Interview Questions

Josh L. - "I would define success by first figuring out what our goal is by building the reels feature. Are we trying to increase DAUs? Increase enagement? Etc... For the sake of this, I think to define success it makes most sense to see if there is an increase in the amount of time users are spending on instagram. If time spent per user increases, it is likely that ad spend can increase and in turn increases instagram's reveue. We need to be sure that there are guard rails in place and make sure that by"See full answer

Chozhls - "Product planning requires a strategic approach that balances customer needs, market trends, and business objectives. Here's a structured framework I recommend: Discovery:Understand the Market: Conduct in-depth market research to identify customer needs, pain points, and competitive landscape. Define User Personas: Create detailed user personas to understand your target audience's behaviors, goals, and challenges. Analyze the Problem: Clearly articulate the core problem your product aims to"See full answer

Kegomoditswe R. - "oracle"See full answer

Jatin S. - "A project charter is a formal document that authorizes a project and outlines its objectives, scope, stakeholders, and key details. It serves as an agreement among stakeholders and provides a clear foundation for the project by defining what needs to be done and why. Typically, the project sponsor issues the project charter to the project manager or team, formally initiating the project. A project charter typically includes the following key elements to ensure a comprehensive and clear unde"See full answer

Kasturi K. - "What do you mean by smart lock. It is home locking system or digital locks Assuming it refers to home solutions that Google wants to get to build Customers Homeowners/ Rental Hotels Banks Vehicles Shops Each of the customer segments are good. Let’s investigate some of their characteristics Homeowners/ Rental – Huge Market as every urban house has a need. Hotels – Again the need is very high. Affordability is high. Low desirability to change existing set up. Banks – No"See full answer

Arya R. - "I'm going to assume the problem is limited until the point of where the rider get into the car. Rider segments/characteristics: Local rider (lives and travels in the same city) Tourist rider (visiting a city, using Lyft for the first time in the city) Lets think about some problems for these types of users: Local rider: (Choose to prioritize on these use-cases assuming its a larger % of rides overall) Ride shows as confirmed, but driver does not move on the map Driver does"See full answer

Kalaivani S. - "questions: definition of Corporate employees - people who are working for one particular comapny in same location ride sharing app - what is this app for ? I am assuming this is for employees to share Vehicle to commute to and from office - is that correct ? desktop or mobile app ? ios or android ? Timeline ? Resource constraints ? US only or global ? language - English or any other needs to be covered ? Do you want to develop this app to remove friction in employees commute ? and offer flexibil"See full answer

Jiin S. - "I would firstly see what's the trend of the sales by monthly, daily, and yearly to see when was the decline started and what happened during that time. I would also look at the sales by different customer or product segmentation to see what segment had the most decline in sales. Then, I would make some hypothesis where like for this age range customers with this product segment had a decline in sales due to XXX and we would increase the sales by YYY with this new feature. Then I would design the"See full answer

Arnab S. - "didnt know what thumbtack is, apologies for that. looked it up, seems like their line of business is marketplace. their website is down though, bummer! starting with a cohort analysis then taking it from ther; internal reach out to the data team and find out the root cause Demand Side WoW definition? in my understanding if w1 revenue = $100,000, w2 = $96,000, w3 = $92000 and so on. But revenue is calculated as a sum of existing users and new users WoW. analyse duration when this d"See full answer

Ozark - "Tiktok should not be banned in the US. It is against the free market ethos of a capitalistic economy like the US. Competition can help other tech companies like Google, Meta and Snap to build better products by incentivizing them to constantly improve and innovate in order to stay ahead of their rivals. In a competitive market, companies must constantly seek to develop new and better products and services in order to attract and retain customers. This can lead to a cycle of innovation, as compa"See full answer

Dawn H. - "discover what feature solves the biggest human pain point and has the lowest LOE for the highest ROI. Start there and then build a low-fi prototype to test that theory and gain user insights to drive any additional solutions discovery work, ensuring that you are building the right product at the right time, for the right audience."See full answer