"Payment system requirement assumption:
Need to be ACID
Amount limitation - some validation for max input size can be done at client level/ API level.
Need to store historic info - GDPR
The information to be stored for database assumed can be structured so RDBMS like mysql or Postgres
Notification requirement - if fail or success need to be text or email to user and or caller
Scalable - Assumption that it deals with critical transaction so Availability and Scalability requirement i"
Personal W. - "Payment system requirement assumption:
Need to be ACID
Amount limitation - some validation for max input size can be done at client level/ API level.
Need to store historic info - GDPR
The information to be stored for database assumed can be structured so RDBMS like mysql or Postgres
Notification requirement - if fail or success need to be text or email to user and or caller
Scalable - Assumption that it deals with critical transaction so Availability and Scalability requirement i"See full answer
"My answer-
A. Clarifying questions-
External factors- Timelines, Geography, Competition
Internal factors- Meta's goals for entering into fitness space, full-fledged app or part of any existing Meta app
Goals- Will go after engagement, since it is a new app.
B. Identifying users-
Heavily/ Professionally into fitness
Casual fitness enthusiasts
Not interested in fitness
C. Prioritizing user segments-
I will prioritize #2. Segment #1 does not really need external motivati"
Aakanksha R. - "My answer-
A. Clarifying questions-
External factors- Timelines, Geography, Competition
Internal factors- Meta's goals for entering into fitness space, full-fledged app or part of any existing Meta app
Goals- Will go after engagement, since it is a new app.
B. Identifying users-
Heavily/ Professionally into fitness
Casual fitness enthusiasts
Not interested in fitness
C. Prioritizing user segments-
I will prioritize #2. Segment #1 does not really need external motivati"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
Discover events, purchase/resell via app
Post booking: After ticket purchase to event completion
Motivation for Ticketmaster:
Strengths: 70-80% of ticketing business, tie ups with venues
Competition: meetup
Low frequency product - so every experience matters
Positive wom:
Reduced marketing
Retention of users, organizers
Users:
Ecosystem
Attendees: Discover, buy and attend events - {chose this}
Event Organizers: marketing/demand, s"
Sandhya N. - "Clarifying Questions:
Discover events, purchase/resell via app
Post booking: After ticket purchase to event completion
Motivation for Ticketmaster:
Strengths: 70-80% of ticketing business, tie ups with venues
Competition: meetup
Low frequency product - so every experience matters
Positive wom:
Reduced marketing
Retention of users, organizers
Users:
Ecosystem
Attendees: Discover, buy and attend events - {chose this}
Event Organizers: marketing/demand, s"See full answer
"Mock interview 2/3/2025
Google Wallet
User Needs (pain points):
At physical store:
understand the price tag
proceed the transaction
Audio cue to pick one credit card
read the payment machine
transaction confirmation
(optional) balance
hear transaction summary
At home:
check balance
make payment
send money
receive money
understand statement
Prioritization
Understand the price tag"
C T. - "Mock interview 2/3/2025
Google Wallet
User Needs (pain points):
At physical store:
understand the price tag
proceed the transaction
Audio cue to pick one credit card
read the payment machine
transaction confirmation
(optional) balance
hear transaction summary
At home:
check balance
make payment
send money
receive money
understand statement
Prioritization
Understand the price tag"See full answer
"The pain points articulated (no contextual recs, isolating experience, etc.) are pain points in the broader audio listening industry - there's no existing audio product at Meta already and assuming this is a net new product, wouldn't it have made more sense to have pain points specific to Meta? E.g. "there's no sense of real-time community in FB Groups" or "the barrier to engage in FB groups feels high" It almost feels like she just regurgitated things she's learned from her time working on Alex"
Michael N. - "The pain points articulated (no contextual recs, isolating experience, etc.) are pain points in the broader audio listening industry - there's no existing audio product at Meta already and assuming this is a net new product, wouldn't it have made more sense to have pain points specific to Meta? E.g. "there's no sense of real-time community in FB Groups" or "the barrier to engage in FB groups feels high" It almost feels like she just regurgitated things she's learned from her time working on Alex"See full answer
"I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"
Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer
"Clarifying questions
Target market: parents
Geo: USA
Key value proposition: help people in parenting
Target market assessment
Reach: Every year, millions of people become parents and they need to take majority of decisions for their children till the child is 18.
Frequency: The decision making and guidance is needed on almost every aspect of the child's life - so the frequency is high
Importance: Making decision and managing children is one of the most important aspect of people"
Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions
Target market: parents
Geo: USA
Key value proposition: help people in parenting
Target market assessment
Reach: Every year, millions of people become parents and they need to take majority of decisions for their children till the child is 18.
