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  • +55

    "i do feel like the question itself is kind of confusing. Youtube does have a product called YouTube’s Analytics, which is a channel analytics tool for creator lol"

    Anonymous Ferret - "i do feel like the question itself is kind of confusing. Youtube does have a product called YouTube’s Analytics, which is a channel analytics tool for creator lol"See full answer

    Analytical
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    5 answers
    +2

    "Clarifying Questions: Are we looking to create a product for creators or the end users? - Creators What kind of product are we looking to build? (App /Website/Embedded within the Instagram product ) - Embedded within the app Why do we want to enter the edtech market? (Anything specific insight we have gained which we want to solve for?) - The creator's market is growing substantially and people want to gain knowledge on how to become successful in it. Are there any money or time con"

    Ankit J. - "Clarifying Questions: Are we looking to create a product for creators or the end users? - Creators What kind of product are we looking to build? (App /Website/Embedded within the Instagram product ) - Embedded within the app Why do we want to enter the edtech market? (Anything specific insight we have gained which we want to solve for?) - The creator's market is growing substantially and people want to gain knowledge on how to become successful in it. Are there any money or time con"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • +2

    "Sounds like both the features requests address different problems, although it should be clarified in my opinion. I'd try to dig deep into why the customers are raising the requests to uncover the pain points. Questions like the following would help: "How are you currently solving it?" "What does it mean for you in terms of Cost or productivity?" (based on the context of the product) "Have you searched for an alternative?" Descriptive answers for the above questions should tell us if the"

    Kapil P. - "Sounds like both the features requests address different problems, although it should be clarified in my opinion. I'd try to dig deep into why the customers are raising the requests to uncover the pain points. Questions like the following would help: "How are you currently solving it?" "What does it mean for you in terms of Cost or productivity?" (based on the context of the product) "Have you searched for an alternative?" Descriptive answers for the above questions should tell us if the"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • +6

    "Clarifying question to make sure that I'm analyzing the right feature - is this the notification bell that is in the Facebook app and site? (assume Yes) Tapping on it opens a drop-down that captures items and activities that the user should be aware of? (Yes) Ok, I believe I'm clear on which feature you're referring to. My approach: Customer problem and value proposition Meta's mission and north star metric Customer journey and notification bell use case Success metrics on value del"

    Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question to make sure that I'm analyzing the right feature - is this the notification bell that is in the Facebook app and site? (assume Yes) Tapping on it opens a drop-down that captures items and activities that the user should be aware of? (Yes) Ok, I believe I'm clear on which feature you're referring to. My approach: Customer problem and value proposition Meta's mission and north star metric Customer journey and notification bell use case Success metrics on value del"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Asana logoAsked at Asana 
    4 answers
    +1

    "A good answer is describing an experience where you either proposed something that was selected after discussion or an alternate approach was taken, or you disagreed with a decision and argued for something else, either successfully or not. A good answer would be you had cogent arguments, the decision went another way for some reason, and you then fully backed the decision (agree to disagree is another way of stating it). You did not take it personally and you fully committed to the deci"

    Mrinalini R. - "A good answer is describing an experience where you either proposed something that was selected after discussion or an alternate approach was taken, or you disagreed with a decision and argued for something else, either successfully or not. A good answer would be you had cogent arguments, the decision went another way for some reason, and you then fully backed the decision (agree to disagree is another way of stating it). You did not take it personally and you fully committed to the deci"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    11 answers
    +8

    "In my time at Snapp! I was in charge of communicating the product backlog to our CEO. We had a shared Jira board that he had access to and I made specifically for him. One day he saw me in the office and said he doesn’t know anything about our backlog and that’s because I failed to communicate with him. I got upset at first because of the fact that I made the dashboard exclusively for him. But I tried to ask questions to understand his point of view in depth. He then mentioned he doesn't have t"

    Ra R. - "In my time at Snapp! I was in charge of communicating the product backlog to our CEO. We had a shared Jira board that he had access to and I made specifically for him. One day he saw me in the office and said he doesn’t know anything about our backlog and that’s because I failed to communicate with him. I got upset at first because of the fact that I made the dashboard exclusively for him. But I tried to ask questions to understand his point of view in depth. He then mentioned he doesn't have t"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +9 more
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
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    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +5 more
  • Tinder logoAsked at Tinder 
    2 answers
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision with a lot of uncertainty.'

