"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
"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
"Clarify what the business goals of Spotify is
Depending on the stage, some companies care more about revenue growth, some about user growth and in rarer cases, about profit margins.
In the case of Spotify, the company is still in growth stage so I will make some assumptions that user growth is the most important, followed by monetization. Plus, margin is relatively fixed due to the contracts with recording labels
Recently, Spotify has invested heavily in podcast with goa"
Patrick B. - "Clarify what the business goals of Spotify is
Depending on the stage, some companies care more about revenue growth, some about user growth and in rarer cases, about profit margins.
In the case of Spotify, the company is still in growth stage so I will make some assumptions that user growth is the most important, followed by monetization. Plus, margin is relatively fixed due to the contracts with recording labels
Recently, Spotify has invested heavily in podcast with goa"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
Do we want to target a particular geography or location or should it be done globally? Assume global
Is there any particular platform and device we are targeting (App/web) or should it be cross platforms? Cross platforms
Can I think about it as Product led solutions or do you want to consider marketing alternatives as well? Let's start with Product led solutions & later if time permits, we can touch on the marketing side as well
Are there any constra"
Hashmina H. - "Clarifying Questions:
Do we want to target a particular geography or location or should it be done globally? Assume global
Is there any particular platform and device we are targeting (App/web) or should it be cross platforms? Cross platforms
Can I think about it as Product led solutions or do you want to consider marketing alternatives as well? Let's start with Product led solutions & later if time permits, we can touch on the marketing side as well
Are there any constra"See full answer
"My approach is try to narrow down by 4W1H.
When - When this happened? Still continuously happen the problem?
Where - Is this happen specific region or entire customers?
What - What kind of problem? One time big error or any data show the curve?
Who - Is it all platform or specific platform (Web, iOS, Android)
How - How serious problem? How many customer affected?
Next step is to narrow down the causes is from internal factors or external factors.
For internal factors:
Any recent up"
Takashi M. - "My approach is try to narrow down by 4W1H.
When - When this happened? Still continuously happen the problem?
Where - Is this happen specific region or entire customers?
What - What kind of problem? One time big error or any data show the curve?
Who - Is it all platform or specific platform (Web, iOS, Android)
How - How serious problem? How many customer affected?
Next step is to narrow down the causes is from internal factors or external factors.
For internal factors:
Any recent up"See full answer
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"we can use two pointer + set like maintain i,j and also insert jth character to set like while set size is equal to our window j-i+1 then maximize our answer and increase jth pointer till last index"
Kishor J. - "we can use two pointer + set like maintain i,j and also insert jth character to set like while set size is equal to our window j-i+1 then maximize our answer and increase jth pointer till last index"See full answer
"To answer this, I will focus my efforts on explaining the most common type of API used in most modern software development applications - the REST API. For the purpose of simplicity, I will also keep the topics of Authorization and Authentication out of the mix.
In essence, an API is a group of logic that takes in a specific set of inputs and responds with a specific set of outputs. This is analogous to going to a drive-thru and placing an order for a meal.
When you give an API a bunch of"
Pathworks P. - "To answer this, I will focus my efforts on explaining the most common type of API used in most modern software development applications - the REST API. For the purpose of simplicity, I will also keep the topics of Authorization and Authentication out of the mix.
In essence, an API is a group of logic that takes in a specific set of inputs and responds with a specific set of outputs. This is analogous to going to a drive-thru and placing an order for a meal.
When you give an API a bunch of"See full answer
"A load balancer, web application servers and a large database. Database is the core of the application containing the songs and tags related to each song. Application server will provide the search interface to find songs, play them and search them in specific categories or channels."
Soraya B. - "A load balancer, web application servers and a large database. Database is the core of the application containing the songs and tags related to each song. Application server will provide the search interface to find songs, play them and search them in specific categories or channels."See full answer
"Spotify is a music streaming app. Monetization of Spotify happens in multiple ways :
Ads
Subscriptions (Ads free, premium)
Make Spotify default on Android phones as Apple Music on Iphones
Spotify to be a default on Nest hubs
Exclusive membership (New songs )
Learn with Spotify classes
Chat with Content creators (for a minimum fee)"
Anjaly J. - "Spotify is a music streaming app. Monetization of Spotify happens in multiple ways :
Ads
Subscriptions (Ads free, premium)
Make Spotify default on Android phones as Apple Music on Iphones
Spotify to be a default on Nest hubs
Exclusive membership (New songs )
Learn with Spotify classes
Chat with Content creators (for a minimum fee)"See full answer
"Spotify is a platform which allows users to listen songs across the globe with variety of songs+singers and also gives opportunity to singers to create some money. It’s 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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify’s discover weekly feature is well aligned with the mission of Spotify as it recommends songs based on their previous content"
Rudra pratap S. - "Spotify is a platform which allows users to listen songs across the globe with variety of songs+singers and also gives opportunity to singers to create some money. It’s 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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify’s discover weekly feature is well aligned with the mission of Spotify as it recommends songs based on their previous content"See full answer
"Leadership though empathy - I helped underperforming engineer to break into product since she had great product qualities like good attention to the user.. Now she is my peer and we cross-collaborate extensively. I have earned her trust and she can go the extra mile when my team needs some support."
