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  • "From my understanding there are many music apps focused on providing various services such as streaming, learning musical instruments, and collaboration among musicians. However,, there seems to be a gap in the area of emerging musicians getting discovered by producers or talent scouts. Considering this gap, we could design an app, “ StageLite ”, which allows budding musicians to upload clips of their performances. These can then be evaluated and rated by a community of users who can upvote good"

    Guna shekhar reddy B. - "From my understanding there are many music apps focused on providing various services such as streaming, learning musical instruments, and collaboration among musicians. However,, there seems to be a gap in the area of emerging musicians getting discovered by producers or talent scouts. Considering this gap, we could design an app, “ StageLite ”, which allows budding musicians to upload clips of their performances. These can then be evaluated and rated by a community of users who can upvote good"See full answer

    Product Design
  • "Clarification about the Google Web Answers, its goal, and vision for the next 4-5 years. Talk about the different user personas and the actions which they should take to achieve that vision. Finally replicating these actions and corresponding actions into metrics. Evaluate the different action if we there are any negative recursion about these metrics"

    Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification about the Google Web Answers, its goal, and vision for the next 4-5 years. Talk about the different user personas and the actions which they should take to achieve that vision. Finally replicating these actions and corresponding actions into metrics. Evaluate the different action if we there are any negative recursion about these metrics"See full answer

    Product Design
    Program Sense
  • Databricks logoAsked at Databricks 

    "You will need to start from Browser and go all the way up to Analytic systems and methods. Everything needs to be covered"

    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

    Technical Program Manager
    Execution
    +2 more
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "This problem tests your ability to make sense of strategic business decisions. Don't feel pressured to start speaking immediately — you should feel free to take a few moments of silence to come up with some sound arguments. This makes your answer sound more measured and thought through. For this question, there are a few lines of reasoning you can go with. Data > LinkedIn was, and still is, the largest professional social network on the web. Since almost every high-powered executive and senio"

    Exponent - "This problem tests your ability to make sense of strategic business decisions. Don't feel pressured to start speaking immediately — you should feel free to take a few moments of silence to come up with some sound arguments. This makes your answer sound more measured and thought through. For this question, there are a few lines of reasoning you can go with. Data > LinkedIn was, and still is, the largest professional social network on the web. Since almost every high-powered executive and senio"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Lyft logoAsked at Lyft 
    Product Design
    System Design
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  • Palantir logoAsked at Palantir 

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    Srikar T. - "e"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • " function diffBetweenTwoStrings(source, target) { /** @param source: string @param target: string @return: string[] */ let dp = new Array(source.length+1).fill().map(() => Array(target.length+1).fill(0)) for (let i = source.length; i>= 0; i--) { for (let j = target.length; j>= 0; j--) { if (i === source.length) { dpi = target.length - j } else if (j === target.length) { dpi = sou"

    Matthew K. - " function diffBetweenTwoStrings(source, target) { /** @param source: string @param target: string @return: string[] */ let dp = new Array(source.length+1).fill().map(() => Array(target.length+1).fill(0)) for (let i = source.length; i>= 0; i--) { for (let j = target.length; j>= 0; j--) { if (i === source.length) { dpi = target.length - j } else if (j === target.length) { dpi = sou"See full answer

    Data Structures & Algorithms
    Coding
  • New York Times logoAsked at New York Times 

    "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"

    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

    Software Engineer
    Coding
    +1 more
  • "Clarification Questions Do we need to calculate what we are seeing and processing or we want to process our unconscious thoughts in the memory as well? [You can have ] And we need to calculate the amount of storage for a person in single day? [Yes] For more product management interview experience https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High Level Formula = (24 hours - 6 hours of sleep(assuming no processing))([(4 hours of Concentration)(3.5 GB/hr analogous to movie playing at 108"

    Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Questions Do we need to calculate what we are seeing and processing or we want to process our unconscious thoughts in the memory as well? [You can have ] And we need to calculate the amount of storage for a person in single day? [Yes] For more product management interview experience https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High Level Formula = (24 hours - 6 hours of sleep(assuming no processing))([(4 hours of Concentration)(3.5 GB/hr analogous to movie playing at 108"See full answer

    Estimation
    System Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Clarify: who owns previous seasons? are we competing against them? Cost based: Cost >= Revenue generated Revenue = subscribers + advertisements subscribers = new subscribers (joining for the season) x avg spend on plan advertisements = total viewors (new + existing) x total season duration x ads/unit time x rev/ ad display Costs = pricing of the show + operational costs (data center cost + streaming cost) "

    Rev - "Clarify: who owns previous seasons? are we competing against them? Cost based: Cost >= Revenue generated Revenue = subscribers + advertisements subscribers = new subscribers (joining for the season) x avg spend on plan advertisements = total viewors (new + existing) x total season duration x ads/unit time x rev/ ad display Costs = pricing of the show + operational costs (data center cost + streaming cost) "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • BizOps & Strategy
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Machine Learning Engineer
    Concept
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Clarifying questions Key value proposition of the product: an app that the blind can use to hail taxi service. User type: fully blind people, based in the USA. Form Factor: Mobile app for iOS and Android Target market Mobility is a basic human need. Currently, blind people are either dependent on others OR have to compromise on being mobile. -> Importance of problem is high People need to visit multiple places in a day: work, leisure activities, social life etc. --> the frequency of"

    Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Key value proposition of the product: an app that the blind can use to hail taxi service. User type: fully blind people, based in the USA. Form Factor: Mobile app for iOS and Android Target market Mobility is a basic human need. Currently, blind people are either dependent on others OR have to compromise on being mobile. -> Importance of problem is high People need to visit multiple places in a day: work, leisure activities, social life etc. --> the frequency of"See full answer

    Product Design
  • Snap logoAsked at Snap 

    "Clarifications: Do we consider window for any building or only residences? I will ignore windows in cars for complexity reasons. Pardon my ignorance for not knowing the size and population of Tehran, Would you mind sharing some inputs or is it okay if pick some Randoms? Analysis: Tehran is ~300 sq. miles in terms of land area with an overall population of 9 MM with an average 3.5 members per household. _I will be moving with windows for residences only and then gut check my response"

    RockyBalboa - "Clarifications: Do we consider window for any building or only residences? I will ignore windows in cars for complexity reasons. Pardon my ignorance for not knowing the size and population of Tehran, Would you mind sharing some inputs or is it okay if pick some Randoms? Analysis: Tehran is ~300 sq. miles in terms of land area with an overall population of 9 MM with an average 3.5 members per household. _I will be moving with windows for residences only and then gut check my response"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "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

    Technical Program Manager
    Execution
    +1 more
  • "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Execution
    +2 more
  • "check y the -ve effect - ask them to solve that."

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

    Behavioral
    Analytical
    +1 more
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