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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? (Pretend you're on stage to unveil this to us.) Q2: How does this fit into the Google ecosystem? Q3: Estimate how many units you will sell in the first year in the US. (Q4: Also asked about pricing.) Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? Clarifying Questions: Clarifying question: Hardware is a very broa"

    Cody M. - "Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? (Pretend you're on stage to unveil this to us.) Q2: How does this fit into the Google ecosystem? Q3: Estimate how many units you will sell in the first year in the US. (Q4: Also asked about pricing.) Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? Clarifying Questions: Clarifying question: Hardware is a very broa"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "I am all-rounder"

    Dnyaneshwar M. - "I am all-rounder"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Uber logoAsked at Uber 

    "I would like to clarify the scope of this question - It is only limited to Uber rides and not Uber eats. correct? For us to gauge whether Uber should accept cash or not, lets first understand why would Uber want to do this, a few reasons which come to mind: Uber wants to acquire more customers (non-digital payment users) Uber wants to provide alternative options to existing users and make it easier for them to book with Uber Strategic reason - competition has started accepting cash or i"

    Vipul A. - "I would like to clarify the scope of this question - It is only limited to Uber rides and not Uber eats. correct? For us to gauge whether Uber should accept cash or not, lets first understand why would Uber want to do this, a few reasons which come to mind: Uber wants to acquire more customers (non-digital payment users) Uber wants to provide alternative options to existing users and make it easier for them to book with Uber Strategic reason - competition has started accepting cash or i"See full answer

    Product Strategy
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  • Cisco logoAsked at Cisco 

    "It was a Finetech product to help people remove credit card limited balance issue. The product is design especially for business man who usually use they credit card to make purchase or big transaction. Problem Credit card have a limit amont of money they can support. it is very difficult to handle situation where people want to make a transaction that goes beyond their supported credit card balance. Having many credit card is not easy to manage and go to trip with a huge amont of money i"

    Adegnika O. - "It was a Finetech product to help people remove credit card limited balance issue. The product is design especially for business man who usually use they credit card to make purchase or big transaction. Problem Credit card have a limit amont of money they can support. it is very difficult to handle situation where people want to make a transaction that goes beyond their supported credit card balance. Having many credit card is not easy to manage and go to trip with a huge amont of money i"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • +1

    "Clarification questions Events product - Is that events tools in FB where people can create events and invite people to participate OR a section in FB for specific local/country events so that people can go in and view what others are talking about a specific event and what's going on in local neighborhood. ie think of a section in FB for halloween. People can visit events page for halloween and see where local parties are happening, promotions etc. FB Algorithm will auto curate event spec"

    Mahesh M. - "Clarification questions Events product - Is that events tools in FB where people can create events and invite people to participate OR a section in FB for specific local/country events so that people can go in and view what others are talking about a specific event and what's going on in local neighborhood. ie think of a section in FB for halloween. People can visit events page for halloween and see where local parties are happening, promotions etc. FB Algorithm will auto curate event spec"See full answer

    Execution
    Analytical
  • Chime logoAsked at Chime 

    "Clarifying question: Do we want to judge need of an existing product or an idea that can be converted into a product Let me solve for both the cases. Q: Determine if there is a need for a platform that is already live and has some users. While thinking about need, I am finding it resonating with "Does this product have a pmf". Few ways to do that: Take a look at the retention number (D1, D3, D7 and D15). Basis on the product the time range can be different but if the retention number is"

    Anubhav A. - "Clarifying question: Do we want to judge need of an existing product or an idea that can be converted into a product Let me solve for both the cases. Q: Determine if there is a need for a platform that is already live and has some users. While thinking about need, I am finding it resonating with "Does this product have a pmf". Few ways to do that: Take a look at the retention number (D1, D3, D7 and D15). Basis on the product the time range can be different but if the retention number is"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"

    Abdurhman M. - "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • +5

    "WITH previous AS(SELECT viewer_id, watch_hours, LAG(watchhours) OVER(PARTITION BY viewerid ORDER BY year, month) AS previous_hours, year, month FROM watch_time GROUP BY viewer_id, year, month ), streaks AS(SELECT viewer_id, SUM(CASE WHEN previoushours IS NOT NULL AND previoushours = 3 `"

    Alvin P. - "WITH previous AS(SELECT viewer_id, watch_hours, LAG(watchhours) OVER(PARTITION BY viewerid ORDER BY year, month) AS previous_hours, year, month FROM watch_time GROUP BY viewer_id, year, month ), streaks AS(SELECT viewer_id, SUM(CASE WHEN previoushours IS NOT NULL AND previoushours = 3 `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "This one is a great example of Build, Borrow, or Buy strategy framework (http://www.build-borrow-buy.com/build-borrow-or-buy-in-practice/) - explore and evaluate three different approaches: organic growth and building a product from scratch (e.g. Amazon building its own Amazon Restaurants service), partnering with an existing provider (e.g. enterprise-level partnership with Instacart or Lyft), or acquisition growth (e.g. Uber acquiring Postmates). Evaluate which approach makes sense for the com"