    "Looking into licensing data for users to match with the validity of their plans , to set up reporting okr's and metrics from the ground up and future problem sculpting for future feature additions I developed the metrics from the existing data tables , with uniform interpretation for datasets used across teams, keeping the modifications done in alignment with the requirements of the stakeholders. Hypotheses for licensing metrics was laid out in a defined manner where it was feasible to cherry"

    Aishwarya J. - "Looking into licensing data for users to match with the validity of their plans , to set up reporting okr's and metrics from the ground up and future problem sculpting for future feature additions I developed the metrics from the existing data tables , with uniform interpretation for datasets used across teams, keeping the modifications done in alignment with the requirements of the stakeholders. Hypotheses for licensing metrics was laid out in a defined manner where it was feasible to cherry"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    1 answer

    "This is a geometric variation of the "Sliding Window" technique. The core challenge is converting a 2D coordinate problem into a 1D linear problem using angles. The standard approach is the Angular Sweep. By converting the Cartesian coordinates (x,y) of every tree into Polar coordinates (specifically the angle θ), we can process the trees based on the direction they lie in relative to the observer. The Strategy Coordinate Translation: Calculate the relative coordinates (Δx,Δy) for"

    Ashish D. - "This is a geometric variation of the "Sliding Window" technique. The core challenge is converting a 2D coordinate problem into a 1D linear problem using angles. The standard approach is the Angular Sweep. By converting the Cartesian coordinates (x,y) of every tree into Polar coordinates (specifically the angle θ), we can process the trees based on the direction they lie in relative to the observer. The Strategy Coordinate Translation: Calculate the relative coordinates (Δx,Δy) for"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    54 answers
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a skill you recently learned.'
    +47

    "What are they looking for in the answer? "

    Astro S. - "What are they looking for in the answer? "See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • OpenAI logoAsked at OpenAI 
    3 answers

    "The adjusting context window size in LLM change trade off between reasoning capability, accuracy, computation cost. It influence how attention mechanist allocate resources across the input. Longer context window let it you input greater number of words and have more context to generate proper next token. However llms have lost in the middle issue. They remember the beginning of text and end of text but lost information located in the middle of long input. Another problem is Attention Dilution."

    Alex N. - "The adjusting context window size in LLM change trade off between reasoning capability, accuracy, computation cost. It influence how attention mechanist allocate resources across the input. Longer context window let it you input greater number of words and have more context to generate proper next token. However llms have lost in the middle issue. They remember the beginning of text and end of text but lost information located in the middle of long input. Another problem is Attention Dilution."See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Artificial Intelligence
    +4 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    9 answers
    +6

    "I use a data driven approach by ensuring there is a deep-dive on all alternatives. My approach to tradeoffs is around how to achieve the customer experience needed. I ensure there is an immediate path to green for a solution and a follow-up solution addressing the problem rightly."

    Syed I. - "I use a data driven approach by ensuring there is a deep-dive on all alternatives. My approach to tradeoffs is around how to achieve the customer experience needed. I ensure there is an immediate path to green for a solution and a follow-up solution addressing the problem rightly."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • +8

    "Assumptions Assume that the functionality of Meta Pay is the ability to send and receive payments to other Meta account holders. Payment infrastructure connects to bank accounts Assume users can maintain a balance in Meta Pay Assume life cycle of the product is post launch adoption phase Clarifying questions Can I send or receive payments to a meta user from a different platform? e.g., fb to IG > assume the answers is “yes” Where is it available? > Assume answer is “US” "

    Philip C. - "Assumptions Assume that the functionality of Meta Pay is the ability to send and receive payments to other Meta account holders. Payment infrastructure connects to bank accounts Assume users can maintain a balance in Meta Pay Assume life cycle of the product is post launch adoption phase Clarifying questions Can I send or receive payments to a meta user from a different platform? e.g., fb to IG > assume the answers is “yes” Where is it available? > Assume answer is “US” "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    9 answers
    +6

