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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Tell me about a time when you were working on a project but discovered an opportunity to do something bigger and better. Did you pursue it and what was the outcome?
Program Manager
Behavioral
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Program Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Google • 10 months ago
You're working on a project where deadlines and targets are constantly slipping. How would you handle this?
Product Manager
Behavioral
1 answer
"First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking: What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making? Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip": What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope? What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment? Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"
Anastasiia V. - "First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking: What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making? Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip": What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope? What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment? Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"See full answer
Product Manager
Behavioral
Asked at AstraZeneca • 4 years ago
Describe a time when you played to win, did the right thing, and were entrepreneurial.
Technical Program Manager
Behavioral
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Technical Program Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Do you think Google should launch a driverless car service for children under 16 years old?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Manager
Product Strategy
Asked at IBM • 2 years ago
Design a grocery list app.
Product Manager
Product Design
1 answer
"My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"
Alessandra L. - "My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"See full answer
Product Manager
Product Design

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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design an emergency response system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Product Design
1 answer
Product Design
Asked at Apple • 2 years ago
Explain the sort function.
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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3 answers
"Sorting is a technique to arrange data in either increasing order or decreasing order, and, the function that implements this functionality is called sort function"
Farhan -. - "Sorting is a technique to arrange data in either increasing order or decreasing order, and, the function that implements this functionality is called sort function"See full answer
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Google • a year ago
Tell me about a time when differences in working styles between you and your direct report impacted work outcomes and speed.
Engineering Manager
People Management
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Engineering Manager
People Management
Asked at Microsoft, Workday • 11 days ago
What is your philosophy of Product Management?
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Product Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Amazon, Anomaly, Microsoft • a few seconds ago
What is your experience with machine learning?
Machine Learning Engineer
Technical
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2 answers
"That I had not been a PM for a formal ML product. But good models need sound data and my five years of sql writing and ensuring that DWHs and marts had the data they needed for reporting would be very relevant"
Tony C. - "That I had not been a PM for a formal ML product. But good models need sound data and my five years of sql writing and ensuring that DWHs and marts had the data they needed for reporting would be very relevant"See full answer
Machine Learning Engineer
Technical
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Asked at Google • 2 years ago
How would you address and manage pushback from upper management on a project you’re leading?
Product Designer
Behavioral
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Product Designer
Behavioral
Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
How do you design Amazon's Choice feature?
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Pinterest • 2 years ago
Explain the differences between ReLU and Sigmoid.
Machine Learning Engineer
Concept
1 answer
"Relu = 0 if > some threshold else x sigmoid normalizes to 0-1 asymptotically"
William M. - "Relu = 0 if > some threshold else x sigmoid normalizes to 0-1 asymptotically"See full answer
Machine Learning Engineer
Concept
Asked at Uber • 7 months ago
Build a hit counter that tracks the number of hits in the last 5 minutes, supporting multiple keys (e.g., “a”, “b”). Then, use this counter to implement a simple rate limiter.
Software Engineer
Coding
3 answers
"Build a counter using queue, one queue per service ("a", "b") and one with just timestamps to get the overall load. Build rate limiter service using the counter and interviewer asked if there rate limiter might use a different instance of a counter"
Chethan N. - "Build a counter using queue, one queue per service ("a", "b") and one with just timestamps to get the overall load. Build rate limiter service using the counter and interviewer asked if there rate limiter might use a different instance of a counter"See full answer
Software Engineer
Coding
Asked at Amazon • 2 years ago
Who is the most important person in your life and why?
Solutions Architect
Behavioral
1 answer
"My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"
Amparo L. - "My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"See full answer
Solutions Architect
Behavioral
Asked at Google, Toptal • 4 years ago
Discuss your release and branching strategy.
Software Engineer
Technical
2 answers
"I was able to come up a solution but I ran out of time."
Ashenafi B. - "I was able to come up a solution but I ran out of time."See full answer
Software Engineer
Technical
Asked at Meta • 2 years ago
Write a function that takes an array of integers and checks for duplicate values in any contiguous window of size N.
Machine Learning Engineer
Coding
1 answer
"Use an index, two pointers, and a set to keep track of elements that you've seen. pseudo code follows: for i, elem in enumerate(array): if elem in set return False if i > N: set.remove(array[i-N])"
Michael B. - "Use an index, two pointers, and a set to keep track of elements that you've seen. pseudo code follows: for i, elem in enumerate(array): if elem in set return False if i > N: set.remove(array[i-N])"See full answer
Machine Learning Engineer
Coding
Asked at Meta • 7 months ago
Is introducing Meta AI within Instagram DMs a good investment for Meta? If so, why? What are the goals you would set? What metrics would you track to see if it is working and to ensure product health?
Product Manager
Analytical
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1 answer
"Why is META AI important? Should company invest in it? What would be the goals and metrics for META AI. Meta AI -native AI infra layer embedded across FoApps( Insta, whatsapp, messenger, Ads) etc. AI is changing user behavior across different verticals, and is shaping how users will create or consume content in the near future. Leading players in this space: Google, OpenAI, and Claude. Not having Meta’s own AI would mean relying on these players to leverage AI capabilities. They get access to"
Anjali M. - "Why is META AI important? Should company invest in it? What would be the goals and metrics for META AI. Meta AI -native AI infra layer embedded across FoApps( Insta, whatsapp, messenger, Ads) etc. AI is changing user behavior across different verticals, and is shaping how users will create or consume content in the near future. Leading players in this space: Google, OpenAI, and Claude. Not having Meta’s own AI would mean relying on these players to leverage AI capabilities. They get access to"See full answer
Product Manager
Analytical
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design a product to connect college students.
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
You're creating a hotel for seniors, how would you design the lobby?
Product Design
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Product Design

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Tell me about a time when you were working on a project but discovered an opportunity to do something bigger and better. Did you pursue it and what was the outcome?

You're working on a project where deadlines and targets are constantly slipping. How would you handle this?

Describe a time when you played to win, did the right thing, and were entrepreneurial.

Do you think Google should launch a driverless car service for children under 16 years old?

Design a grocery list app.

Design an emergency response system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Explain the sort function.

Tell me about a time when differences in working styles between you and your direct report impacted work outcomes and speed.

What is your philosophy of Product Management?

What is your experience with machine learning?

How would you address and manage pushback from upper management on a project you’re leading?

How do you design Amazon's Choice feature?

Explain the differences between ReLU and Sigmoid.

Build a hit counter that tracks the number of hits in the last 5 minutes, supporting multiple keys (e.g., “a”, “b”). Then, use this counter to implement a simple rate limiter.

Who is the most important person in your life and why?

Discuss your release and branching strategy.

Write a function that takes an array of integers and checks for duplicate values in any contiguous window of size N.

Is introducing Meta AI within Instagram DMs a good investment for Meta? If so, why? What are the goals you would set? What metrics would you track to see if it is working and to ensure product health?

Design a product to connect college students.

You're creating a hotel for seniors, how would you design the lobby?

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