Interview Questions

Mark - "Clarification Am I the PM for overall Xbox or certain part of the Xbox team? Interview (I): let's assume you own the overall Xbox product Are there particular user segments that the MSFT Gaming division is trying to focus on as their strategy? I: nothing in particular, why don't you tell me where we should focus? What are some challenges that Xbox have been facing? (ie revenue from xbox hardware purchase? xbox live subscription purchase? engagement?) I: nothing in pa"See full answer

Arun G. - "An Object Oriented programming deals with data and members. An Object Oriented Programming consumes more memory. An OOPS Consist of bottom-up approach. An OOPS is more secure Than POP. POP. An POP deals with Functions. An POP is less secure compare to OOPS. An POP contains less memory. An POP doesnt contain acess Modifiers."See full answer

Ahmed A. - "Good Question, but I would've marked this as medium not hard difficulty, since it's just a straightforward traversal."See full answer

Mihail E. - "A/B test on a small batch of users/drivers"See full answer

Khushboo S. - "I would like to appreciate the company for giving an opportunity to visually impaired colleague and also making appropriate arrangements for enabling them to deliver their responsibilities smoothly. When I become aware of a teammate who is blind, I would start with the following steps - Understanding the degree of disability they have and doing my own research on how can one interact with such colleagues and facilitate smooth coordination with them I would approach them and ask as to how c"See full answer

Nitesh N. - "I would ask/investigate the following: Is this our core competancy of our company How long would it take to develop it in house and how much would it cost what will be the time to market of this feature or service when developed in house what is long term vision of this solution - do we expect that this will grow into becoming a major revenue stream for the company in future and the future of the company will be tied to it? What is our track record as a company building such a sol"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "For larger projects, companies will often hire project managers to plan, document, organize and oversee a project's life cycle, helping ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. However, due to limited resources such as limited budgets or personnel constraints, many teams function without a project manager."See full answer

Sarabjeet S. - "Clarification - How is this feature accessed by users? Is it part of the camera app or after taking the photo or both? Assume both. Is bulk upload possible? Yes Goal - Drive engagement with this feature so Pixel owners upload more pictures to google photos Actions that support this goal of engagement with this feature: Click upload right after taking a photo from camera. Take a stored picture from saved photos and click upload for it Select multiple photos from saved photos and click u"See full answer

Bhavana J. - "First let me try to understand the metric: when you say traffic to facebook marketplaces, you mean that number of people clicking on the marketplace tab or landing on the marketplace section has reduced. Am I right? Ok, here's my approach: I will first try to narrow down the scope of the problem by understanding what the details associated with the drop. Then I will try to hypothesize on what all could have caused it. Finally I will try to propose a solution basis the findings. Understanding th"See full answer

Amparo L. - "I've been a student worker at the Renaissance Hotel, I've been doing Inventory in their closet, stripping rooms, cleaning guest floors and cleaning the fitness center, I've also been a student worker at GFS, My tasks were stocking items on shelf, checking expiration dates, cleaning the breakroom, refilling supplies bottles. Additionally, I've been a student worker at Hampton Inn. The tasks I've completed at Hampton Inn were similar to the Renaissance. The tasks there were stripping rooms, Cleani"See full answer

P D. - "FB Vision: To empower users to build communities and bring the world closer together Reactions Product Goal: To enable users to express them in a quick and easy manner on posts / comments / videos / photos etc. and hence bringing the world closer. Currently only "Like" option is there which indicates to the creators that users like your posts. User Personas Content Creators Pain Points Single Reaction Option: Only users who like the content are able to use the reactions f"See full answer

Darshak S. - "Clarifying Questions: There are several different types of therapists, do you have a particular therapist in mind? Like Mental health, physical health, food and nutrition etc? Reply: You can decide And do we know what country are we building this product, since that will help me narrow down the scope of the product? Reply: USA Approach: Define the product vision and the goal that we want to achieve Target Audience is for this particular product What problems do these user currently"See full answer

Anonymous Parakeet - "Clarifying questions: Does the home have to be fully paid off to consider the millenial a homeowner? No, they just need to have the title or put a loan on it We are only considering the continental US? Yes, not territories Just four wall stationary homes, not empty land, nor RV/trailer homes? Exactly Basic Facts: 70 million millennials 300 million US population Millennials have low rates of homeownership 130 million houses in the US Millennials span == 18 to 36 Breakdown: "See full answer

Adib M. - "Ask if the quality aspect is negotiable? Clearly hoping it is not. Then move on to explain nicely about the iron triangle - scope, time, resources. With scope and resources fixed, the time would need to be variable unless the project is considered cookie cutter, the exact project has been done many times in the past. (which is unlikely). If time cannot be relaxed, then the scope should be variable."See full answer

Lee J. - "Assumption: the revenue is on a yearly basis. Revenue = No. of users x price of product x frequency of purchase x size of purchase Product of Google Map = Ads by the merchants To double the revenue, Boost the number of merchants by reaching out to them Increase the price of ads (which is not ideal since it will disincentivise some merchants) Increase the frequency of their purchase in a year (Eg. previously merchants just put ads in Google Map for 6 years and now we can encourage"See full answer

Negar H. - "SW: Headway (Audio book app) Goal: Track user engagement with the product. (Analytics) To Track user engagement with the product I would first define the user actions defined as user engagement, and then define quantitative metrics to track user behaviour. User actions -> engagement: Actions: User Plays an Audio book (following by user's retention) User uses Next chapter button to continue listening User marks Audio books as favourites User shares Audio books Metrics: DAU & 2."See full answer