Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. > WeWork had one of the most disastrous IPOs in recent history in 2019. Some reasons why it failed were:A flawed business model > Poor leadership > Poor space optimization > I'll go into detail about each. Feel free to let me know if you want me to dive"See full answer

Sean L. - " import pandas as pd from datetime import datetime def findfastestlike(log: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame: log=log.sortvalues(['userid','timestamp']) #get the prev event, time by user log['prevevent'] = log.groupby('userid')['event'].shift(1) log['prevtimestamp'] = log.groupby('userid')['timestamp'].shift(1) True only on rows where the previous event was a login and the current event is a like log['loginlike'] = (log['prevevent'] == 'log"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > Sure, there are three reasons why Amazon decided to start with books first. Creating niche > The first and most obvious reason is that Amazon wanted to create a niche market for their products at first. By creating a niche in the book space, Amazo"See full answer

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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

Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Question what does it mean by the different markets? Emerging market, developing market, or developed market. Technical Front Low bandwidth or network can affect the performance Latency can be high if the server is not placed near to the regions Business Front The average number of people who indulge in corporate or white collar jobs is very less. Jobs in the local market is very less People who don't have smartphone/desktop excess extensively may not be present on the"See full answer

Kk - "Did the user come to samsung.com from a different marketing page diverted here or the user directly typed samsng.com and made this transaction Did the user sign up with the platform and purchased or without signin up and directly placed the order with the required details What Product the User purchased with its category Did the user buy one product or multiple products Did the user buy the actual product and its combination accessory or totally non r"See full answer

P D. - "User: Self Driving Ride Sharing Car Companies (consdering waymo uasecase for google) Needs Identify the rider and allow only authorized rider to enter Emergency use case (allow maintenance team to enter in case of emergency) Avoid accidents with nearby vehicles Avoid blindspots with kids / pets nearby Solutions Biometrics / qr code scanning to identify the rider / maintenance team Alerting the emergency team in case of accident / fire etc. Sensors / camera in the car Remote Locking"See full answer

Amparo L. - "I was a student Worker at Gordon's Food Service, Schaumburg. The tasks were to pull in the shopping carts from the lot, cleaning the break room, restocking products, checking expiration dates, garbage and recycling, vacuuming onion peels, cleaning bathroom mirrors and refilling the bottles with cleaning supplies."See full answer

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions you should expect in any interview. For this behavioral question in particular, we like to break things down into two parts: Listing the weakness How you're actively trying to improve For this solution, let's say our biggest weakness is being too detail oriented. Here's one potential way to answer this question: > My biggest challenge is I sometimes am too detail oriented that I miss the forest from the trees. This can cause me to go down rabbit"See full answer