Interview Questions

Vinayak A. - "Let's start with understanding the objective. The assumed objective is to be able to optimize for ads revenue by showing optimal number of ads to users without reducing the user engagement metrics. So, the approach I would take here is to perform experimentation with certain set of customers cohort based on different parameters. The metrics I would keep track of Customers average user engagement - time per session before and after the experiment over a week. Number of ads shown per ses"See full answer

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

SG - "Clarification - Are we referring to HW or SW/experience or overall product? Choose any. Choosing overall product. Are we targeting a particular use case - such as health/commerce/or am I free to choose one? Choose on your own. Any other constraints that I should be aware or? Lastly, does it have to meet both AR and VR, or can we prioritize one at this time? And if so, any concerns with prioritizing one? I am choosing to prioritize AR this point .. and I'll walk you thoroug"See full answer

Chaitali M. - "Clarifications: Is it the voice only Alexa devices or includes echo show (video)? Goal: To have people to safety quickest Users: Alexa owner At the house when somebody breaks in Family Single adult/seniors Outside the house at the time of break in Police Department Pain points/user group: Owner in the house at the time of burglary Inform all the house members at the earliest. Send SOS out on all/selective Alexa devices to ask family members to reach a safe place 2"See full answer

Amparo L. - "My toughest project was at the Hampton Inn in 2023 and what we did was we had to sort the soap into boxes and then what was hard about it is we had to sort the boxes of soaps into bottles and on the other box we had to put the bottles, we had to make it neat so that they can ship it into other areas were soap was needed."See full answer

Anonymous Goat - "Comprehend the Situation: What is the goal?The goal is to introduce an ACH payment method in the United States for Netflix. Why is this important?ACH payments can offer a convenient and cost-effective payment option for customers. Who are the stakeholders?Stakeholders include Netflix customers, the product team, finance, legal, and compliance teams. How does ACH work? transaction flow and potential benefits. Identify the Customer: Recurring subscribers and"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

Soso K. - "Clarification: This is only for Facebook and not for Instagram, whatsapp etc. Facebook Hashtag helps Meta users to drive visibility into user posts as well as help categorize a post, feeling to what others in the community might be feeling. This helps bring the community together and that aligns with the mission of Facebook, which is to bring the world closer. This feature is also not a new feature in overall social media landscape, Twitter did it before and gained instant popularity. Wit"See full answer

Nishant J. - " import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.util.*; class Solution { static int shortestCellPath(int grid, int sr, int sc, int tr, int tc) { int result = -1; if (grid.length == 0 || grid[0].length == 0) { return -1; } int m = grid.length; int n = grid[0].length; boolean visited = new booleanm; ArrayDeque q = new"See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "Clarifying Questions : What is the intent behind the ask, is it revenue, user engagement, increasing number of users ? Let's assume revenue and user engagement. Current user journey : user logs into YT user searched for a video user watches the video user gets another play forward video User provides comments to the video Personas : Casual user who comes to the site for info, entertainment or expertise Student Professionals Business user There could be overlap"See full answer

Patrick M. - "First thing I would like to consider is what is the potential opportunity to building an apps marketplace. Questions I would ask are: What’s the current user base of Microsoft Office Suite? What is that in revenue? Is it growing or declining? Where are users going to if they’re leaving? What are the most popular and least popular apps used in the Office suite? What are other apps that Microsoft Officer users use outside of the suite? Assuming that Microsoft Office has a massive us"See full answer

Anonymous Chinchilla - "Advice would be really appreciated! Clarification: To download the app, do users need to go to the app store/or open a web browser to click download? [Assume the interviewer said it is up to me] Approach : summarize the overall process of sharing listing out how could we optimize every step in the process to make sharing features effective ranking each feature by their priorities setting metrics, perform A/B tests and evaluate results. **Step1: Summarize Shari"See full answer

Shibin P. - "A typical computer vision pipeline consists of several key stages that process and analyze visual data to extract meaningful information. Here’s a general outline of the steps involved: Image Acquisition:Capturing images or videos using cameras or other imaging devices. Preprocessing steps such as resizing, cropping, and converting color spaces. Image Preprocessing:Noise reduction (e.g., using filters like Gaussian blur). Image normalization to standardize pixel values. Contrast e"See full answer