"Clarifying Questions
What is meant by art-related product? Is it a product where art can be shared by creators and viewed by viewers? Yes
What is art? It can be painting, song, video creators etc.
Meta
Mission: To form a worldwide community
Goals:
Brings creators and viewers worldwide
To strengthen the Meta community
Strengths
Social network
Users
Creators (L, L, L)
Viewers (L, L, L)
User Journey
1."
Shiv C. - "Clarifying Questions
What is meant by art-related product? Is it a product where art can be shared by creators and viewed by viewers? Yes
What is art? It can be painting, song, video creators etc.
Meta
Mission: To form a worldwide community
Goals:
Brings creators and viewers worldwide
To strengthen the Meta community
Strengths
Social network
Users
Creators (L, L, L)
Viewers (L, L, L)
User Journey
1."See full answer
"Clarifying questions
Define ride sharing app: An app for people who wish to go from one place to another and they prefer to share the ride with fellow riders who are heading to the common route. This app provides a way to book a shared cab or Auto.
Type of rides: Does not include luxury cars
We are trying to enhance customer experience by ensuring less cancellations from user's side rather then cancellation from driver's side.
No timelines involved
Need to consider competitors"
Madhuri J. - "Clarifying questions
Define ride sharing app: An app for people who wish to go from one place to another and they prefer to share the ride with fellow riders who are heading to the common route. This app provides a way to book a shared cab or Auto.
Type of rides: Does not include luxury cars
We are trying to enhance customer experience by ensuring less cancellations from user's side rather then cancellation from driver's side.
No timelines involved
Need to consider competitors"See full answer
"Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"
Rajdeep J. - "Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"See full answer
"We'll consider cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, convenience, and scalability. Here are key metrics and trade-offs to consider:
Cost Metrics
Operational Costs: Compare the direct costs associated with operating each mode of transit, including vehicle maintenance, fuel or energy, and driver salaries.
Subsidization Level: Assess how much subsidy each option requires per ride or per passenger to remain free or low-cost to employees.
Cost Efficiency: Analyze the cost p"
Siddhant S. - "We'll consider cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, convenience, and scalability. Here are key metrics and trade-offs to consider:
Cost Metrics
Operational Costs: Compare the direct costs associated with operating each mode of transit, including vehicle maintenance, fuel or energy, and driver salaries.
Subsidization Level: Assess how much subsidy each option requires per ride or per passenger to remain free or low-cost to employees.
Cost Efficiency: Analyze the cost p"See full answer
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"I used the GAME method.
Started first with defining the product and setting the mission and goal for Zoom. Stated that the product grew in popularity in 2020-2021 for both business and personal use, but since lockdown ended, shifted to business use. Goal is to effortlessly and seamlessly connect people anywhere. Focused on the business use case and stated Zoom makes revenue through contracts signed with various enterprises. Due to maturity of the product and business focused, said it make"
Jeffrey F. - "I used the GAME method.
Started first with defining the product and setting the mission and goal for Zoom. Stated that the product grew in popularity in 2020-2021 for both business and personal use, but since lockdown ended, shifted to business use. Goal is to effortlessly and seamlessly connect people anywhere. Focused on the business use case and stated Zoom makes revenue through contracts signed with various enterprises. Due to maturity of the product and business focused, said it make"See full answer
"Explained the charts with using
Scatter Plot with Size and Color Encoding
X-axis: Ride duration (in minutes).
Y-axis: Total fare (in dollars).
Point size: Encodes the star rating (e.g., larger points for higher ratings).
Point color: Indicates whether the rating is favorable (green) or unfavorable (red).
Heatmap for Correlation Analysis
Why: Heatmaps are ideal for quickly identifying patterns and correlations between variables.
How:
Create a heatmap matrix where rows represent ride durat"
Saisandeep M. - "Explained the charts with using
Scatter Plot with Size and Color Encoding
X-axis: Ride duration (in minutes).
Y-axis: Total fare (in dollars).
Point size: Encodes the star rating (e.g., larger points for higher ratings).
Point color: Indicates whether the rating is favorable (green) or unfavorable (red).
Heatmap for Correlation Analysis
Why: Heatmaps are ideal for quickly identifying patterns and correlations between variables.
How:
Create a heatmap matrix where rows represent ride durat"See full answer
"Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind.
I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product.
The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres).
An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"
Elisa L. - "Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind.
I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product.
The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres).
An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"See full answer
"Assumptions and Clarifications!
1 . What is the aim? increase monetization or to just provide easy accessible food for customers
2.What are the supposed items to be available in the vending machines?
3.How many Vending Machines per hotel if more than 1 Can we add different items in the machines or are they supposed to be similar?
4.Which company is looking to Design this machine?Is it google? Or some other company?
5.These machines should they be available to paying guests or visitors or bot"
Prabhav G. - "Assumptions and Clarifications!
1 . What is the aim? increase monetization or to just provide easy accessible food for customers
2.What are the supposed items to be available in the vending machines?
3.How many Vending Machines per hotel if more than 1 Can we add different items in the machines or are they supposed to be similar?
4.Which company is looking to Design this machine?Is it google? Or some other company?
5.These machines should they be available to paying guests or visitors or bot"See full answer
"Netflix is a OTT platform that streams content , TV shows, movies documentaries, to the subscriber's of Netflix. Netflix has approximately 90 million subscribers in USA alone and Netflix's revenue is generated based on their subscriptions. The user buys Netflix subscription, logs in , opens profile and opens the home page of Netflix.
1. Confirmation of the Assumptions
Homepage Definition: The homepage is the screen users see after logging into their profile, showing tailored recom"
Hari priya K. - "Netflix is a OTT platform that streams content , TV shows, movies documentaries, to the subscriber's of Netflix. Netflix has approximately 90 million subscribers in USA alone and Netflix's revenue is generated based on their subscriptions. The user buys Netflix subscription, logs in , opens profile and opens the home page of Netflix.
