Interview Questions

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

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

Rahul S. - "Good"See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Clarifying Questions: Are we not being able to see any data at all ? or are we not seeing the latest updated data? In either case I can categorize this problem with 3 causes System Issue Is it a be a production bug , where node failure happened? (data load failure) Did our event-engine schedule re-runs fail to run code that fetches underlying data? Are the Dynamics team making some design changes on the tool which may go live and have triggered the DB not being refreshed ? A"See full answer

Bhargava Y. - "Clarifying questions Scope this down to borrowing and lending within US Scope this down to just money and not other assets (crypto, gold etc.) Scope this down to Facebook/Instagram app and not website etc. Is this peer to peer lending? Or lending from financial institutions etc.? (Scope to peer to peer lending as that connects more with the mission). Lending for small business needs, etc. are scoped out for simplicity **Mission Statement and how it is connected to this product ide"See full answer

Christopher T. - "I would buy them all miniature ponies and create pony hubs throughout the city where they can scan in and rent a pony. The ponies have wings by the way."See full answer

Joohi M. - "Assume that US and Japan are exactly opposite to each other. If a flight takes 18 hrs to travel between US and Japan and it moves at approx 600km/hr, then the distance covered is 10,800 Km. This constitutes the semi arc of the circle, so we will double is to calculate full circumference which will be 21,600 km."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

Sid S. - "Clarifying questions: What are the needs of the user ? What kind of changes were made that is expected to sync? Can you describe the calendar app for me? Is it a mobile app or web? To better understand the UI for solutioning Can we define "recently" - Is it in mins or days? Do we know the reasons for the sync issue yet? Can we supposed to expose the issue to the front end? Define the basic user story structure User personaAction expected Job to be achieved Would brea"See full answer

Rahul M. - "We should define automated Scheduled Updates for deployment to keep the application up to date."See full answer

Ayushi A. - "total outcomes : 36 total favourable outcomes : 35 probability of favourable outcomes: 35/36"See full answer