Execution Interview Questions

Exponent - "This question is a Diagnosis Question. Let's follow the template for answering Diagnosis Questions: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather context (with TROPIC method!) Establish a theory of probably cause Test theories Give a potential solution Summarize Ask Clarifying Questions Before we begin, it's important to ask clarifying questions if necessary. This question is quite straight forward so we may not have ma"See full answer

Varun J. - "Timeline and trends analyze period when the CTR was down Check external factors Seasonality and holidays Competitive factors Industry-wide changes Ad performance analysis Ad copy Product feed quality Pricing Promotions and discounts Audience targeting and segmentation Specific demographics? User segment? Device across mobile, desktop, and tablet Ad placement and auction insights Anything changed with ad placement?"See full answer

Shubh T. - "Clarifying Qns: Note: How do we define DAUs? Let's say it's open ended and based on general engagement (watch time, comments, etc.) Did the watch time went down and comments went up for the same videos or are we saying total watch time and total comments on Youtube? (Total) I am assuming we are not including Youtube Live videos because those are typically live chat 1000’s of comments for a single video. (Correct) Do we know if these two could be independent problems not correlated wit"See full answer

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

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

Sri H. - "First of all, are some of these hypothetical questions? Doesn't sound like a recent Meta Analytical/Execution and rather is a strategy question but you can lead someone from a decision to an execution, I guess!"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Opportunity cost, cost of improving the feature, and its's further benefits. Overall business objective, Business stage. [Let's say we haven't acquired much of the customers, so thinking about improving the service won't be a good idea. We should try to scale when it is required.]"See full answer

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

Geo J. - "check y the -ve effect - ask them to solve that."See full answer

Bhagya D. - "Situation: Narrated about a time when the decision favored the most important customer, but appeared to be at the cost of diluting my own company's brand value. Context: Provided additional context around why the ask from the customer is very critical for the customer. And why my leadership wasn't ready to jump on the gun as it was cannibalistic to our brand value. Response: I used data to explain why it is not going to be a big blow to our brand value. Used a counter metric to show that we h"See full answer

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

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