Interview Questions

stash - "Clarification: Which region do we want to know about? —> Global Is Facebook lite included in this offering —> No. Only the Facebook app (mobile / web) Product Overview Facebook photo sharing allows users to upload photos and make them visible to their network. Doing so, users are able to share moments from their lives with friends and family. Goals User Goals Share memories with network View people’s reactions and respond View other people’s photos and respond to th"See full answer

Anonymous Reindeer - "Clarifying Questions: Is it a chain of supermarkets? Or just an individual market? Is the revenue overall or just from one store? What are the reasons for the revenue growth? Pandemic? New buildings around? Other? What does the supermarket sell? Anything specialized? Local goods? Is there an app/website available to order stuff? 10,000 - 50,000 Vision: Be the most customer centric store Goals: Able to reach out to as many users as they can. Increase the user base while keeping th"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Create accessible video and audio solutions for online learning · Improve digital technology infrastructure"See full answer

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

Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

Greg W. - "PayPal makes money from: Processing fees from merchants - traditional checkout and buy now, pay later P2P transfers using credit cards Instant money transfers on P2P and to bank accounts Lending products (paypal credit) Cross border fees (Xoom) Crypto trading fees"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "program management is a role similar to project management but often encompasses more that just managing projects."See full answer

P K. - "A very interesting question. Please find below my approach: Understand VP's line of thought and goals trying to achieve Understand the assumptions/ Validate the hypothesis Impact on Brand, revenue, engineering cost, customers, and existing products SWOT Approve or Provide alternative Question to the VP: What is the objective? - higher engagement? easy to interact, peer-to-peer communication? Why the need for a separate platform? - to increase the no.of interactions? to"See full answer

A K. - "Goal of Google: Clarify: What exactly is Google podcast? A place for people who create podcasts to host their podcast? Great with that in mind.... Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful Goal: From a podcast perspective, you can imagine that Google’s wants to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful through a podcast. Actions: Two-sided user base: People who listen"See full answer

Pulkit G. - "Top 3 segments for the Apple Watch: At core, Apple watch is a wearable companion to the iPhone that does 3 big things - fitness & other health metrics tracking, act as smart watch for push notifications on the go, and acts as a high-tech fashion accessory. Customer segments - a) Fitness and adventure enthusiasts + for everybody (for basic sleep and HR tracking) - the new Apple Watch Ultra is targeted specifically at the outdoorsy (and aspiring adventurists) + also all the Nike integration b) F"See full answer

Rav S. - "Stakeholder management, Customer obsession, tech expertise to understand the tech stack and other details of the product."See full answer

Pm E. - "Methodology: Clarify some of the terms in our question List high level causes based on the category and gather context information, rule out the ones that have low probability or out of scope Drill down the causes and establish a few hypotyhesis Investigate and test the hypothesis I have and try to fix the problem Clarify questions: Define FB logins: through 3rd party Apps, Assuming our data is accurate, double check with 3rd party Apps that our understanding is correct/ or cr"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. > I remember that - it made huge headlines around late 2019. I definitely think there are a few solid reasons why your team may have made this acquisition, for example:Incentivize retailers to use PayPal > Leverage PayPal tech resources to grow Honey > O"See full answer

Anonymous Armadillo - "I couldn't follow the solution offered here, but my solution seemed to pass 6/6 tests. Any feedback is welcome, thank you! def encrypt(word): en_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: en_word += chr(ord(word[0])+1) else: num = ord(word[i]) + ord(en_word[i-1]) while num > 122: num -= 26 en_word += chr(num) return en_word def decrypt(word): de_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: de_word += chr(ord(word[i]"See full answer

Rafia M. - "SQL is structured query language."See full answer

Saurabh N. - "1) Have a common goal 2) Have a clear and fair accountability between teams 3) Ensure conflicts are resolved in time on common issues 4) Promote common Brain-storming , problem solving sessions 5) Most important , Have clear and effective communication established and practised"See full answer

Saket S. - "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"See full answer

Anonymous Panda - "If I had to deliver a product or feature in half (or less) of the initial timeline, here's what I would do: Prioritize the features: I would prioritize the features that are essential for the product's functionality and customer value. I would focus on the must-have features and put the nice-to-have features on hold. Reassess the resources: I would reassess the resources available and determine if additional resources are required to meet the new timeline. I would explore options such as h"See full answer