Interview Questions

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

Adib M. - "impact analysis - Facilitate triage with engg and PM to understand the impact to system/ users. and Severity of defect. Work with Engg to estimate the fix and turnaround time to dev/test/release. will this delay the launch? If no, great. Launch as planned. If yes, call stakeholder meeting informing about critical defect, impact to system/users, estimate to fix and likely delay. Recommend delay launch due to criticality/severity of defect. Once get their buy in, present plan to fix, test and"See full answer

Deepti K. - "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."See full answer

Product V. - "QQ  Design a product to help people feel more rested Clarifying Questions What is the definition of being rested - Am I the PM for google or any other tech startup - tech startup Does this help people meditate or sleep - Say sleep well and relax What is the specific goal of the product - Refresh people Is this mobile or any other medium - it is mobile based offering Any specific country - USA Any other constraints - No other constraints **How th"See full answer

Anonymous Panda - "As a Technical Program Manager at a software company, I was responsible for leading a project that aimed to implement a new feature in our software that would significantly enhance the user experience. The new feature required a significant investment in terms of time and resources. During one of the weekly status update meetings with the company's leadership, I presented the project's progress and proposed a plan for the next steps. However, I failed to convince the leadership to allocate the n"See full answer

Pradeep S. - "Communication to stakeholders and replan with the early delay identified and also ensure the root cause is done as to why delay has happened."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

Aekagra S. - "I'll approach this by asking questions and creating scenarios based on answers. If the answer to any questions points to a specific issue, I'll double down on that to understand the issue. This is more of a RCA question. First I'll quickly check Were there any recent updates released before we observed the drops? Assuming Yes, I'll check the updates released and check the test cases and testing results If the issue is identified, I will engage with the product leadership, update them and conne"See full answer

jantheman88 - "Implement central inventory management system + POS for online & retail sales, such as Shopify or Square. Digitalize every rug by taking photos & link rug to a SKU number/name. Take inventory of all rugs. Use new inventory management system + POS. Marketing Strategy Blogs talking about Rugs (every week) Social Media Posts Every Other Day Collect Emails Phone Number SMS Groups for Rugs in store collection."See full answer

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

Riku H. - "My favorite Meta/Facebook product is Marketplaces and here are my reasons: Mission and Goal - The product's goal is to connect buyers and sellers locally, and this aligns with the connecting the world aspect of Meta's mission. Hence, the motivation there is directly in line with company's mission. Let's talk about the users and the journeys of the product as well: As a buyer: Relatively simple to use interface - find what you want in a few phrases and results near your profile location wil"See full answer