarifying Questions:
How do you define 45% drop in ride orders? Does it include completed as well as cancelled rides?
Is it a sudden drop or a gradual decline?
For all types of services/rides or anything specific?
At any particular time of the day/week/month, have we observed this drop?
Is it happening across all locations or in a particular region?
For a particular platform? iOS/Android
Most likely reasons (that we can cross-off asap): Unrest in a particular geograph"See full answer