Interview Questions

Danyal R. - "Estimate the number of Instagram posts per day Assumptions: calculating for the US only Assumption for grid photos and not stories Equation Number of Instagram posts / day = users * frequency / 365 Break down components Assumption: instagram has 1 billion active user's across the world, let's assume there's 100 million active users in US But in a day there's likely only 50% of the active users on the app [30%] Casual Users - open the app 3-4 times a week but post once ever"See full answer

M A. - "Clarifying question - Fb Timeline is essentially my profile wall on FB where I can post content. My friends, friends of friends or other users of FB can come and view my profile and stay connected. Content that I post on my timeline, also gets cross posted on my friends feed. Is that understanding correct? Are there any new goals of change of product strategy that I need to be aware of? Motivation/Why - FB timeline is a mature product, but it still aligns very well with Meta mission of connec"See full answer

Kunkun D. - "When I was working as a project manager in the QVC, I was working with the marketing and content management team. We had two sets of customers, one was planners (a team that plan the product portfolio and decide which product should go at what time and the other team were called schedulers, this team add the commercial between each product description clip. Our team was responsible to create a UI for them to use the existing product clips from each episode and use them to create new episodes. T"See full answer

Poojitha V. - "Test"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Are we talking about the in stream auto video ads played? How is negative feedback affecting the metrics? Decrease in watch time? Other metrics affected? Since when are we observing the -ve feedback? What threshold were we fine with for -ve feedback? Is it observed across any particular geography, OS, device type? More details on what the -ve feedback says? Are we sure there are no technical issues/ systemic issues causing this, and it is indeed the auto play of ads"See full answer

Philong T. - "I was working with a developer and designer for a hackathon project. The designer created a landing page and my partner ended up building out the design. After deploying the project, the designer sent another landing page design in his feedback. My partner didn't have enough bandwidth to change the design because the project was due that morning and and asked me what I thought. I was already working on finishing up another problem, so I had to wait to answer back in order to focus my energy"See full answer

Jalpa S. - "def containSubString(mainString, SubString): s1 = "hello world" # main String s2 = "hello" s3 = "world" s4 = "Nothing" answer1 = containSubString(s1, s2) answer2 = containSubString(s1, s3) answer3 = containSubString(s1, s4) print(answer1 , answer2, answer) "See full answer

Ruth A. - "Spoiled food In a process I improved, I streamlined how tasks were assigned to reduce delays and confusion."See full answer

Umang S. - "I would start by asking what exactly is Yelp for Business or defining the product, which is a way for local businesses to host their listings, allow reviewers to post reviews, and potential for businesses to promote their listings/businesses via ads. Then would define the goal of the product - if I assume - to connect people with your business. Then the golden question - why do we want to improve? Have we seen a downward trend? Have we had user or business feedback? Is there a"See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "One possible product idea is to create a Layover Buddy app that connects travelers who have layovers at the same airport and helps them make the most of their time. The app would use Facebook’s data and features to match users based on their preferences, interests, and flight schedules. For example, the app could suggest users who are traveling to the same destination, who have similar hobbies or tastes, or who are looking for the same type of activity during their layover. The app would als"See full answer

Parth P. - "Establish more servers on regional bases or locally and move network traffic to these servers instead of keeping on one server."See full answer

Peter H. - "Google Glass, first released in 2014, failed spectacularly due to its well-publicized issues around privacy concerns. Few will forget the term 'glassholes' for those who use Google Glass ability to record everyday life, potentially without any permission from those being recorded. However, Augmented Reality is now much closer to the public imagination. Augmented reality will go through many iterations. Important for user acceptance is that the glasses look and feel just like normal glasses. Th"See full answer

Chakravarthy B. - "generally at the beginning of ever project the PgM has to come up with 5Ws & a H that translates in to a project charter. this forms the baseline expectations for a project to get kick-started."See full answer

Agyt J. - "Getting product requirements right first : -- Gmail App to be used only within 24 humans in Mars -- Mars is a very hostile environment with extremely low temperatures and zero O2. Hardware operating in sub zero temp. Hardware probably doesn't need cooling. Battery life is restricted. -- Assume that people would be wearing specialized suites. Visibility and Listening capability is ok, however, their ability to use their fingers is severely restricted -- Greatly voice enabled and a speaking app --"See full answer