    Xash C. - "This one is a great example of Build, Borrow, or Buy strategy framework (http://www.build-borrow-buy.com/build-borrow-or-buy-in-practice/) - explore and evaluate three different approaches: organic growth and building a product from scratch (e.g. Amazon building its own Amazon Restaurants service), partnering with an existing provider (e.g. enterprise-level partnership with Instacart or Lyft), or acquisition growth (e.g. Uber acquiring Postmates). Evaluate which approach makes sense for the com"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
    +1 more
  • "Marketing campaigns are run through different channels such as social media, emails, SEO, web advertising, events, etc. Let’s look at some of the overall success metrics at a broader level: Total views for your campaign Unique views for your campaign Returning visitors for your campaign Engagement for your campaign (If it’s a social media campaign, the marketer might be interested in knowing the number of users engaging with the campaign and the type of campaign positive/negative) 5"

    Sangeeta P. - "Marketing campaigns are run through different channels such as social media, emails, SEO, web advertising, events, etc. Let’s look at some of the overall success metrics at a broader level: Total views for your campaign Unique views for your campaign Returning visitors for your campaign Engagement for your campaign (If it’s a social media campaign, the marketer might be interested in knowing the number of users engaging with the campaign and the type of campaign positive/negative) 5"See full answer

    Statistics & Experimentation
  • "I am going to assume, the person is 50 years old and uses a basic feature phone. Here is how it goes Local Context: When you come back from morning walk, you are your friends stop at a chai point to rest and have tea, what do you talk about ? (Assume he says everything and anything). Imagine there are no friends but you still want to talk and you want your friends and everyone to listen to your thoughts / rant. Imagine you don’t want to talk but you want only listen to what your frien"

    Shahnawaz K. - "I am going to assume, the person is 50 years old and uses a basic feature phone. Here is how it goes Local Context: When you come back from morning walk, you are your friends stop at a chai point to rest and have tea, what do you talk about ? (Assume he says everything and anything). Imagine there are no friends but you still want to talk and you want your friends and everyone to listen to your thoughts / rant. Imagine you don’t want to talk but you want only listen to what your frien"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "

    Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "A confidence interval gives you a range of values where you can be reasonably sure the true value of something lies. It helps us understand the uncertainty around an estimate we've measured from a sample of data. Typically, confidence intervals are set at the 95% confidence level. For example, A/B test results show that variant B has a CTR of 10.5% and its confidence intervals are [9.8%, 11.2%], this means that based on our sampled data, we are 95% confident that the true avg CTR for variant B a"

    Lucas G. - "A confidence interval gives you a range of values where you can be reasonably sure the true value of something lies. It helps us understand the uncertainty around an estimate we've measured from a sample of data. Typically, confidence intervals are set at the 95% confidence level. For example, A/B test results show that variant B has a CTR of 10.5% and its confidence intervals are [9.8%, 11.2%], this means that based on our sampled data, we are 95% confident that the true avg CTR for variant B a"See full answer

    Statistics & Experimentation
  • "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."

    Deepti K. - "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    System Design
    +1 more
  • "Test case is wrong. It expects to sort in asc order of month_year. -- Write your query here SELECT strftime('%Y-%m', createdat) AS monthyear, COUNT(DISTINCT userid) AS numcustomers, COUNT(t.id) AS num_orders, SUM(price * quantity) AS order_amt FROM transactions t INNER JOIN products p ON t.product_id = p.id GROUP BY month_year ORDER BY month_year ; "

    Aneesha K. - "Test case is wrong. It expects to sort in asc order of month_year. -- Write your query here SELECT strftime('%Y-%m', createdat) AS monthyear, COUNT(DISTINCT userid) AS numcustomers, COUNT(t.id) AS num_orders, SUM(price * quantity) AS order_amt FROM transactions t INNER JOIN products p ON t.product_id = p.id GROUP BY month_year ORDER BY month_year ; "See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "QQ  Design a product to help people feel more rested Clarifying Questions What is the definition of being rested - Am I the PM for google or any other tech startup - tech startup Does this help people meditate or sleep - Say sleep well and relax What is the specific goal of the product - Refresh people Is this mobile or any other medium - it is mobile based offering Any specific country - USA Any other constraints - No other constraints **How th"

    Product V. - "QQ  Design a product to help people feel more rested Clarifying Questions What is the definition of being rested - Am I the PM for google or any other tech startup - tech startup Does this help people meditate or sleep - Say sleep well and relax What is the specific goal of the product - Refresh people Is this mobile or any other medium - it is mobile based offering Any specific country - USA Any other constraints - No other constraints **How th"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Canva logoAsked at Canva 

    "3.3 years , java and Angular Full stack developer "

    Prakash K. - "3.3 years , java and Angular Full stack developer "See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Product Manager
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