Interview Questions

Namrata L. - "Clarifying questions What do you mean by app for gardening? E-commerce kind of app for buying selling or tutorial or something else? Up to me. What is the goal of this app? Getting users and increasing engagement Who are we? startup What is the time frame we are looking at for this? No constraints Where are we looking to implement this? Start with India. User segments Type: Commercial, Personal Plant Parent: New, medium, Old Profession: Student, Working Professional, Stay"See full answer

Anhul C. - "I would take the following approach: Define what acquisition of a merchant means - It could be a few of these actions - 1. Merchant provides their email/phone number to shopify, 2. They create a store 3. they sign up for a subscription Second we need to establish the method we are using to acquire new merchants Assumption - it is paid advertising on IG and FB given that's one of the ways of acquiring audience on these platforms and is easy to track. Other approach could be social"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Solving current problems by considering what would have happened if the past had been slightly different."See full answer

Hmm T. - "Understand what is the business objective behind the ask ? We should not be adopting trends just because everyone is adopting, it has to be tied to business objective Once objective is clear - we need to determine feasibility and cost\benefit assessment by deciding on pilot candidates - since its bank, do we want to integrate this with mobile banking only ? Once we decide on candidate - we will also need to decide on buy vs build decision ? If there are any fintech offerings (like Zell"See full answer

Vinit K. - "I have often experienced my manager believing in something while I don't. The situation largely arises when the manager is under pressure of taking decision and has not spent enough time on researching about the decision. While I on the other hand have always spent time learning about issues right since we feel this is going to be a challenge in the near future. In such scenarios, I would believe something else base on my research while the manager would have some other belief based on his exper"See full answer

Frank A. - "1) create the experimental and control groups. 2) Then calculate the proportion (mean) of the true conversion rates for both groups using the convert column which counts True as 1 and False as 0. This is their conversion rates 3) calculate the statistic of the two groups by subtracting the proportion and standardizing. 4) get the p-value and compare with 0.05. 5) conclude the difference is statistically significant if the p-value is less than 0.05 otherwise no statistical difference"See full answer

Ben G. - "Problem & Users What is the primary problem the App is trying to solve? Who is the primary user for the App? What is the core value proposition and what business model does it employ to serve the value? What are the business goals the app is trying to achieve and how effective is their strategy Structure Is the purpose of the app clearly conveyed? How is the overall use of space? Is there enough negative space? How does the Information Architecture help users accomplish de"See full answer

Sunny G. - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_transformation"See full answer

Jayveer S. - "WITH suspicious_transactions AS ( SELECT c.first_name, c.last_name, t.receipt_number, COUNT(t.receiptnumber) OVER (PARTITION BY c.customerid) AS noofoffences FROM customers c JOIN transactions t ON c.customerid = t.customerid WHERE t.receipt_number LIKE '%999%' OR t.receipt_number LIKE '%1234%' OR t.receipt_number LIKE '%XYZ%' ) SELECT first_name, last_name, receipt_number, noofoffences FROM suspicious_transactions WHERE noofoffences >= 2;"See full answer

Steven S. - "too many questions for clarification on this to start"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