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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Situation: As a Product Manager at Cisco, I was leading the development of a new highly critical product for enterprise customers. Midway through the project, a key engineering team was reassigned due to an urgent security patch, leaving us understaffed with only six weeks left before a critical customer pilot. Task: I had to ensure the product launched on time without sacrificing key features, despite losing half of our engineering team. The challenge was to"

    fuzzyicecream14 - "Situation: As a Product Manager at Cisco, I was leading the development of a new highly critical product for enterprise customers. Midway through the project, a key engineering team was reassigned due to an urgent security patch, leaving us understaffed with only six weeks left before a critical customer pilot. Task: I had to ensure the product launched on time without sacrificing key features, despite losing half of our engineering team. The challenge was to"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Preparing for a significant security compliance change can be overwhelming. The most efficient way to achieve GDPR compliance is through interdepartmental collaboration and the use of technology solutions that automate and validate business needs such as policy compliance, data security and required reporting. As the deadline looms, most organizations should already have started assessing the business impact, devising a company-wide implementation plan and addressing additional resource needs. E"

    Mahesh L. - "Preparing for a significant security compliance change can be overwhelming. The most efficient way to achieve GDPR compliance is through interdepartmental collaboration and the use of technology solutions that automate and validate business needs such as policy compliance, data security and required reporting. As the deadline looms, most organizations should already have started assessing the business impact, devising a company-wide implementation plan and addressing additional resource needs. E"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    10 answers
    +7

    "Honestly, In addition to having the right expertise and skills required for this job, I am really looking forward to being part of this organisation’s journey. I am really confident that I will really exceed your expectations in achieving both mine and the company’s goals. I have worked with different teams in different capacities, managed a team of engineers successfully from very early part of my career and that has made me a very easy person to work with. I get things done easily. I am passio"

    Piyush D. - "Honestly, In addition to having the right expertise and skills required for this job, I am really looking forward to being part of this organisation’s journey. I am really confident that I will really exceed your expectations in achieving both mine and the company’s goals. I have worked with different teams in different capacities, managed a team of engineers successfully from very early part of my career and that has made me a very easy person to work with. I get things done easily. I am passio"See full answer

    Sales Representative
    Behavioral
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  • "Structure: 1. Ask Clarifying Questions 2. Look at external factors 3. Look at Internal factors ( Slice the data aross different cuts and plan accordingly) Clarifying Questions: What's an outbound message? Is it something Linkedin users send among each other? Decline trends: Is the decline steep or gradual? From when, are we seeing this decline (Say since a week, fortnight, month, etc) External Factors: Have we seen any competition led changes/ new campaigns etc? Have we see"

    Meenakshi sundaram M. - "Structure: 1. Ask Clarifying Questions 2. Look at external factors 3. Look at Internal factors ( Slice the data aross different cuts and plan accordingly) Clarifying Questions: What's an outbound message? Is it something Linkedin users send among each other? Decline trends: Is the decline steep or gradual? From when, are we seeing this decline (Say since a week, fortnight, month, etc) External Factors: Have we seen any competition led changes/ new campaigns etc? Have we see"See full answer

    Behavioral
    Analytical
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  • OpenAI logoAsked at OpenAI 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Netflix logoAsked at Netflix 
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    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
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    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
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  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
    4 answers
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    "I responded how capital one wants to help everyone have access to banking and change banking for the better for all. (Tying it to their mission statement) Leaned into this saying how I personally want to use my use my skills to help increase awareness to financial health for the community and serve the community that im a part of."

