Interview Questions

Preyas J. - "Let's apply Porter's Five Forces model to Amazon's business. All of these are my personal opinions. Industry Rivalry - There's a continuous rivalry in the ecommerce space with each rival trying to focus on specific aspect's of Amazon's business. Walmart (price, convenience), Google Shopping (relevancy, search), Shopify (brand trust, direct buying), eBay (antiques, used, shipping), Facebook Marketplace (buy from 3P sellers). Threat of new entrants - Amazon continuously faces threa"See full answer

Brody C. - "Clarifying Questions: When you say Language Learning app, you're referring to a user wanting to learn a new language through a Meta property - not NLP tech correct? -- Yes Is this a stand-alone app, or part of Facebook or another Meta app? -- You choose Are there any restrictions like budget, or time for this learning app? -- Nope. Give me a moment to think about how I want to structure this answer: Mission // Goal of Language Learning App Competition Audience Segments Pain Points "See full answer

Hadrien M. - "Walk through user need and discovery, GTM process, beta planning, execution and measurement, results and learnings"See full answer

Lakshmi tejaswi S. - "First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe Unable to book the reservation Customers unable to cancel reservations The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in customers unable to interact or leave reviews. I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence. I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"See full answer

Spring C. - "I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution. Why? Mission: build communities and bring people closer together Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities . User: Birthday person Posts their birthday as public info FB reminds friends and family about the day On the day they get posts to"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Here are some ideas for risks to Airbnb: Regulation > I believe the biggest risk to Airbnb is regulation, both from local and foreign governments. Already, Airbnb is subject to onerous laws in foreign countries. For example, homes in London can only be booked for a total of 90 days in London, and in Japan hosts must apply and register their listing with the gov"See full answer

Patrick K. - "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences. They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."See full answer

Celia F. - "I want to work here because I've researched your company's goals and objectives, particularly your focus on breaking into the retail market, specifically in the area of e-commerce. I'm genuinely excited about the opportunity to contribute to your success in this endeavor. Based on our discussions and my understanding of your organization's needs, I believe my background and experience align perfectly with what you're aiming to achieve. In my previous roles at Havas Media Group and EPA Digital,"See full answer

Sohail K. - "I believe that understanding and mutual respect is a keys to handle a team of diverse individuals"See full answer

Amit S. - "Fast food service Good service application."See full answer

Atharva P. - "Problem: Facebook Jobs has seen a 20% increase in job listings, but employer response time to applicants has decreased by 20%. Goal: Investigate and address the decrease in employer response time. Assumptions and Clarifying Questions: Scope: Is this issue internal to Facebook or affecting external users? Timeline: Analyzing data from the past 6 months is assumed to be sufficient. Response Time Definition: Clarify the precise definition of "response time" (e.g."See full answer

Mark M. - "I don't have experience working with alot of Biological Scientists. Most of my experience comes with Data Scientists. Described how I used ideation techniques like brainstorming and other creative ways to get people to find common ground. I also mentioned how I like to do survey's before meetings to prompt people and also get unbiased opnions"See full answer

Gourav G. - "Skeleton: Mission Goals and User segmentation User journey Metrics Pain points and opportunities experimentation Starting with Twitter's mission, "the power to create and share ideas and information without barriers", we are looking to empower people to be both consumers and creators. However, for the sake of this discussion, I want to focus on the consumer sides. As mentioned, our goal is to focus on user growth. But I want to understand if we are looking to acquire more 1s"See full answer