Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is posed as a tricky question at first, but we can actually approach this very similarly to a Favorite Product question. It's always good to start with identifying what type of problem you're tackling. The problem we need to tackle is essentially a variation on a Favorite Product Question: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? **How does this product addr"See full answer

Danis M. - "My advice is to accept the situation even if it is late"See full answer

Nishtha - "How much does the Empire State Building weigh? I will estimate the weight of the Empire State Building using a structured approach. I’ll start with clarifying questions, define an equation, make reasonable assumptions, perform calculations, and address trade-offs and potential errors. Clarifying Questions To refine the scope, I considered: How many floors does the Empire State Building have? What is the area per floor? What materials are used (e.g., steel, concrete)"See full answer

1036 loknadh R. - "No ,MSE is suitable for only regression modes. Although the logistic regression in Its name has regression , but it is a classification problem so MSE is not suitable for classification models like logistic regression."See full answer

Abdul K. - "Clarification questions: a. Is this platform like YouTube to post cooking videos by homechefs? b. Is this like Doordash where homechef’s can sell home cooked food? Response: Feel free to assume. I’m assuming to build a marketplace platform where homechef’s can sell their home cooked food. c. Are we looking to build a webapp/mobile native app Response: Mobile native app (iOS and Android) d. Which markets are we focusing on? Global or North America or USA **Response: I would focus on"See full answer

Abel alejandro H. - "I asked for clairication on what region in the world we were focusing on and I settled on the United States. I asked for clarification on the type of doctors and for what kind of patients and that was left up to me. I landed on any patient looking to find a doctor for "Preventive Medicine" given that the US is hurting on that. The pain points were around expensive/payment methods, access & lacking knowledge to know what kind of doctor is best for each person. I spent too much time here and had l"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything if things are unclear. Since this ask is quite straightforward"See full answer

Anubhav A. - "Start at 4.01 pm Clarifying question: A non-profit food bank is responsible for providing food to people who cannot afford it. The food bank is engaged with world-level food problems, or is there a particular geography that gets all the focus? Are we interested in particular demographics like only kids or only adults? What is the goal of this food bank? Objective: Coming up with a framework to prioritise different channels where this money can be spent to achieve the large goal that"See full answer

Divya K. - "You will need to start from Browser and go all the way up to Analytic systems and methods. Everything needs to be covered"See full answer

Gaurav C. - "Understand what the underlying pain point is, the context behind the question See if there is something we can say in the short term that answers a part of the question and reduces anxiety Take this feedback to the team to improve how we communicate to customers in future."See full answer

Yatin K. - "I conducted an in-depth analysis of FedEx's business model, focusing on their primary operations which encompass pickup, transit, and delivery. I evaluated potential metrics across each stage, aiming to determine the most pertinent one for operational insights. Initially, I proposed using the Fulfillment Ratio, calculated as the number of successful deliveries divided by the expected deliveries, to measure performance. However, the interviewer pointed out this metric's retrospective nature and"See full answer

1rn19ec058 P. - "a 3 year project can broken down into several sprints which includes the core functionalities as well as the customer excitement features like design, aesthetics and smoothness of the transitioning of different features, while handling a 3 week project we must first priortise what features needs to be included and what features can be delayed and what impact the feature that needs to be included derive and but one common thing that would be included while handling both the projects would be thor"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

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

Debajyoti B. - "Assuming we have to consider sms sent by people & not company messages, promotions etc Total population of USA- 300 mil Poverty rate- 10% Remaining 270 mil Avg members per household- 4 Total households- approx 70 mil Kids(25) prefer whatsapp over traditional messaging nowadays unless absolutely necessary, so fo"See full answer