"i asked if she meant operations business analytics metrics.. she clarified that she meant operational/stability metrics.. i explained that i used dynatrace to monitor the product and she said i want to know about SLAs etc. she was looking for the words SLA SLO and SLI.. i then explained SLA 99.99% various SLO's contributed to it like system uptime, continous testing of business functions, and incident mgmt metrics."
Sayee M. - "i asked if she meant operations business analytics metrics.. she clarified that she meant operational/stability metrics.. i explained that i used dynatrace to monitor the product and she said i want to know about SLAs etc. she was looking for the words SLA SLO and SLI.. i then explained SLA 99.99% various SLO's contributed to it like system uptime, continous testing of business functions, and incident mgmt metrics."See full answer
"This is a Diagnosis Question. The goal of Diagnosis questions is to test whether the interviewee is organized and logical in their product approach. It also tests whether the PM is exhaustive in causes for decreases and whether they provides realistic solutions to the problem.
Let's follow the Diagnosis Question formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Propose high level reasons for a drop
Gather context (TROPIC)
Establish a theory of probable cause
Test theories
"
Exponent - "This is a Diagnosis Question. The goal of Diagnosis questions is to test whether the interviewee is organized and logical in their product approach. It also tests whether the PM is exhaustive in causes for decreases and whether they provides realistic solutions to the problem.
Let's follow the Diagnosis Question formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Propose high level reasons for a drop
Gather context (TROPIC)
Establish a theory of probable cause
Test theories
"See full answer
"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
"
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
"Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers!
Expected Outcome:
Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want?
Features: What features will you build?
Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version?
After you have decided on the MVP:
Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker?
Design: How does your new fea"
Varun J. - "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers!
Expected Outcome:
Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want?
Features: What features will you build?
Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version?
After you have decided on the MVP:
Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker?
Design: How does your new fea"See full answer
"I talked about how I request filtered using data and friendly escalated to keep the program on track. Also, delved deep into the tech stack to identify the areas where we need extra coverage and negotiated resources to handle those areas."
Rajesh P. - "I talked about how I request filtered using data and friendly escalated to keep the program on track. Also, delved deep into the tech stack to identify the areas where we need extra coverage and negotiated resources to handle those areas."See full answer
"I have softened recruited people through LinkedIn. People from LinkedIn are more than happy to share their feedback on new products and features and to my surprise, I also saved a lot of company money on recruiting through services and offered Amazon vouchers to participants instead."
Guru M. - "I have softened recruited people through LinkedIn. People from LinkedIn are more than happy to share their feedback on new products and features and to my surprise, I also saved a lot of company money on recruiting through services and offered Amazon vouchers to participants instead."See full answer
"Firs I am going to look over if the usability dropped are occurred across platform (if the tools can be accessed from multiple platform), if the dropped are only happened in one platform, then we need to fix supporting technology of the tools. If the dropped are happening across platform then I am going to check tracking metrics of the tools. Following are metrics that I am going to consider:
Tools Usability - See if the tools are functioning well to accommodate user action; If it turns out"
Dewi A. - "Firs I am going to look over if the usability dropped are occurred across platform (if the tools can be accessed from multiple platform), if the dropped are only happened in one platform, then we need to fix supporting technology of the tools. If the dropped are happening across platform then I am going to check tracking metrics of the tools. Following are metrics that I am going to consider:
Tools Usability - See if the tools are functioning well to accommodate user action; If it turns out"See full answer
"This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Brainstorm small improvements
Brainstorm bolder improvements
Measure success
Summarize
Now, let's begin!
Ask clarifying questions
Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"
Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Brainstorm small improvements
Brainstorm bolder improvements
Measure success
Summarize
Now, let's begin!
Ask clarifying questions
Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"See full answer
"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"
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
"I would think about the following
Inventory make up
Localization for Quebec
Device type distribution
Price comparison algorithm is tuned correctly
Dealer’s ability to merchandise their products
The answer is thinking through all these potential issues with the car buyer funnel to identify why potential buyers in Canada are converting at a lower rate.
"
Brad G. - "I would think about the following
Inventory make up
Localization for Quebec
Device type distribution
Price comparison algorithm is tuned correctly
Dealer’s ability to merchandise their products
The answer is thinking through all these potential issues with the car buyer funnel to identify why potential buyers in Canada are converting at a lower rate.
"See full answer