Interview Questions

Anonymous Porcupine - "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-local-minima-array/ I coded O(N) but after that gave a binary approach aswell. After that he also gave a varient of this problem in which, local minima means that the number is strictly less than its adjacent (we cannot do binary search there sample test case [1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1] or [1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1] using mid we cannot determine if the minima is on left or right). we have to do a linear search or find recursively."See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Anonymous Impala - "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"See full answer

Cristina E. - "The main strength is the huge market size that it already has. Other strength is the way google works is really familiar to everyone who use android Challenge Increase the revenue if the volume keeps at the same level Keep being in the top of mind on the users with the high competence"See full answer

Arun G. - "An Object Oriented programming deals with data and members. An Object Oriented Programming consumes more memory. An OOPS Consist of bottom-up approach. An OOPS is more secure Than POP. POP. An POP deals with Functions. An POP is less secure compare to OOPS. An POP contains less memory. An POP doesnt contain acess Modifiers."See full answer

Utsav M. - "reduce lag time and latency. people joining at a given time for adoption."See full answer

Anonymous Owl - "def flatten_dictionary(dictionary): \# return a flattened dictionary - int/string/another dictionary values \# if the key is empty, exclude from the output \# concat using a "." btwn them \# add to res which is { "key.a.b.etc": "value" } \# iterate through the key value pairs \# while there is a key value pair in the value \# continue going through that, until the value is an int/string flatDic = {} flatDicHelper("", dictionary, flatDic) print(flatDic) return flatDic def flatDicHelper(initialKey"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Target market \# of users: Almost every household requires groceries Frequency of problem: Groceries are a perishable item and is bought frequently to be consumes fresh Importance of problem: Groceries are a necessity for survival - so it's a highly important problem Internal company assessment Assuming this has to be built by Facebook. It marginally aligns with the company mission and existing business model of ads driven revenue Players in ecosystem: Grocery suppliers, User (consum"See full answer

Carlos S. - "Clarifications and GoalsTimeline: Three years. Geography: U.S. market. Scope: Google Photos integration with Drive, Gmail, and Pixel devices. Revenue Sources: Storage subscriptions, in-app purchases, and new streams. Google’s Mission & ObjectivesMission: Organize the world’s information and make it accessible and useful. Business Goals:Increase user engagement. Boost adoption of premium tiers. Explore new monetization streams. Landscape AnalysisCompetitors: A"See full answer

Unicorn 2. - "Here is what I understand from the question. Riders use "scheduled rides" to schedule rides for upto 24 hours in advance. Do drivers see these scheduled rides before? Assuming no. The drivers get matched 30min before the scheduled ride. Possible factors in matching Location of driver Location of rider No. of rides the driver has had? Maybe give preference to new drivers? Scheduled rides are only single party rides (no pool,etc) What is our goal here? Maximi"See full answer

Abhishek V. - "Currently, there's no option to write Python code for the solution to this problem. Is it possible to add it?"See full answer

Priya K. - "Clarifying questions : Which Kindle device are we talking about ? Kindle paper white, Kindle Oasis? , Kindle paper white 6.9' , Kindle tabs ? - Kindle oasis Kindle Oasis , what are the metric we are trying to achieve ? users onboarding? more marketshare? onboard amazon existing customers Landscape : Competition : In ebook readers, the main competition comes from Kobo, iPads, tabs. Kindle oasis feature is especially and absolutely for reading purpose and buying books to read and th"See full answer

Ravi teja N. - "I solved it using recursion and then memoization. Used Dynamic programming approach"See full answer

Charu S. - "I was working on a project wherein I had to launch a marketing campaign with very tight timelines and that too on a tool wherein neither I nor my team had any expertise. However if we successfully sign off a campaign, our company could get a chance to show this project in our portfolio and attract new clients for such projects which could ultimately increase the financial factors. So I created a plan wherein I scheduled trainings for the team with external sources and along with that kept an eye"See full answer