Interview Questions

Nikitha G. - "Clarify → Mission / Landscape / Why → Users → Pain Points → Solutions → Evaluate Clarifying Questions / Assumptions: What kind of art are we focused on (Photography, digital art, physical art, sculpture, etc)? Assume we’re focused on physical paintings or sketches Is the goal of the product to allow users to view and interact with others art or create their own art? Enjoying art can come through both experiencing it and creating it so I want to clarify. **Let’s focus on experiencing a"See full answer

Zakery K. - "I told a story about having good intentions to help out a superior with a problem but I did so without seeking buy-in (permission) first. While I did solve the problem and provided value to him and my other colleagues, I was reprimanded for crossing boundaries and not respecting his privacy (I accessed his computer without his permission to deliver a resolution to a problem). While I had good intentions and the outcome was good, my approach left me with a negative mark and a life long lesson r"See full answer

Alessandra L. - "My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"See full answer

Anonymous Gazelle - "Post Booking Journey – Starts from making the payment for the ticket & ends at collecting the baggage at the belt Different Steps, which are involved and could go wrong: Payment gateway is not responding and the last Payment made but booking not confirmed Ticket gets cancelled but money is not refunded / money is debited but ticket is not refunded Flight gets rescheduled / Cancelled / Delayed Huge Qs at check in counter / Security Want to purchase a service onboard but currency not"See full answer

Nagi E. - "Comprehend the situation: “When we say video streaming, do we mean watching videos such as movies and TV shows from devices using the internet?” Yes “Is it a fair assumption calling 65+ as seniors?” Yes “Any specific goal in mind?” Up to you “Timeline? constraints? “ None “Is this an extension of one of the existing streaming apps or a brand new one?” Brand new “Is there hardware needed for this app or will we be using the existing hardware and only developing the app?” You decide I’l"See full answer

Yatin K. - "I conducted an in-depth analysis of FedEx's business model, focusing on their primary operations which encompass pickup, transit, and delivery. I evaluated potential metrics across each stage, aiming to determine the most pertinent one for operational insights. Initially, I proposed using the Fulfillment Ratio, calculated as the number of successful deliveries divided by the expected deliveries, to measure performance. However, the interviewer pointed out this metric's retrospective nature and"See full answer

Anonymous Hornet - "label #shape = [batchsize, posids] X #shape = [batch_size, ch] hidden = nn.Linear(batchsize, ch) #shape = [batchsize, ch] logits = nn.Linear(ch, C) #shape = [ch, C] #modifications start here neg_ids = torch.randint(0, C, 0.1 * C) #e.g. if we want to randomly sample only 10% of C outputneg = np.dot(logits[:, negids], hidden(X)) #shape [batch_size, C1] outputpos = np.dot(logits[:, posids], hidden(X)) #shape [batch_size, C2] output = torch.concat(outputpos, outputneg) #concatenate out"See full answer

Anonymous Hornet - "To handle the non-uniform sampling, I'd first clean and divide the dataset into chunks of n second interval 'uniform' trajectory data(e.g. 5s or 10s trajectories). This gives us a cleaner trajectory data chunks, T, of format (ship_ID, x, y, z, timestamp) to be formed. For the system itself, I'd use a generative model, e.g. Variational AutoEncoder (VAE), and train the model's 'encoder' to produce a latent-space representation of input features (x,y,z,timestamp) from T, and it's 'decoder' to pred"See full answer

R K. - "Some clarifying questions: Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic. What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"See full answer

Lalit S. - "As requirement here is to increase number of customer trading using the platform. To achieve this i will collect statistics about the list of customers registering based on the preferences. I will launch a survey which will collect their experience/preferences on various type of products available on the platform like equity, derivatives, mutual funds etc. Below are two features i will add to increase trading activity. Based on their highest order of preference, Create a feature on the produ"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions We are referring to Facebook here within Meta products, correct?: Yes Can we base the CAC as of 2025?: yes Facebook acquires users through multiple channels, are we focussed on any particular channel? : We are looking at an overall CAC for Facebook What all do we want to include in CAC? Can we limit it to the marketing and advertising costs and leave aside technical, infrastructure or people costs?: yes Here’s how I will calculate this. **Customer acquisition c"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Physical car garage or some app? 1 garage or a chain? Where is it located? (if highway then user seg to be focussed would change) (rn consider a residential area) Objective/ constraints? - majorly revenue i.e. #users * rev/user (acquire more users) Is there some issue and we are trying to address that via features or we just need features to improve the overall user experience? basic idea of garage: Car issue - drop it to garage/ sometimes pickup service - repair time -"See full answer

Tomer B. - "Clarify What do we mean by memorialize? Are we aiming to launch a physical or software product? What is our goal with this product? Are there specific types of pets we have in mind? Assumption Memorialize means to remind ourselves about our loved pets who passed away. We would like to launch a software product. The goal is to help users cope with the lose of their beloved pets. We also focus on house pets, keeping it for dogs and cats as the biggest market for pets. User"See full answer