    Anonymous Hummingbird - "I responded how capital one wants to help everyone have access to banking and change banking for the better for all. (Tying it to their mission statement) Leaned into this saying how I personally want to use my use my skills to help increase awareness to financial health for the community and serve the community that im a part of."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    2 answers

    "Facebook's mission is to bring people closer. And sports is common language connecting people across the world. The joy of enjoying watching sports is with friends who also support the same team, cheer for them and trade facts about them. The product I would build is a live interactive sports app that a group of friends, though they are apart physically, can join into, chat and share happiness. The interactive sports app will stream live sports and allow users to create a community or group"

    Rishi P. - "Facebook's mission is to bring people closer. And sports is common language connecting people across the world. The joy of enjoying watching sports is with friends who also support the same team, cheer for them and trade facts about them. The product I would build is a live interactive sports app that a group of friends, though they are apart physically, can join into, chat and share happiness. The interactive sports app will stream live sports and allow users to create a community or group"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    Video answer for 'How would you talk a customer through price objections?'
    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
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  • Discord logoAsked at Discord 
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    "My style of inspiring / discovery sessions / brainstorming / execution guidance / upskiling the team has always been Outcome driven. Outcomes always took the central focus of our efforts, and hence easier prioritisation and a clarity on why a decision failed or succeeded. I take personal responsibility to help the teams to define outcomes if it is a complicated charter and for most help them fine tune the outcomes to keep them simple, progressive and aspirational."

    RestlessMonk - "My style of inspiring / discovery sessions / brainstorming / execution guidance / upskiling the team has always been Outcome driven. Outcomes always took the central focus of our efforts, and hence easier prioritisation and a clarity on why a decision failed or succeeded. I take personal responsibility to help the teams to define outcomes if it is a complicated charter and for most help them fine tune the outcomes to keep them simple, progressive and aspirational."See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    3 answers

    "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"

    Satish murthy D. - "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    1 answer

    "Situation - A time when I worked well on a team was while I was working with the larger team at Blade to do the redesign before their IPO. Essentially, we had a month to launch a redesign (both visual and UX) of the entire project Task - I was tasked to direct all design efforts and strategy for the mobile and web experience on blade - being a lead in the trifecta group. Action - Through effective teamwork, we all led strategy and championed our areas of product, design and engineering. As a"

    Ben G. - "Situation - A time when I worked well on a team was while I was working with the larger team at Blade to do the redesign before their IPO. Essentially, we had a month to launch a redesign (both visual and UX) of the entire project Task - I was tasked to direct all design efforts and strategy for the mobile and web experience on blade - being a lead in the trifecta group. Action - Through effective teamwork, we all led strategy and championed our areas of product, design and engineering. As a"See full answer

    Product Designer
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    19 answers
    Video answer for 'How do you consider the impact of your work on the world?'
    +14

    "this is not a helpful interview, she seems so unprepared, confusing, unable to netting it out :("

    Anonymous Giraffe - "this is not a helpful interview, she seems so unprepared, confusing, unable to netting it out :("See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • 2 answers
    Video answer for 'Why did you choose analytics as a career?'

    "Analytics as a career route was to problem solve and think out of the box , where I would be able to inculcate a data-driven thinking to finding solutions. Establishing a foundation and end to end analytical methodologies for giving recommendations for actionable outcomes useful for internal and external teams relying on these observations. Learning the procedure of how to source unstructured data and clean, impute, introduce variables to build impactful inferences."

    Aishwarya J. - "Analytics as a career route was to problem solve and think out of the box , where I would be able to inculcate a data-driven thinking to finding solutions. Establishing a foundation and end to end analytical methodologies for giving recommendations for actionable outcomes useful for internal and external teams relying on these observations. Learning the procedure of how to source unstructured data and clean, impute, introduce variables to build impactful inferences."See full answer

    Product Analyst
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • American Express logoAsked at American Express 
    4 answers
    +1

    "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"

    Elle M. - "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    2 answers

    "I responded with a project that I was a part of during my capstone class. I described how I used HTML, Python, and PostGRESQL in conjunction to create a functioning website using SCRUM."

    Kanishkan V. - "I responded with a project that I was a part of during my capstone class. I described how I used HTML, Python, and PostGRESQL in conjunction to create a functioning website using SCRUM."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
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