Interview Questions

Jason C. - "The VR/AR industry is poised to explode and a wearable tech has steadily entered the mainstream. As a CEO of a healthtech startup, I would build a product that serves both industries - the 'middleware' between the plethora of smart watches / fitness trackers and the increasing number of VR/AR workout applications. This product would make it easy for apps to record key health metrics for their users without integrating with the countless wearable tech brands on the market."See full answer

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

M N. - "Clarifications: What type of food? Let's assume cloud kitchens for this exercise. Lyft's mission: Improve people's lives with the worlds's best transportation. Lyft aims to achieve this in 3 ways: Socially, economically and environmentally. We can see Lyft playing a part in the cloud kitchen ecosystem and create economic mobility. Chef, Food consumer . Lyft is connecting these two users. Usecases: 1) Individual chefs who might be resource-constrained. Eg: Refugees who are skilled but don't"See full answer

Aishwarya R. - "Need for this feature : A user who has to reach somewhere on time - probably someone commuting to the airport would use this feature. I would pilot this feature in a city where there is a high volume of users using uber to commute to the airport, as well as a high volume of drivers, so that we deliver on what we promise. There are 2 side to this - the end user side, and the driver side. To measure the success of this application, primarily, I would track the number of users who are booking sched"See full answer

Fabio E. - "First I would like to ask you some clarifying questions. Timeframe: do we consider a single given day? YES What is the definition of jogger? Running, not walking Is there a minimum distance? NO Do you count only the distance within the perimeter of central park or also the miles getting in and out of CP to my start location? ONLY CP Great, I would like to structure the problem this way. \# of aggregated miles run by jogger in a day in CP = # of joggers per day * av"See full answer

Scott S. - "The growth of remote work presented engineering managers with the unique problem of leading scattered teams. Keeping remote workers engaged, motivated, and productive can be a daunting endeavour, but with the appropriate tools and methods in place, it’s possible to bridge the gap caused by physical distance and establish a thriving work environment. One crucial part of managing remote or hybrid teams is good communication. Establishing clear routes of communication and setting expectations fo"See full answer

Jay B. - "This answer is absurd. No one just carries around South Africa political, socioeconomic, and demographic information in their back pocket to whip out on the spot during an interview. Stop with this unrealistic nonsense."See full answer

Esther S. - "Generally during the planning phase, I work with various teams to identify milestones and high level target date based on affinity sizing of the work. Based on that, I build a roadmap and if there are unforeseen issues/risks that may impact our target date, I flag it as a risk. For instance, if the teams are working on a project and there's an issue where a team states they need to extend out their target date and that impacts a dependent team, this will surely change the deliverable date for th"See full answer

Anonymous Unicorn - "input = [ {"topic": 1, "chapter": 1, "section": 1}, {"topic": 2, "chapter": 2, "section": 1}, {"topic": 3, "chapter": 2, "section": 2}, {"topic": 4, "chapter": 1, "section": 1}, {"topic": 5, "chapter": 1, "section": 1}, {"topic": 6, "chapter": 2, "section": 2}, {"topic": 7, "chapter": 2, "section": 2}, {"topic": 8, "chapter": 2, "section": 3}, ] expected_output = [ {'chapter': 1, 'sections': [ {'section': 1, 'topics': [ {'top"See full answer

Rahul S. - "Good"See full answer

Ravi P. - "First Example I in my role as a engineering manager were designing homepage widget where we showing , how much sales the seller has made today . We were listening to order placed event , and then aggregating this information and showing to seller , Now there were cases where a sellers order might have been cancelled be user or by the seller or due to some breaches , as this can happen through multiple different channels and which were not audited , There was no full proof way to cover all the e"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "One product that I am proud of and that has adjacencies to the wise product is a chatbot that I developed for a customer service team. The goal of the chatbot was to improve the efficiency of the customer service team by automating frequently asked questions and providing instant responses to customers. As the lead developer on the project, my role was to design and implement the chatbot using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques. This involved training the chatbot o"See full answer

JOBHUNTER - "def findAlibaba(countOfRooms, strategy): #countofrooms: num rooms #listRooms rooms to look for alibabba possiblePlaces = [] #initialize rooms for i in range(countOfRooms): possiblePlaces.append(True) for i in range(len(strategy)): roomToCheck = strategy[i] #Room is marked as unavailable possiblePlaces[roomToCheck] = False #Next day calculatins nextDayPlaces = [] for j in range(countOfRooms): nextDayPla"See full answer

Prachi N. - "When I joined my second Firm after my MBA, I was given a complex pilot project to manage end-to-end, despite having just about a year of experience. One client expressed concern about my limited experience and raised it to senior stakeholders. While I understood her concern, I decided to treat it as motivation rather than discouragement. I put extra effort into understanding the complex SAP designs, managed priorities carefully, and built strong relationships with stakeholders to gain their conf"See full answer