Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question that's quite specific. Here, we're asking to not only improve Slack, but particularly how they allow collaboration on their platform. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions"See full answer

productchamp - "Volume of Boeing 747 / Volume of 1 ping pong ball; subtract the estimated ping pongs in the fuel tank to fine tune"See full answer

Natalie C. - "I walked through the code for a react.js based tic-tac-toe game written in typescript. The goal was to find ways to improve the code/ suggest improvements. I missed some areas like where state was being updated directly rather than using React's setState. There were issues around clear and maintainable logic, adherence to React best practices."See full answer

Ridhima R. - "This cannot be answered as a black and white question. It has to be a careful mix of both. If we are delivering a product that is time-sensitive, and we have customers waiting for it, we would rather ship a product quickly with lesser features (MVP) and keep building on it later. But if we can delay our product release to the market by a couple of weeks, then we rather work on getting all the features right and delivering it."See full answer

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

Ashwin K. - "My strategy has always been to observe the existing systems and people in a company that I go into for 2-3 months before making any drastic changes. In this time, I build relationships one on one and understand each role in the overall system. I also put each of these stakeholders at ease by letting them know that I'm not a threat and have approachable discussions. Once I reach a comfortable level, I pose questions and ask them for solutions. That way, I have seen that the problem also get solve"See full answer

Erjan G. - "i said there is hashed, clustered, non-clustered"See full answer

Oded W. - "Pango Bit waze"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "An operating system like Android Go for low-powered devices. Slimming of application like Google Go or Gmail Go which is focused on the emerging markets. Strategic partnership with local telecom companies to provide free wifi to emerging or markets with low data. For example -> Facebook partnered with JIO in India to make the internet penetration more deep. "See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your equat"See full answer

Anonymous Stork - "AWS"See full answer

Indranil G. - "Are we also considaring the office buildings or only houses? Both So we know the NYC land area is 1254 sqkm 1 square kilometer = 247.105 acres that means 1254 sqkm will be = 309870 acr ( rounding) So this is total space, in this say living area is 80% that means 80% * 309870 = 247896 acrs In this 60% residential which will be 148738 acrs residential area and rest is 99158 acres are business blocks Menas (148738/247) =602 sq km =602178 sq mtr residential and 401449 sq mtr for busine"See full answer

Dewi A. - "Firs I am going to look over if the usability dropped are occurred across platform (if the tools can be accessed from multiple platform), if the dropped are only happened in one platform, then we need to fix supporting technology of the tools. If the dropped are happening across platform then I am going to check tracking metrics of the tools. Following are metrics that I am going to consider: Tools Usability - See if the tools are functioning well to accommodate user action; If it turns out"See full answer