Behavioral Interview Questions

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  • Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • "Being a team player is very important to a small to medium team where each individual play a role to set the culture of collaboration for the team. I will definitely be coaching my report to improve on becoming a team player and trying to influence to understand why it is utterly important for her/his individual growth and success. A ship can not be built by only two hands and any disconnect within the team can prove to be costly."

    Sathi C. - "Being a team player is very important to a small to medium team where each individual play a role to set the culture of collaboration for the team. I will definitely be coaching my report to improve on becoming a team player and trying to influence to understand why it is utterly important for her/his individual growth and success. A ship can not be built by only two hands and any disconnect within the team can prove to be costly."See full answer

    Behavioral
  • Netflix logoAsked at Netflix 
    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • "Situation I'm the CEO of a healthtech startup with a blood test that can detect 20 deadly diseases early. We have limited resources across engineering, regulatory, and go-to-market, so we can't launch everything at once. The challenge is figuring out where to focus first to maximize patient impact while building a sustainable business. Task My job is to decide which diseases to prioritize, identify the right customer segment, and create a clear path to market that sets us up for long-ter"

    Prem D. - "Situation I'm the CEO of a healthtech startup with a blood test that can detect 20 deadly diseases early. We have limited resources across engineering, regulatory, and go-to-market, so we can't launch everything at once. The challenge is figuring out where to focus first to maximize patient impact while building a sustainable business. Task My job is to decide which diseases to prioritize, identify the right customer segment, and create a clear path to market that sets us up for long-ter"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Instacart logoAsked at Instacart 

    "Clarify Retention for which side of the platform - advertisers, groceries/shops, shoppers, users? - Assume Is there any specific event or trend driving retention down or we’re looking in general to overall improve from current state? - Assume Is this tied to any particular geography or region? - Assume Is this tied to any specific persona within our 4 sided platform? - Assume Are we changing the definition of retention (time, frequency, others)? - Assume no Goal - Improve the use"

    Parag - "Clarify Retention for which side of the platform - advertisers, groceries/shops, shoppers, users? - Assume Is there any specific event or trend driving retention down or we’re looking in general to overall improve from current state? - Assume Is this tied to any particular geography or region? - Assume Is this tied to any specific persona within our 4 sided platform? - Assume Are we changing the definition of retention (time, frequency, others)? - Assume no Goal - Improve the use"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "I think AI such as ChatGPT seemed to spit out its answers fast and instinctively, hence proving its efficiency but in the recent versions it seems to have acquired reasoning skills which was revealed 'transparently' to users. This new, reasoning skills introduce a small delay in its response and explains what it does during the delay but I do not really think that it is "thinking" any differently than before, except that it is constrained by some purported rules when asked to summarise certain b"

    Louisa C. - "I think AI such as ChatGPT seemed to spit out its answers fast and instinctively, hence proving its efficiency but in the recent versions it seems to have acquired reasoning skills which was revealed 'transparently' to users. This new, reasoning skills introduce a small delay in its response and explains what it does during the delay but I do not really think that it is "thinking" any differently than before, except that it is constrained by some purported rules when asked to summarise certain b"See full answer

    Customer Success Manager
    Behavioral
  • "Product -> Self service Portal North Star Metric-> No. of proposal downloaded Problem-> 15% Decrease in Proposal downloads RCA-> System Health check-> Bugs, errors in pages during session, site crashed, server inavailability, new feature was introduced which made it difficult for user to navigate. If there was problem of server in-availability, is load balancer working fine/server is not available? If problem was with feature-> What feature was introduced? do an A/B test with older feature Fu"

    Smriti G. - "Product -> Self service Portal North Star Metric-> No. of proposal downloaded Problem-> 15% Decrease in Proposal downloads RCA-> System Health check-> Bugs, errors in pages during session, site crashed, server inavailability, new feature was introduced which made it difficult for user to navigate. If there was problem of server in-availability, is load balancer working fine/server is not available? If problem was with feature-> What feature was introduced? do an A/B test with older feature Fu"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Airbnb logoAsked at Airbnb 
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    "Each team member is different, understand their needs, strengths, weakness areas. Motivate accordingly. Frequent 1:1 and help in their career growth. According to me micromanagement never wins, so don't even try it. Inform team high level picture in case if some work is not challenging."