Frequency: The decision making and guidance is needed on almost every aspect of the child's life - so the frequency is high
Importance: Making decision and managing children is one of the most important aspect of people"See full answer
"Users: Creators
We can segment by category of videos made (ie. beauty, entertainment, etc.)
We could also segment by age range.
Let's just choose self-development channels
Pain points:
Want to bring you to their website
Solution. Portal to their website.
Whenever you click on the video, a tab pops up for their website.
But, this could be annoying for viewers.
Back to the drawing board.
What if we made creators into viewers.
I am a FinTech Product Manager"
Andrew M. - "Users: Creators
We can segment by category of videos made (ie. beauty, entertainment, etc.)
We could also segment by age range.
Let's just choose self-development channels
Pain points:
Want to bring you to their website
Solution. Portal to their website.
Whenever you click on the video, a tab pops up for their website.
But, this could be annoying for viewers.
Back to the drawing board.
What if we made creators into viewers.
I am a FinTech Product Manager"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
"Clarifyig questons
Why do we want to re-design the feature? are there any existing problem with the existing DM feature? -- you figure out
Do we have any particular goal in mind which we want to achieve? related to Engagement, Session time etc? -- Think yourself
When we say DMs, this includes P2P, Message to business, Message to an open account or you have something else in mind? -- Think yourself
With that bieng said lets first understand what are the core use cases of the DM as a feature
P"
Shoaib H. - "Clarifyig questons
Why do we want to re-design the feature? are there any existing problem with the existing DM feature? -- you figure out
Do we have any particular goal in mind which we want to achieve? related to Engagement, Session time etc? -- Think yourself
When we say DMs, this includes P2P, Message to business, Message to an open account or you have something else in mind? -- Think yourself
With that bieng said lets first understand what are the core use cases of the DM as a feature
P"See full answer
"goal of whatsapp: to connect people at no cost associated to it, over internet, with complete privacy and 100% encryption
clarify
improve means?
increase # of users
increase revenues?
increase # of countries its used in ?
increase features ?
who are the customer personas of whatsapp:
students
working professionals
families
individuals
SMEs
current features of whatsapp :
communication: video/audio calls, messages
document sh"
Janakiram P. - "goal of whatsapp: to connect people at no cost associated to it, over internet, with complete privacy and 100% encryption
clarify
improve means?
increase # of users
increase revenues?
increase # of countries its used in ?
increase features ?
who are the customer personas of whatsapp:
students
working professionals
families
individuals
SMEs
current features of whatsapp :
communication: video/audio calls, messages
document sh"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions
Who are we? Traditional elevator company or a new age tech startup
Assumption: New age tech based elevator company
Any constraints: Budget, etc. Assumption: No
What kind of a skyscraper building:
Assumption: Commercial. Includes office spaces as well as others
Any particular goal with respect to building this elevator? Design best in class elevator providing the best user experience for passengers
User needs - Users have the following needs when"
Shasleen I. - "Clarifying Questions
Who are we? Traditional elevator company or a new age tech startup
Assumption: New age tech based elevator company
Any constraints: Budget, etc. Assumption: No
What kind of a skyscraper building:
Assumption: Commercial. Includes office spaces as well as others
Any particular goal with respect to building this elevator? Design best in class elevator providing the best user experience for passengers
User needs - Users have the following needs when"See full answer
"Step 1 - clarifying question:
Are we just focusing on the customer who rented a car or both who has given a car? (Assumed only a customer who rented a car)
Are we just focusing on the mobile or web apps? (Assumed only the mobile app)
Step 2 -Define users:
customer who rented a car.
Step 3 - pain points:
unclear communication between both parties.
lack of support if needed.
hassle-full car drop experience.
No survey or complaint channel about how the experienc"
Jatan P. - "Step 1 - clarifying question:
Are we just focusing on the customer who rented a car or both who has given a car? (Assumed only a customer who rented a car)
Are we just focusing on the mobile or web apps? (Assumed only the mobile app)
Step 2 -Define users:
customer who rented a car.
Step 3 - pain points:
unclear communication between both parties.
lack of support if needed.
hassle-full car drop experience.
No survey or complaint channel about how the experienc"See full answer
"Okay so the objective is to describe a product which I think is poorly designed despite of what market sentiments are around this and how the product is performing currently.
Okay understood, so the way I would like to go about it is first I will state what are the factors which I look in a product to tell it is a good product. Then will see how a particular product doesn’t follow this and that's why I called it a poorly designed product.
For me a product is great if it is having these qualities"
Anonymous Muskox - "Okay so the objective is to describe a product which I think is poorly designed despite of what market sentiments are around this and how the product is performing currently.
Okay understood, so the way I would like to go about it is first I will state what are the factors which I look in a product to tell it is a good product. Then will see how a particular product doesn’t follow this and that's why I called it a poorly designed product.
For me a product is great if it is having these qualities"See full answer