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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    9 answers
    +5

    "The opening of people spending a lot time on Facebook is way too long. Almost half time of the video. The analysis of Facebook business model should be very brief. People know Facebook business model. Maximize the ads display while balancing the user experience is the key. She can drive to this point much faster. Segmentation of user group feels irrelevant to the question. I would answer the question in a different way. Ads revenue is the single most revenue stream for Facebook. So we c"

    Zhi C. - "The opening of people spending a lot time on Facebook is way too long. Almost half time of the video. The analysis of Facebook business model should be very brief. People know Facebook business model. Maximize the ads display while balancing the user experience is the key. She can drive to this point much faster. Segmentation of user group feels irrelevant to the question. I would answer the question in a different way. Ads revenue is the single most revenue stream for Facebook. So we c"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
    +1 more
  • Instagram logoAsked at Instagram 
    60 answers
    Video answer for 'How would you determine success for Instagram Reels?'
    +55

    "To answer this question I am going to first clarify the product offering and what ti does, talk about the goals for IG reels for Facebook, go through user actions and then come up with some key metrics to measure success of the product based on the goals. Product Overview IG reel allows creators to build short-form video with a bunch of different editing features and post that to their followers or to the broader IG network. It allows regular IG users to create their own content and build"

    stash - "To answer this question I am going to first clarify the product offering and what ti does, talk about the goals for IG reels for Facebook, go through user actions and then come up with some key metrics to measure success of the product based on the goals. Product Overview IG reel allows creators to build short-form video with a bunch of different editing features and post that to their followers or to the broader IG network. It allows regular IG users to create their own content and build"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Disney logoAsked at Disney 
    3 answers

    "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "

    Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator. Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook. Briefly, the steps required are the following: Migrate the database to support reactions Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"

    Exponent - "This type of question is a Technical problem. Although you will not need to actually code the feature, it's important to understand basic technical concepts. Being able to cover these concisely with clarity shows you're an effective communicator. Here, we'll go over the broad technical steps needed to implement a basic reactions feature on Facebook. Briefly, the steps required are the following: Migrate the database to support reactions Write API code to be able to react to a post, and"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    42 answers
    Video answer for 'Should Samsung enter the gaming console market?'
    +38

    "Which structure would you suggest for such a question?"

    Anonymous Bee - "Which structure would you suggest for such a question?"See full answer

    Product Strategy
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    10 answers
    Video answer for 'Design a great gas station.'
    +7

    "A gas station is a place to refuel our cars to a set amount, pay for it, and get out. What do we mean by great - do we want to revamp the experience of a gas station? Yes. Who are we? Let's say we are one of the big oil dealerships in the US. OK, so we are looking at building this in the US? Yes. Is this for a specific type of gas station - for trucks, normal cars, or other special vehicles? Assume it's for normal cars. We are a big oil dealership and we want to revamp our gas stations."

    Gokul S. - "A gas station is a place to refuel our cars to a set amount, pay for it, and get out. What do we mean by great - do we want to revamp the experience of a gas station? Yes. Who are we? Let's say we are one of the big oil dealerships in the US. OK, so we are looking at building this in the US? Yes. Is this for a specific type of gas station - for trucks, normal cars, or other special vehicles? Assume it's for normal cars. We are a big oil dealership and we want to revamp our gas stations."See full answer

    Product Design
  • Truecaller logoAsked at Truecaller 
    1 answer
    Video answer for 'How would you improve engagement for the Truecaller app?'

    "One of the better videos!"

    Alex S. - "One of the better videos!"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
    +1 more
  • "Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"

    Adib M. - "Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"See full answer

    Program Sense
  • Cruise logoAsked at Cruise 
    3 answers
    Video answer for 'How do autonomous vehicles work?'

