"Clarifications: Is it passenger/cargo/defense
Answer: Passenger
Is it direct or stops included - Direct
Last I read London had 80 M passengers annually
Per month - 6.7 M
Per Day - 220 K
Assumption here - London is a hub and it has flights to all continents. Assumptions are the split below
Flights to Europe -- 30%
Flights to USA -- 20%
Flights to Asia -- 30%
Flights to Africa -- 10%
Flights to Australia -- 10%
Dubai is part of Asia - 30% of 220 K is 66K
Within Asia - Passeng"
Ramesh Y. - "Clarifications: Is it passenger/cargo/defense
Answer: Passenger
Is it direct or stops included - Direct
Last I read London had 80 M passengers annually
Per month - 6.7 M
Per Day - 220 K
Assumption here - London is a hub and it has flights to all continents. Assumptions are the split below
Flights to Europe -- 30%
Flights to USA -- 20%
Flights to Asia -- 30%
Flights to Africa -- 10%
Flights to Australia -- 10%
Dubai is part of Asia - 30% of 220 K is 66K
Within Asia - Passeng"See full answer
"How would you improve LinkedIn's homepage?
Firstly I would like to think about:
1) Goals and Constraints
2) User and the user personas
3) Prioritize the Use cases / Painpoints
4) Brainstorm on possible solutions for the chosen use case
If that's fine by you!
In terms of Goal:
1) Revenue
2) Active Users/Engagement - MAU
These are three goals I can think of for improving the LinkedIn homepage. We are looking to generate more revenue, increase the number of monthly active users.
I would"
Preethi B. - "How would you improve LinkedIn's homepage?
Firstly I would like to think about:
1) Goals and Constraints
2) User and the user personas
3) Prioritize the Use cases / Painpoints
4) Brainstorm on possible solutions for the chosen use case
If that's fine by you!
In terms of Goal:
1) Revenue
2) Active Users/Engagement - MAU
These are three goals I can think of for improving the LinkedIn homepage. We are looking to generate more revenue, increase the number of monthly active users.
I would"See full answer
"I'm assuming we're negotiating because we want the vendor to do something unique for us that's possible but they've never done it before or that they do often but we want some sort of preferential treatment or pricing deal. I'm also assuming we're not desperate and have the upper hand.
Pre-Call with vendors
Define our ideal state
Define our BATNA
Vet and speak to at least 3-5 vendors (depending on market concentration)
Objectively know what is possible within industry and with the vendo"
Diamonde H. - "I'm assuming we're negotiating because we want the vendor to do something unique for us that's possible but they've never done it before or that they do often but we want some sort of preferential treatment or pricing deal. I'm also assuming we're not desperate and have the upper hand.
Pre-Call with vendors
Define our ideal state
Define our BATNA
Vet and speak to at least 3-5 vendors (depending on market concentration)
Objectively know what is possible within industry and with the vendo"See full answer
"Clarifying questions
What do you mean by “mattress”? All types and sizes of mattress?
Are we only looking at mattress in the household or includes the service industry?
Assumption
Assume that we are looking at mattress in the household only.
Assume that the number of people who own more than one mattress is negligibly small relative to the total US population.
Figure that 20% of people are couple and are sharing beds, and 5% are newborns sleeping with their parents.
**Appro"
Judy W. - "Clarifying questions
What do you mean by “mattress”? All types and sizes of mattress?
Are we only looking at mattress in the household or includes the service industry?
Assumption
Assume that we are looking at mattress in the household only.
Assume that the number of people who own more than one mattress is negligibly small relative to the total US population.
Figure that 20% of people are couple and are sharing beds, and 5% are newborns sleeping with their parents.
**Appro"See full answer
"Clarification questions :
What do we mean by International - not home country(or US) , 1st International launch ?
What is the product, physical / digital / service ? - Assuming Linkedin
Can we test it - what is the cost of testing it - Assuming Linkedin , so we can test the market with a soft launch , ads before a full blown launch
other parameters to consider -
Target market & customers
Attractiveness of market
Underserved needs - early mass/ signs of demand gen - are there local pr"
Anonymous Crab - "Clarification questions :
What do we mean by International - not home country(or US) , 1st International launch ?
What is the product, physical / digital / service ? - Assuming Linkedin
Can we test it - what is the cost of testing it - Assuming Linkedin , so we can test the market with a soft launch , ads before a full blown launch
other parameters to consider -
Target market & customers
Attractiveness of market
Underserved needs - early mass/ signs of demand gen - are there local pr"See full answer
"to clarify, there is nothing specific about FB email. you expect all functionalities of typical email program like msft/google etc
assume there are no restrictions. i.e. not restricted to use within FB only
As always, fb has great suite of tools to bring people together and build community. its only natural that if i have fb account why not i have FB email address....
assume its a new product, they we need to acquire and engage users and then think about retention this case.....
for any produ"
Praveen V. - "to clarify, there is nothing specific about FB email. you expect all functionalities of typical email program like msft/google etc
assume there are no restrictions. i.e. not restricted to use within FB only
As always, fb has great suite of tools to bring people together and build community. its only natural that if i have fb account why not i have FB email address....
assume its a new product, they we need to acquire and engage users and then think about retention this case.....
for any produ"See full answer
"Honestly, I was a bit all over the place with this one. My structure was:
Meta Mission
Audiences
Thinking about journeys and pain points (TAM + Unmet Needs)
Brainstorm solutions
Prioritize solutions
MVP - Measure of success
Risks and tradeoffs
The interviewer kept trying to derail the conversation. I chose Group Volunteers (a group of people who want to volunteer together) as the audience, and in hindsight it was a poor choice. Because I chose that over individuals, I couldn't narrow down"
Brody C. - "Honestly, I was a bit all over the place with this one. My structure was:
Meta Mission
Audiences
Thinking about journeys and pain points (TAM + Unmet Needs)
Brainstorm solutions
Prioritize solutions
MVP - Measure of success
Risks and tradeoffs
The interviewer kept trying to derail the conversation. I chose Group Volunteers (a group of people who want to volunteer together) as the audience, and in hindsight it was a poor choice. Because I chose that over individuals, I couldn't narrow down"See full answer
"Before answering this question, I am considering some key assumptions and will include them in my answer.
Assumptions:
I am assuming that "bring Waymo to market" means the sales of Waymo autonomous cars in the market in the form of Fleet and retail to customers.
I assume that the Federal Vehicle Safety Laws and Governance are already in place, and Waymo cars are aligned with the law requirements.
I am assuming that the Autonomous Level-5 capability development and certification are"
Books' B. - "Before answering this question, I am considering some key assumptions and will include them in my answer.
Assumptions:
I am assuming that "bring Waymo to market" means the sales of Waymo autonomous cars in the market in the form of Fleet and retail to customers.
I assume that the Federal Vehicle Safety Laws and Governance are already in place, and Waymo cars are aligned with the law requirements.
I am assuming that the Autonomous Level-5 capability development and certification are"See full answer
"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"
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