1. Confirmation of the Assumptions
Homepage Definition: The homepage is the screen users see after logging into their profile, showing tailored recom"See full answer
"Questions:
Should we consider US or Global?
Is there any existing market insights/research around driverless cars adoption?
Can we assume that driverless car technology is production / public ready by 2025?
Is this focus on commercial or consumer use?
Assumption:
Let's look at US to start for our estimation since Driverless car regulation and adoption trend will probably differ per country
Let's also assume we want to estimate market size for driverless cars in 2025 for consume"
Mark - "Questions:
Should we consider US or Global?
Is there any existing market insights/research around driverless cars adoption?
Can we assume that driverless car technology is production / public ready by 2025?
Is this focus on commercial or consumer use?
Assumption:
Let's look at US to start for our estimation since Driverless car regulation and adoption trend will probably differ per country
Let's also assume we want to estimate market size for driverless cars in 2025 for consume"See full answer
"I like chatgpt for the following users
Getting industry references are easy and time saving
Getting recommendations is very easy
Responses are accurate
I use chatgpt to get feedback on content and identify gaps in my documentation or thought process
I use chatgpt as a search engine and to get conscise situation based information.
Chatgpt offers varierty of other tools in the explore version where similar users can create different content
PRD template
Chatgpt users
1."
Shraddha D. - "I like chatgpt for the following users
Getting industry references are easy and time saving
Getting recommendations is very easy
Responses are accurate
I use chatgpt to get feedback on content and identify gaps in my documentation or thought process
I use chatgpt as a search engine and to get conscise situation based information.
Chatgpt offers varierty of other tools in the explore version where similar users can create different content
PRD template
Chatgpt users
1."See full answer
"Clarifying question: may I assume that this would be for all new units that Roku would be selling? Ie. they wouldn't be sending new remotes to existing Roku customers? (assume interviewer agrees)
Here's how I would approach this analysis:
Identify purpose and value of this button for customers
Identify the purpose and value for HBO/Max and Roku
Posit: HBO should be willing to pay up to the value that HBO/Max gets minus potential discount by Roku for the value that Roku would get
Pre"
Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question: may I assume that this would be for all new units that Roku would be selling? Ie. they wouldn't be sending new remotes to existing Roku customers? (assume interviewer agrees)
Here's how I would approach this analysis:
Identify purpose and value of this button for customers
Identify the purpose and value for HBO/Max and Roku
Posit: HBO should be willing to pay up to the value that HBO/Max gets minus potential discount by Roku for the value that Roku would get
Pre"See full answer
"Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens:
You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser.
Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com
[Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts
‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website
Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"
Jasmin R. - "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens:
You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser.
Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com
[Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts
‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website
Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"See full answer
"Answering only estimation portion for practice (for some reason after submitting the formatting is unorganized)
clarification and assumptions
can I assume this grocery store location is called Greens
can I assume that self-checkout means that customers checks out without assistance?
can I assume that cashier checkout means that cashier assists customers with checkout?
can I assume that ratio means how man self-checkouts should be place at this grocery store compare"
Ama M. - "Answering only estimation portion for practice (for some reason after submitting the formatting is unorganized)
clarification and assumptions
can I assume this grocery store location is called Greens
can I assume that self-checkout means that customers checks out without assistance?
can I assume that cashier checkout means that cashier assists customers with checkout?
can I assume that ratio means how man self-checkouts should be place at this grocery store compare"See full answer
"Clarifications:
Where are we launching? -- US first
1:1 or n:n video conferencing? -- you assume
Consumers or Business? -- consumers
Part of FB or standalone product? -- part of messenger app
Is it MVP launch or a full feature product? -- MVP
What capabilities exist in the video conference product? -- you assume what capabilities will be
> Trends and Markets
Competitors:
Consumer
Zoom
Google Meet
Business:
Slack
MS Teams
Trends:
More and more people are usi"
Aniket A. - "Clarifications:
Where are we launching? -- US first
1:1 or n:n video conferencing? -- you assume
Consumers or Business? -- consumers
Part of FB or standalone product? -- part of messenger app
Is it MVP launch or a full feature product? -- MVP
What capabilities exist in the video conference product? -- you assume what capabilities will be
> Trends and Markets
Competitors:
Consumer
Zoom
Google Meet
Business:
Slack
MS Teams
Trends:
More and more people are usi"See full answer
"Clarify:
Are we talking about traditional noise-cancelling which cancels noise for listeners or we are talking about the speaker side noise-cancellation? - Interviewer replied: Both
Are we exploring to build something on top of existing hardware around Meta VR products or something in general? - Interviewer replied: up to you.
High level though process (Could be detailed with more structure):
Considering Meta's vision on building metaverse, where meta currently has AR/VR products li"
Anonymous Shark - "Clarify:
Are we talking about traditional noise-cancelling which cancels noise for listeners or we are talking about the speaker side noise-cancellation? - Interviewer replied: Both
Are we exploring to build something on top of existing hardware around Meta VR products or something in general? - Interviewer replied: up to you.
High level though process (Could be detailed with more structure):
Considering Meta's vision on building metaverse, where meta currently has AR/VR products li"See full answer
"WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS (
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM user_activity
WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE)
),
VideoCallUsersYesterday AS (
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM video_calls
WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE)
)
SELECT
(CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users
FROM
ActiveUsersYesterday a
LEFT JOIN
VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"
Bala G. - "WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS (
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM user_activity
WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE)
),
VideoCallUsersYesterday AS (
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM video_calls
WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE)
)
SELECT
(CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users
FROM
ActiveUsersYesterday a
LEFT JOIN
VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"See full answer