    "Couple of Clarification Questions to be asked are: Aim of the physical product Retention/Encourage Loyalty Attract new customers Collect customer Data outside of the Airbnb ecosystem for better advertising and customer focus User Base of Airbnb Solotravellers - traveling to new places for exploring/solo travel Business Travelers - Lot of business Travelers who own small/medium businesses and book their own travel can choose airbnb Family gr"

    Manas M. - "Couple of Clarification Questions to be asked are: Aim of the physical product Retention/Encourage Loyalty Attract new customers Collect customer Data outside of the Airbnb ecosystem for better advertising and customer focus User Base of Airbnb Solotravellers - traveling to new places for exploring/solo travel Business Travelers - Lot of business Travelers who own small/medium businesses and book their own travel can choose airbnb Family gr"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • +6

    "Clarifying questions I am assuming the time frame for this question is irrelevant as this is a hypothetical question? : Yes Is IG prioritising the creator side or the viewer side more at the moment? : What do you think? I think it should be a balance for the long term sustenance of the network Are all these reels and views in a particular geography or globally? : Globally What is the duration for which these Views are measured? Assume a day Do we know anything about other engagemen"

    Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions I am assuming the time frame for this question is irrelevant as this is a hypothetical question? : Yes Is IG prioritising the creator side or the viewer side more at the moment? : What do you think? I think it should be a balance for the long term sustenance of the network Are all these reels and views in a particular geography or globally? : Globally What is the duration for which these Views are measured? Assume a day Do we know anything about other engagemen"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • +3

    "clarification: does the 10% drop is happening in all the platform, or it just happened in mobile app/ website? or in certain geographical region? does the drop has seasonality effect like it also happened in the LY? is there any regulation changes affect the customer views, like more censor on the inapoprate content? are all type of posts impacted? like image, video, text? Is it a sudden drop or gradually drop overtime? Segment and localize the drop Break down by dimension: geography"

    Yuexiang Y. - "clarification: does the 10% drop is happening in all the platform, or it just happened in mobile app/ website? or in certain geographical region? does the drop has seasonality effect like it also happened in the LY? is there any regulation changes affect the customer views, like more censor on the inapoprate content? are all type of posts impacted? like image, video, text? Is it a sudden drop or gradually drop overtime? Segment and localize the drop Break down by dimension: geography"See full answer

    Data Scientist
    Data Analysis
    +1 more
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    41 answers
    Video answer for 'How would you build a product for movies on Facebook?'
    +37

    "Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind. I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product. The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres). An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"

    Elisa L. - "Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind. I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product. The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres). An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"See full answer

    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    14 answers
    +9

    "Clarify: Any specific types of groups (families or business)? Type of travel (air, train)? Global or domestic? Assumptions: Users have interest in travel. Content within Meta apps can help FB, whatsapp, Instagram. Have access to user data with travel preferences and budget. Resources to interact with travel businesses and institutions. Constraints: Users typically think of meta apps in the early discovery phase of travel, typically use travel company apps to complete experience e.g. booking,"

    Patrick W. - "Clarify: Any specific types of groups (families or business)? Type of travel (air, train)? Global or domestic? Assumptions: Users have interest in travel. Content within Meta apps can help FB, whatsapp, Instagram. Have access to user data with travel preferences and budget. Resources to interact with travel businesses and institutions. Constraints: Users typically think of meta apps in the early discovery phase of travel, typically use travel company apps to complete experience e.g. booking,"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • 42 answers
    +36

    "SELECT customer_id, order_date, orderid AS secondearliestorderid FROM ( SELECT order_id, customer_id, order_date, ROWNUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY customerid, orderdate ORDER BY orderid ASC) AS rank FROM orders ) WHERE rank = 2 ORDER BY orderdate, customerid `"

    Tiffany A. - "SELECT customer_id, order_date, orderid AS secondearliestorderid FROM ( SELECT order_id, customer_id, order_date, ROWNUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY customerid, orderdate ORDER BY orderid ASC) AS rank FROM orders ) WHERE rank = 2 ORDER BY orderdate, customerid `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
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