Interview Questions

Rudra pratap S. - "Install was sudden or gradual. Let’s we are seeing it from last month. It it happening in any particular country or location? Let’s say india only. Have we seen any bad PR issues from our competitors? Let’s say no. Have we launched any new song from any famous singer in the last month? Let’s say no. Only installs are increased or free to premium conversion is also increased. Let’s say yes we have seen increase in free to premium conversion also. Have we launched any new market campaign with extr"See full answer

Ash J. - "Clarify: Has metric definition changed for what the NSM is and app startup time?-->No Are we sure that this not just a correlation and causal? For e.g. We would need to dive into a few different technical buckets around regional, version and other features launched-->No Time period: Is it over the same time period?--> Yes Goal: FB goal: Empower people to build community and bring world close"See full answer

Madeline S. - "I like Spotify, because Spotify has a social element and an element of community that other music apps do not. The ability to see what friends are listening to, make playlists/jams with friends, and enjoy the "wrapped" at the end of the year (which is also an incredible social sharing tactic), is what sets it apart from other apps."See full answer

Shiva S. - "Car sharing app, like an airbnb but for cars. Assuming for the US market. Goal: Awareness , Acquisition, Engagement, Retention Getting new users to take more rides User Segments: Owners Have a spare car not being used Don't have to purchase the car Own unused premium cars Looking at Turo as an investment option when making a car purchase decision Renters Rent for work trips Rent for vacations Rent during a short stay in town _Family and Indivi"See full answer

RockyBalboa - "Clarifying question(s): what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ? Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account? Which personas are likely to be targeted: Journalists gathering more information for reporting Doctors and SMEs Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment Pharmaceuticals orga"See full answer

Anusree N. - "Design a product for cyclists. Clarifying Cyclist as in? People who cycle right? Who are we? Startup Are we designing a MVP/Standalone application or integrating the solution with an already existing one? Goal? Seems like acquisition, anything else or any broader goal that might be in your mind? Customer segments? You define. Is it a hardware or a software product? Geography? India Customer segment Regular cyclist: Who uses cycle for their daily commute. (As acquisition is our main g"See full answer

Cristian A. - "I have this approach of: 30% seniors, to help the semi senior to grow. 30% to 35% semi seniors, to help the jr to grow. 37% to 40% jr or software engineers. With this approach and can foster a culture of grow but also be prepared to rotation of the team. And if you have to add more people, the onboarding is more simple."See full answer

Jeet B. - "I contradict the choice of DB for storing App Data in this case, I believe a NoSQL would have been a better choice. Could you please clarify why you chose RDBMS/SQL?"See full answer

Prachi N. - "When I joined my second Firm after my MBA, I was given a complex pilot project to manage end-to-end, despite having just about a year of experience. One client expressed concern about my limited experience and raised it to senior stakeholders. While I understood her concern, I decided to treat it as motivation rather than discouragement. I put extra effort into understanding the complex SAP designs, managed priorities carefully, and built strong relationships with stakeholders to gain their conf"See full answer

Amin S. - "We can implement Mall psychology, use the monkey effect, FOMO, top-rated stuff from the same restaurants, bundle offers like couple or group offers, and prompt popups for free delivery if you complete X$ amount by adding X item. We can lure customers by giving free subscriptions to Spotify, Netflix, etc. by collaborating with these giants. This is a long-story-short overview of how we can increase the average basket size. Tracking telemetry and refining can make a difference obviously..."See full answer

Anonymous - "Functional requirements: (a) location tracking (b) check-in at nearby place (c) view historical checkins with how much time user stayed there (d) Mark checkout when out of proximity (e) analytics - checkins by user at given loc, top n places Out of scope: (a) checkin sharing with followers Non functional: (a) low latency (b) high availability (c) eventual consistency Scale: (a) QPS: 10M DAU * 2 checkins /86400 seconds (b) Yearly Data Volume: 10M* 0.1 KB *365 days HLD: user -> location servic"See full answer