    BePostive - "Each team member is different, understand their needs, strengths, weakness areas. Motivate accordingly. Frequent 1:1 and help in their career growth. According to me micromanagement never wins, so don't even try it. Inform team high level picture in case if some work is not challenging."See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
  • Goldman Sachs logoAsked at Goldman Sachs 
    +1

    "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"

    Elle M. - "As a project or program manager to influence effectively without direct authority, focus on building credibility and trust by consistently delivering results, demonstrating empathy for stakeholder needs, and aligning everyone on shared goals. When managing up, tailor communication to leadership’s priorities and concerns—bring actionable insights, clear data, and potential solutions to the table. When managing down, empower teams by promoting ownership, offering timely recognition, and maintainin"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Behavioral
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  • "Follow STAR Example: In my most recent role at x, we've been working every quarter to set our quarterly goals or even decide for the year but given in 2022 we've been through a great resignation phase there was a high attrition because of which we have overloaded engineering teams. During last quarterly planning, I started to question with my manager about giving a focus to our engineering, so we complete one thing absolutely fine which is more impactful for our customers and add immediate val"

    Ash I. - "Follow STAR Example: In my most recent role at x, we've been working every quarter to set our quarterly goals or even decide for the year but given in 2022 we've been through a great resignation phase there was a high attrition because of which we have overloaded engineering teams. During last quarterly planning, I started to question with my manager about giving a focus to our engineering, so we complete one thing absolutely fine which is more impactful for our customers and add immediate val"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "Our team were developing a HQ trivia for fitness. So at that moment our focus was developing an eye-catching animation for both iOS and Android. By the way, implementing an animation were hard without the progress of it. So we wanted to see an immediate progress. So I decided to use tools or libraries such as Lottie or Kite. Then it increased the quality and the productivity dramatically. So our designer were happy with it and also our dev team could reuse the code from the designed animation fr"

    Woongshik C. - "Our team were developing a HQ trivia for fitness. So at that moment our focus was developing an eye-catching animation for both iOS and Android. By the way, implementing an animation were hard without the progress of it. So we wanted to see an immediate progress. So I decided to use tools or libraries such as Lottie or Kite. Then it increased the quality and the productivity dramatically. So our designer were happy with it and also our dev team could reuse the code from the designed animation fr"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • "I said we could always revert the production issues. Solve it at DEV environment and then publish again. Interviewer gave me an example of it like a database schema change that may not be possible to revert. I said that we always used SQL scripts to upgrade and downgrade the database schema for each production deployment. So it would not be a problem for us. I guess my answer was not accepted."

    Bulent K. - "I said we could always revert the production issues. Solve it at DEV environment and then publish again. Interviewer gave me an example of it like a database schema change that may not be possible to revert. I said that we always used SQL scripts to upgrade and downgrade the database schema for each production deployment. So it would not be a problem for us. I guess my answer was not accepted."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • TikTok logoAsked at TikTok 

    "I aim to utilize hands-on activities to apply the knowledge I've acquired, safeguard the organization from threat actors, and contribute to its growth."

    Bravin V. - "I aim to utilize hands-on activities to apply the knowledge I've acquired, safeguard the organization from threat actors, and contribute to its growth."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 

    "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"

    Satish murthy D. - "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • ElevenLabs logoAsked at ElevenLabs 

    "Getting things done : I am extremely proud of walking the extra mile to get things done which I am extremely proud of in my career Ladder transfer : Being on the tactical front, to dream about creating a product from its inception to the delivery and being able to achieve it Gaining trust : Leading without authority is critical and gaining trust in the process of the peers and stakeholders is one thing I am extremely proud of."

    Googlepm 1. - "Getting things done : I am extremely proud of walking the extra mile to get things done which I am extremely proud of in my career Ladder transfer : Being on the tactical front, to dream about creating a product from its inception to the delivery and being able to achieve it Gaining trust : Leading without authority is critical and gaining trust in the process of the peers and stakeholders is one thing I am extremely proud of."See full answer

    Product Marketing Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "As a YouTube PM, there are several factors that I would consider when evaluating the idea of developing a tool for content creators to generate ideas with scripts automatically added. First, I would assess the potential demand for such a tool among YouTube content creators. This would involve researching the needs and challenges of content creators, as well as gathering feedback from content creators on the value and usefulness of the tool. This would help me understand whether there is a strong"

    Anonymous Flamingo - "As a YouTube PM, there are several factors that I would consider when evaluating the idea of developing a tool for content creators to generate ideas with scripts automatically added. First, I would assess the potential demand for such a tool among YouTube content creators. This would involve researching the needs and challenges of content creators, as well as gathering feedback from content creators on the value and usefulness of the tool. This would help me understand whether there is a strong"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "Explained in STAR format one of the project situation where I had to collect data points by deploying a minimum viable product due to unclear business requirements/dynamic nature of business. Emphasized on exact data points and how they strategically used to iteratively deploy improved version of product."

    Vijay P. - "Explained in STAR format one of the project situation where I had to collect data points by deploying a minimum viable product due to unclear business requirements/dynamic nature of business. Emphasized on exact data points and how they strategically used to iteratively deploy improved version of product."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "App design experience which involved a new technology"

    Kong - "App design experience which involved a new technology"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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