Interview Questions

Greg W. - "Equation = (# of phones sold in Africa every month * % pixel market share) Africa population = 1.5 billion Smartphone penetration = assume 50% Assume smartphone penetrations grows 1% per year Assume 2 year smartphone renewal cycle Current smartphone population = 1.5B x 50% = 750M Each year 50% of this populations gets a new phone = 375M 375M / 12 = ~31M per month New smartphone population each year = 1.5B x 1% = 15M 15M / 12 = ~1 per month 31M + 1M = 32M smartphones sold per month US mar"See full answer

Anonymous Moose - "Assumption US, not global. Two categories of masks: washable/reusable (cloth based) and disposable (surgical and N95) US population is about 300 million 100M households 3 per households** Cloth: on average 2 masks needed per person so they can wash it (2*3=6 masks per HH) 100M*6 = 600M cloth masks Disposable: of the 300M, assuming about 60% is essential workers. So about 300M*.6=180M are essential workers. Of the 180M, I would say abo"See full answer

Vaidehi P. - "Clarifying questions: Can you please clarify inflight ads? Are you referring to the Ads shown on the screens/TVs available for each seat on an airplane? Ans: Yes. International flights or domestic? Ans: You pick. ( I picked US domestic) Are you targeting any specific airline? Ans: No. All airlines. Any specific type of ads such as banner ads, video ads etc? Ans: Video We can calculate market size in two ways: By calculating number of flights flying per day in the US * seat avai"See full answer

Anonymous Warbler - "ATTEMPT 2: Facebook Dating Sign up for a dating profile if you have FB account You see profiles of others who signed up It’s presented in a form browse cards Like or Not like profile Like + Like = Match = Unlocks to exchange messages Meetup + Date Facebook Dating - Helping people meet to date -> potential connections or long-term partner or marriage Users Just to date / meet new people Look for a meaningful relationship Look for marriage or partners"See full answer

Christopher K. - "Clarifying/Requirements House hunting is something I'm familiar with as someone who has rented, owned, and invested in the past. When I was looking for a place to live, the stage of where my life plays an important factor in determining how I look for a place. Before I start, I would like to ask some clarifying questions for better context and understanding. Did FB release any app related to house hunting - No, this would be a completely new feature. Will this be a stand-alone or"See full answer

Anonymous Cheetah - "First profile the URL/Webpage to see which components are limiting/blocking the loading of Web page. Based on the observation, identify if it is the latency, server, network or the sheer number of elements that make up the page. Accordingly plan the optimization strategy."See full answer

VictorSage - "The critical data to forecast projects with greater accuracy are Remaining Estimated work, Customer needed date, Cost of Delay."See full answer

Alex S. - "A lot of things..."See full answer

Seetha R. - "i will try to find out the reason after that i will try to understand the project strength who is suitable for that position. If i am i will try to explain my strength and skill set otherwise i will contribute my skillset to the project."See full answer

Prashant B. - "Anonymity breeds honest & trustworthy responses. Readers find this relatable and feel motivated to share their story - which kicks off the UGC flywheel."See full answer

Sudhansu T. - "In Ideation phase, the below points should be concentrated on. Ideation Market research Competitor Analysis in the next phase it should be conceptualisation where we define the problem, find user persona and some of the feature priortization. Next phase has to be validation where we build the MVP, do user testing, Iterate. Then comes the prototyping, Development, QA, Marketing and Position. After which we launch the product. may be a soft launch first and the proceed to full launch"See full answer

William W. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by 'improve'? What part of Peloton's experience are we interested in improving? We want to improve the experience of setting up Peloton equipment after a customer has received it from our transportation provider. Is there a specific piece of equipment we're targeting? Bike, treadmill? Bike Why is Peloton interested in improving this part of the experience? What is the metric we are trying to drive? We have learned that custo"See full answer

Casey C. - "Determine the requirements Perform basic checks on the frontend before submitting to the server Length Check for invalid or required characters Client-side validation messaging Perform more advanced checks on the server if required Does the password include the user's name, etc Handle server-side validation messaging"See full answer