Delyan P. - "Leadership though empathy - I helped underperforming engineer to break into product since she had great product qualities like good attention to the user.. Now she is my peer and we cross-collaborate extensively. I have earned her trust and she can go the extra mile when my team needs some support."See full answer
"This is my first attempt. Requesting feedback -
Design a bookshelf for the users.
I would like to create a framework to solve this problem and follow it. It will have the below sections -
Goals
User Persona
Use Cases
Pain Points
Features
Prioritization
Metrics
Few clarifying questions -
What is the objective of doing this? (User engagement, matching a product that a competition has just launched)
What type of industry we are in? (Are we a furniture design company, ar"
Sandeep B. - "This is my first attempt. Requesting feedback -
Design a bookshelf for the users.
I would like to create a framework to solve this problem and follow it. It will have the below sections -
Goals
User Persona
Use Cases
Pain Points
Features
Prioritization
Metrics
Few clarifying questions -
What is the objective of doing this? (User engagement, matching a product that a competition has just launched)
What type of industry we are in? (Are we a furniture design company, ar"See full answer
"Problem & Users
What is the primary problem the App is trying to solve?
Who is the primary user for the App?
What is the core value proposition and what business model does it employ to serve the value?
What are the business goals the app is trying to achieve and how effective is their strategy
Structure
Is the purpose of the app clearly conveyed?
How is the overall use of space? Is there enough negative space?
How does the Information Architecture help users accomplish de"
Ben G. - "Problem & Users
What is the primary problem the App is trying to solve?
Who is the primary user for the App?
What is the core value proposition and what business model does it employ to serve the value?
What are the business goals the app is trying to achieve and how effective is their strategy
Structure
Is the purpose of the app clearly conveyed?
How is the overall use of space? Is there enough negative space?
How does the Information Architecture help users accomplish de"See full answer
"Install was sudden or gradual.
Let’s we are seeing it from last month.
It it happening in any particular country or location?
Let’s say india only.
Have we seen any bad PR issues from our competitors?
Let’s say no.
Have we launched any new song from any famous singer in the last month?
Let’s say no.
Only installs are increased or free to premium conversion is also increased.
Let’s say yes we have seen increase in free to premium conversion also.
Have we launched any new market campaign with extr"
Rudra pratap S. - "Install was sudden or gradual.
Let’s we are seeing it from last month.
It it happening in any particular country or location?
Let’s say india only.
Have we seen any bad PR issues from our competitors?
Let’s say no.
Have we launched any new song from any famous singer in the last month?
Let’s say no.
Only installs are increased or free to premium conversion is also increased.
Let’s say yes we have seen increase in free to premium conversion also.
Have we launched any new market campaign with extr"See full answer
"This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows:
Ask clarifying questions
List potential high level reasons
Gather Context (TROPIC)Time
Region
Other features / products (internal)
Platform
Industry / Competition
Cannibalization
Establish a theory of probable cause
Test theories
Propose solutions
Summarize
"
Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows:
Ask clarifying questions
List potential high level reasons
Gather Context (TROPIC)Time
Region
Other features / products (internal)
Platform
Industry / Competition
Cannibalization
Establish a theory of probable cause
Test theories
Propose solutions
Summarize
"See full answer
"Spotify is platform which allows users to listen a variety of song from singers all over the world. It’s 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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.
Goal: As we are entering in a new market goal could be acquisition followed by monetization.
Pre-launch activities:
· Understanding the competition.
· Understanding the music taste of af"
Rudra pratap S. - "Spotify is platform which allows users to listen a variety of song from singers all over the world. It’s 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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.
Goal: As we are entering in a new market goal could be acquisition followed by monetization.
Pre-launch activities:
· Understanding the competition.
· Understanding the music taste of af"See full answer