Interview Questions

Robert W. - "A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is a type of cyberattack in which the attacker seeks to render a machine or network resources unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services. This is typically achieved by overwhelming the target with a flood of illegitimate requests. Steps to mitigate this type of attack can be varied but are not limited to the following: Network or Perimeter Security: Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Traffic and Rate Limiting, Realtime monitoring and"See full answer

Bravin V. - "I aim to utilize hands-on activities to apply the knowledge I've acquired, safeguard the organization from threat actors, and contribute to its growth."See full answer

Abdul K. - "Clarification questions: a. Is this platform like YouTube to post cooking videos by homechefs? b. Is this like Doordash where homechef’s can sell home cooked food? Response: Feel free to assume. I’m assuming to build a marketplace platform where homechef’s can sell their home cooked food. c. Are we looking to build a webapp/mobile native app Response: Mobile native app (iOS and Android) d. Which markets are we focusing on? Global or North America or USA **Response: I would focus on"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a marketplace. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? How does this product address these pain points differently and better? How would you improve it/make it better? Summarize Let's start! Choose a"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. Let's go over one possible solution: > I'll go over three reasons why I think Salesforce made the acquisition, specifically:Fuller data integrations > Preventing a competitive acquisition > Absorb new customers > Fuller data integrations > By adding Tableau"See full answer

Exponent - "This question is a Diagnosis Question. It's used to test your ability to perform root cause analysis (RCA), identify many possible issues, come up with a theory of probable cause, and address how you would solve this issue. A drop in video engagement can signify either a technical issue (the video player is broken) or a product issue (recommendations performing poorly). Let's follow the template for answering Diagnosis Questions: Ask clarifying questions **List potential high level"See full answer

Kk - "Did the user come to samsung.com from a different marketing page diverted here or the user directly typed samsng.com and made this transaction Did the user sign up with the platform and purchased or without signin up and directly placed the order with the required details What Product the User purchased with its category Did the user buy one product or multiple products Did the user buy the actual product and its combination accessory or totally non r"See full answer

Anonymous Fish - "Some of the best practices I found in the best PMs is Structure - Often times the problems we are dealing with in corporate are going to be ambiguous. Best PMs will try to scope it down and bring a clarity to the ambiguous problem statement. This can be observed in simple things like planning a day, planning a trip or planning a house hunt. They will approach problems with some structure in place Getting the buy in from people - I found that often times PMs are the people who doesn't have"See full answer

Indupriya S. - "This was during a Production VM Migration and the the DB crashed.We had to rollback the migration and after a 22 hour migration window present to the customer. At that point, I did not have answers to the WHY very clearly but had to present to the customer. I walked them through the situation and what had happened when the customer responded that they knew what happened but would like to know the why if we are asking for another migration window. I had to walk out of the meeting but on the hind"See full answer

Danis M. - "My advice is to accept the situation even if it is late"See full answer