Interview Questions

Exponent - "This question is a Diagnosis Question. Let's follow the template for answering Diagnosis Questions: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather context (with TROPIC method!) Establish a theory of probably cause Test theories Give a potential solution Summarize Ask Clarifying Questions Before we begin, it's important to ask clarifying questions if necessary. This question is quite straight forward so we may not have ma"See full answer

Shanti informatics - "Goals; Customer engagement/ acquisition; Persona: 60-70; User journey: Selecting the right flight → Adding details → Selecting the best coupon for payment; Web-Check in; At the airport: Luggage check-in; Boarding; Flight Travel; Arrival: Collecting the luggage from belt; I would be focusing on the first two steps: Selecting right flight + and web check-in → That seems the most challenging aspect an elderly; Pain Points/ Challenges: Selecting the right flight (Duration/ Pric"See full answer

Mohammad shahid S. - " Not Setting up the right expectation with users so that they come prepared and plan for application. Users should be informed in advance about the document required, kind of questions they can expect and average time they are going to spend. Inform about the money too if there is an application fee. Too many questions where users are suppose to write paragraphs Seeking sensitive mandatory information Reality is different from expectation setting Too long to too much time consum"See full answer

Laura U. - "productssold = set(transactions['productid']) unsoldproducts = products.loc[~products['id'].isin(productssold)] return unsold_products[["id", "name", "stock"]] `"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope early on s"See full answer

Jonas P. - "Searching for podcasts over topics is quite easy nowadays. However, usually we either don't find any podcasts interesting enough or are overwhelmed with choice. What really indicates what podcast we want to listen to at the moment is our mood, energy level etc. Additionally, we typically have some requirements, like being on the train and having one hour to spend, or only a five-minute interval while preparing breakfast. As such, I want an interface that lets me search for length. I want my"See full answer

Rahul J. - "LinkedIn as a platform is targeted primarily towards professionals who use it to search for and apply to jobs. Professionals can also share content like career updates, thought leadership, achievements etc. The business model of LinkedIn is twofold: Ads revenue in the content section Promoted job posts from recruiters Evaluate the business model of competitor and which customer unmet needs are they solving. Evaluate what impact is it having on our business - are DAU / WAU going down / job p"See full answer

Srilaxmi C. - "Alright kiddo, imagine you have a big box of LEGO bricks. Each brick is like a tiny tool that helps you build something special. Now, think about a game you love to play on your computer or phone. The people who make those games want to help other people make things that work with their games, like new levels or characters. So, they create something called an "SDK," which stands for "Software Development Kit." This is like a special set of LEGO bricks and instructions that they share with other"See full answer

Zaeem B. - "Hi Chris, this is John from CISCO. How have you been? This is with respect to our earlier communication regarding your order which was supposed to be completed by end Sep 24. Can you recall that conversation? Unfortunately, I am compelled to inform you that the shipment pertaining to your order is now delayed and the reason for that is severe climatic conditions in Chaina caused plant shut down there for several days. Hence we are expecting atleast a month of delay and we now expect to serve you"See full answer

Ananya M. - "What is the purpose of the scooters? (commuting outside office building , zipping across on the floor or for employees to be able to get to locations nearby e.g. lunch, coffee ) what kind of scooter are we talking about? something like lime bike? what is the shape of the building? , I long corridor rectangular in shape or oval corridor so I can go around. do the floors have any other facility like a moving walkway? are there food services in every floor? (assuming scooters aren't allow"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking an e-commerce store. This should be relatively easy since we use e-commerce stores every day. 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 wo"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your"See full answer

Lakshman B. - "As we can pass info to only one child at a time, I told that from any given node, we have to pass the info to that child(of this node) which has the largest subtree rooted at it. To calculate the subtree sizes, I used DFS. And then to calculate the minimum time to pass info to all the nodes, I used BFS picking the largest subtree child first at every node. I couldn't write the complete code in the given time and also made a mistake in telling the overall time complexity of my approach. I think t"See full answer