Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

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

Greg W. - "Equation = (# of phones sold in Africa every month * % pixel market share) Africa population = 1.5 billion Smartphone penetration = assume 50% Assume smartphone penetrations grows 1% per year Assume 2 year smartphone renewal cycle Current smartphone population = 1.5B x 50% = 750M Each year 50% of this populations gets a new phone = 375M 375M / 12 = ~31M per month New smartphone population each year = 1.5B x 1% = 15M 15M / 12 = ~1 per month 31M + 1M = 32M smartphones sold per month US mar"See full answer

Jonah J. - "When faced with a pressing customer request I will prioritize it over planned projects if is possible."See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a subscription-based product. This should be relatively easy since most of us are subscribed to at least one of these services. 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 dif"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another 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"See full answer

Onesimo F. - "N/A. I never had the same experience."See full answer

Christopher T. - "I would buy them all miniature ponies and create pony hubs throughout the city where they can scan in and rent a pony. The ponies have wings by the way."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 Hawk - "To answer this I'd like to think through Facebook's mission, how a dating app aligns with that mission, whether or not a dating app would drive towards Facebook's success as a company, and then the market fit for Facebook moving into the space. Mission Facebook's mission is something to the effect of "bringing the world closer together by giving individuals the tools to build community." Any generic dating app's mission would be something to the effect of "bringing people together and formi"See full answer