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  • Uber logoAsked at Uber 
    Security Engineer
    System Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Estimate how many potholes there are across the continental USA. Continental USA=? USA area: 9.834~9 Mn km² Considering 10% constitutes of water bodies Land: 8.1~8Mn km² Land will comprise of residential area, commercial area, inner roads and highways Residential area: 2.5% Commercial area:2.5% Inner roads: 2.5% Highways: 2.5% Barren Land: 30% Forest: 30% Grassland: 30% Highways don't have potholes. Also Barren Land and Forest will not be considered. So, Residential area: 2.5%= 0.2Mn"

    Saurao D. - "Estimate how many potholes there are across the continental USA. Continental USA=? USA area: 9.834~9 Mn km² Considering 10% constitutes of water bodies Land: 8.1~8Mn km² Land will comprise of residential area, commercial area, inner roads and highways Residential area: 2.5% Commercial area:2.5% Inner roads: 2.5% Highways: 2.5% Barren Land: 30% Forest: 30% Grassland: 30% Highways don't have potholes. Also Barren Land and Forest will not be considered. So, Residential area: 2.5%= 0.2Mn"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • "In a previous role as a Program Manager, I encountered a situation where we were halfway through a project aimed at streamlining our customer support operations. It became evident that a specific process we were implementing to manage customer inquiries and escalations was inefficient and causing delays. Recognizing the importance of addressing this issue promptly, I took the following steps: Assessment: First, I conducted a thorough assessment of the process to pinpoint the bottlenecks a"

    Anonymous Panda - "In a previous role as a Program Manager, I encountered a situation where we were halfway through a project aimed at streamlining our customer support operations. It became evident that a specific process we were implementing to manage customer inquiries and escalations was inefficient and causing delays. Recognizing the importance of addressing this issue promptly, I took the following steps: Assessment: First, I conducted a thorough assessment of the process to pinpoint the bottlenecks a"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • "I have not been at SFO airport but if it would have been a similar busy airport like Mumbai Airport I would use the following approach. Re-iterating the question: We are interested in improving the experience for users who drop their cars in airport parking. The experience in question starts from the moment they enter the parking area till the time they board the plane. Core metrics that define the experience for users: Time taken to board the flight from the time I reached at the parking z"

    Anubhav A. - "I have not been at SFO airport but if it would have been a similar busy airport like Mumbai Airport I would use the following approach. Re-iterating the question: We are interested in improving the experience for users who drop their cars in airport parking. The experience in question starts from the moment they enter the parking area till the time they board the plane. Core metrics that define the experience for users: Time taken to board the flight from the time I reached at the parking z"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Machine Learning Engineer
    Behavioral
  • "Clarification : What do you mean by fake drugs ? Ans : drugs that are counterfeit and not approved by the FDA. Intro / scope : Fake drugs is a big problem and can even lead to someone death. For this question I plan to focus on the US market and drugs that can be bought over the counter and does not need a doctor's prescription. For prescription drugs, pharmacists play a key role in ensuring the doctor's prescription correct and pharmacists can also police fake drugs. Therefore I will focus o"

    Niaz - "Clarification : What do you mean by fake drugs ? Ans : drugs that are counterfeit and not approved by the FDA. Intro / scope : Fake drugs is a big problem and can even lead to someone death. For this question I plan to focus on the US market and drugs that can be bought over the counter and does not need a doctor's prescription. For prescription drugs, pharmacists play a key role in ensuring the doctor's prescription correct and pharmacists can also police fake drugs. Therefore I will focus o"See full answer

    Product Design
  • "I'm so sorry I know a little about estimated answers"

    Emmanuel M. - "I'm so sorry I know a little about estimated answers"See full answer

    Behavioral
  • " Broke down the problem in this: Features scope API design Pseudo code for specific components Data model/schema Back-of-the-envelope calculations Reference links Link to whiteboard or diagram such as https://sketchboard.me/new Good luck! Considerations: Content could be potential large Older content should clean from the server URL: Pastebin.com/2324234 Features Scope: user can paste any text content .TXT, .HTML Limit on the amount content compress data and send over"

    Ayo A. - " Broke down the problem in this: Features scope API design Pseudo code for specific components Data model/schema Back-of-the-envelope calculations Reference links Link to whiteboard or diagram such as https://sketchboard.me/new Good luck! Considerations: Content could be potential large Older content should clean from the server URL: Pastebin.com/2324234 Features Scope: user can paste any text content .TXT, .HTML Limit on the amount content compress data and send over"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • "A DOS attack is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. Some mitigations would be knowing what normal and abnormal traffic is. Deploy Firewalls for sophisticated application attacks."

    Adriel W. - "A DOS attack is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. Some mitigations would be knowing what normal and abnormal traffic is. Deploy Firewalls for sophisticated application attacks."See full answer

    Security
    Technical
  • Shopify logoAsked at Shopify 

    "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking an e-commerce store. This should be relatively easy since we use e-commerce stores every day. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: 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 address these pain points differently and better? **How wo"

    Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking an e-commerce store. This should be relatively easy since we use e-commerce stores every day. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: 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 address these pain points differently and better? **How wo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Asana logoAsked at Asana 

    "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 unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope early on s"

    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 unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope early on s"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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"

    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

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "untuk mengurutkan daftar angka secara efisien saya akan menggunakan aplikasi pengolah angka yaitu excel dengan rumus rumus untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat pengurutan daftar angka"

    Isnadea soraya R. - "untuk mengurutkan daftar angka secara efisien saya akan menggunakan aplikasi pengolah angka yaitu excel dengan rumus rumus untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat pengurutan daftar angka"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Analytical
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    +5

    "Make current as root. 2 while current is not null, if p and q are less than current, go left. If p and q are greater than current, go right. else return current. return null"

    Vaibhav D. - "Make current as root. 2 while current is not null, if p and q are less than current, go left. If p and q are greater than current, go right. else return current. return null"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +4 more
  • "At Evernote and Wise, I've created a personalized approach for working more efficiently I've taught to coworkers with either our own proprietary software and off the shelf software. With Evernote, I did this by creating a hyper personalized templates for responding to customer concerns. With Wise, it's been a reworking of their traditional way of approaching Due Diligence and use of resources"

    Jeff M. - "At Evernote and Wise, I've created a personalized approach for working more efficiently I've taught to coworkers with either our own proprietary software and off the shelf software. With Evernote, I did this by creating a hyper personalized templates for responding to customer concerns. With Wise, it's been a reworking of their traditional way of approaching Due Diligence and use of resources"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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