"Situation- I was leading a product through a complete overhaul to a new replacement product, and at the same time had to maintain the old product.
Concern -
In the old product, the team was usually stuck 40-50% of the time in bug fixing
This could have hampered the velocity and GTM of the new product
Action
Localised the problem to one major component - Export and Import Function- had 90% contribution to the issues
Worked with the engineering team to diagnose the issue, the issue was i"
Umang S. - "Situation- I was leading a product through a complete overhaul to a new replacement product, and at the same time had to maintain the old product.
Concern -
In the old product, the team was usually stuck 40-50% of the time in bug fixing
This could have hampered the velocity and GTM of the new product
Action
Localised the problem to one major component - Export and Import Function- had 90% contribution to the issues
Worked with the engineering team to diagnose the issue, the issue was i"See full answer
"Payment system requirement assumption:
Need to be ACID
Amount limitation - some validation for max input size can be done at client level/ API level.
Need to store historic info - GDPR
The information to be stored for database assumed can be structured so RDBMS like mysql or Postgres
Notification requirement - if fail or success need to be text or email to user and or caller
Scalable - Assumption that it deals with critical transaction so Availability and Scalability requirement i"
Personal W. - "Payment system requirement assumption:
Need to be ACID
Amount limitation - some validation for max input size can be done at client level/ API level.
Need to store historic info - GDPR
The information to be stored for database assumed can be structured so RDBMS like mysql or Postgres
Notification requirement - if fail or success need to be text or email to user and or caller
Scalable - Assumption that it deals with critical transaction so Availability and Scalability requirement i"See full answer
"Clarification Question:
First I would like to clarify my understanding of AirBnB.
AirBnB is an online marketplace that lets people rent out their properties or spare rooms to guests. Airbnb takes 3% commission from hosts and around 6 to 12% from guests.
Now, I believe payment collection experience is related to the host so they can visualize everything around their payments.
Reason for designing this experience - to provide a better collection experience for hosts
Marke"
D S. - "Clarification Question:
First I would like to clarify my understanding of AirBnB.
AirBnB is an online marketplace that lets people rent out their properties or spare rooms to guests. Airbnb takes 3% commission from hosts and around 6 to 12% from guests.
Now, I believe payment collection experience is related to the host so they can visualize everything around their payments.
Reason for designing this experience - to provide a better collection experience for hosts
Marke"See full answer
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"The opening of people spending a lot time on Facebook is way too long. Almost half time of the video.
The analysis of Facebook business model should be very brief. People know Facebook business model.
Maximize the ads display while balancing the user experience is the key. She can drive to this point much faster.
Segmentation of user group feels irrelevant to the question.
I would answer the question in a different way.
Ads revenue is the single most revenue stream for Facebook. So we c"
Zhi C. - "The opening of people spending a lot time on Facebook is way too long. Almost half time of the video.
The analysis of Facebook business model should be very brief. People know Facebook business model.
Maximize the ads display while balancing the user experience is the key. She can drive to this point much faster.
Segmentation of user group feels irrelevant to the question.
I would answer the question in a different way.
Ads revenue is the single most revenue stream for Facebook. So we c"See full answer
"To answer this question I am going to first clarify the product offering and what ti does, talk about the goals for IG reels for Facebook, go through user actions and then come up with some key metrics to measure success of the product based on the goals.
Product Overview
IG reel allows creators to build short-form video with a bunch of different editing features and post that to their followers or to the broader IG network. It allows regular IG users to create their own content and build"
stash - "To answer this question I am going to first clarify the product offering and what ti does, talk about the goals for IG reels for Facebook, go through user actions and then come up with some key metrics to measure success of the product based on the goals.
Product Overview
IG reel allows creators to build short-form video with a bunch of different editing features and post that to their followers or to the broader IG network. It allows regular IG users to create their own content and build"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
"This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator.
Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook.
Briefly, the steps required are the following:
Migrate the database to support reactions
Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"
Exponent - "This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator.
Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook.
Briefly, the steps required are the following:
Migrate the database to support reactions
Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"See full answer
"A gas station is a place to refuel our cars to a set amount, pay for it, and get out.
What do we mean by great - do we want to revamp the experience of a gas station? Yes.
Who are we? Let's say we are one of the big oil dealerships in the US.
OK, so we are looking at building this in the US? Yes.
Is this for a specific type of gas station - for trucks, normal cars, or other special vehicles? Assume it's for normal cars.
We are a big oil dealership and we want to revamp our gas stations."
Gokul S. - "A gas station is a place to refuel our cars to a set amount, pay for it, and get out.
What do we mean by great - do we want to revamp the experience of a gas station? Yes.
Who are we? Let's say we are one of the big oil dealerships in the US.
OK, so we are looking at building this in the US? Yes.
Is this for a specific type of gas station - for trucks, normal cars, or other special vehicles? Assume it's for normal cars.
We are a big oil dealership and we want to revamp our gas stations."See full answer
"Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer
I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing
Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"
Adib M. - "Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer
I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing
Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"See full answer
"If this question was for a product manager;
I would approach it as I don't really know how actually these vehicles work.
I will try to simplify the concept and answer questions like why autonomous vehicles are exists and what is the purpose of them.
Autonomous vehicle is a vehicle can do some actions on behalf on a human and as main reason is to increase the safety, so to come up into how they work, I should identify the main actions that human does and prioritize it based on what they may"
Nouna J. - "If this question was for a product manager;
I would approach it as I don't really know how actually these vehicles work.
I will try to simplify the concept and answer questions like why autonomous vehicles are exists and what is the purpose of them.
Autonomous vehicle is a vehicle can do some actions on behalf on a human and as main reason is to increase the safety, so to come up into how they work, I should identify the main actions that human does and prioritize it based on what they may"See full answer
"I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user.
To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolut"
Ross B. - "I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user.
To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolut"See full answer
"Since success metrics is a very broad term, to dive deep into WCS - What constitutes success.
What is the objective of the company/product, north star/mission of the organization or product?
Dependent on the company, market, the industry they play in.
As an example: Facebook's mission is now empowerment, bringing the people together and giving them the power to build communities. Every part of its product aligns in one way or other with this goal. Be it, its Web/Mobile platform, Instagram,"
Pm P. - "Since success metrics is a very broad term, to dive deep into WCS - What constitutes success.
What is the objective of the company/product, north star/mission of the organization or product?
Dependent on the company, market, the industry they play in.
As an example: Facebook's mission is now empowerment, bringing the people together and giving them the power to build communities. Every part of its product aligns in one way or other with this goal. Be it, its Web/Mobile platform, Instagram,"See full answer
"This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them.
I think my three greatest strengths are:
Empathy
Openness to feedback
Drive
And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are:
Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting
Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time
Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"
Adam M. - "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them.
I think my three greatest strengths are:
Empathy
Openness to feedback
Drive
And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are:
Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting
Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time
Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"See full answer