    "If this question was for a product manager; I would approach it as I don't really know how actually these vehicles work. I will try to simplify the concept and answer questions like why autonomous vehicles are exists and what is the purpose of them. Autonomous vehicle is a vehicle can do some actions on behalf on a human and as main reason is to increase the safety, so to come up into how they work, I should identify the main actions that human does and prioritize it based on what they may"

    Nouna J. - "If this question was for a product manager; I would approach it as I don't really know how actually these vehicles work. I will try to simplify the concept and answer questions like why autonomous vehicles are exists and what is the purpose of them. Autonomous vehicle is a vehicle can do some actions on behalf on a human and as main reason is to increase the safety, so to come up into how they work, I should identify the main actions that human does and prioritize it based on what they may"See full answer

    Concept
    Technical
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    70 answers
    +62

    "I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user. To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolut"

    Ross B. - "I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user. To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolut"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +8 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Since success metrics is a very broad term, to dive deep into WCS - What constitutes success. What is the objective of the company/product, north star/mission of the organization or product? Dependent on the company, market, the industry they play in. As an example: Facebook's mission is now empowerment, bringing the people together and giving them the power to build communities. Every part of its product aligns in one way or other with this goal. Be it, its Web/Mobile platform, Instagram,"

    Pm P. - "Since success metrics is a very broad term, to dive deep into WCS - What constitutes success. What is the objective of the company/product, north star/mission of the organization or product? Dependent on the company, market, the industry they play in. As an example: Facebook's mission is now empowerment, bringing the people together and giving them the power to build communities. Every part of its product aligns in one way or other with this goal. Be it, its Web/Mobile platform, Instagram,"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    11 answers
    +8

    "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them. I think my three greatest strengths are: Empathy Openness to feedback Drive And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are: Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"

    Adam M. - "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them. I think my three greatest strengths are: Empathy Openness to feedback Drive And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are: Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • Match Group logoAsked at Match Group 
    1 answer

    "I will charge them based on subscription basis per user/per month with aggressive pricing."

    Prasanth R. - "I will charge them based on subscription basis per user/per month with aggressive pricing."See full answer

    Product Strategy
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "I believe human emotions can't be judged by number and hence I have always made mistakes while judging the outcome of a reaction by data."

    Mc L. - "I believe human emotions can't be judged by number and hence I have always made mistakes while judging the outcome of a reaction by data."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Nike logoAsked at Nike 
    27 answers
    Video answer for 'Nike's sitewide conversion has declined year over year. How would you evaluate this?'
    +22

    "A YoY decline in conversion actually seems like it's not that unexpected of a finding but I think you'd need to know how Nike operates. They regularly release sneakers that are limited edition, highly-sought-after, and are sold out within seconds of release. So there are probably a lot of people who are able to add items to their cart, only to find out that the items are actually sold out before they are able to complete the sale. If that were the root cause in this question, I'm curious if ther"

    Spencer W. - "A YoY decline in conversion actually seems like it's not that unexpected of a finding but I think you'd need to know how Nike operates. They regularly release sneakers that are limited edition, highly-sought-after, and are sold out within seconds of release. So there are probably a lot of people who are able to add items to their cart, only to find out that the items are actually sold out before they are able to complete the sale. If that were the root cause in this question, I'm curious if ther"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Flipkart logoAsked at Flipkart 
    10 answers
    Video answer for 'There is a 15% decline in cart additions on Flipkart. What could be the issue?'
    +7

    "For larger audience of the platform, Flipkart is an e-commerce website like Amazon in India. Gather more information 15% decline in comparison to last week, last month, last quarter or last year or across a particular sale duration that runs at a fixed frequency like Big Billion Days (similar to Great Indian Festival which Amazon puts up) Across a particular item, category, brand or overall. From which flow like Wishlist to cart, Product detail page to cart, Product comparison to c"

    Shubham K. - "For larger audience of the platform, Flipkart is an e-commerce website like Amazon in India. Gather more information 15% decline in comparison to last week, last month, last quarter or last year or across a particular sale duration that runs at a fixed frequency like Big Billion Days (similar to Great Indian Festival which Amazon puts up) Across a particular item, category, brand or overall. From which flow like Wishlist to cart, Product detail page to cart, Product comparison to c"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • +3

    "Two clarification questions first! When we say quarters, are we assuming the quarters are stacked on top of each other, or are we measuring across the diameter? let's say they are stacked. And second question, is the height of the building just from the ground floor to the top of the building? yes. Okay, the key numbers we need to find then are the height of the building in feet, and the # of quarters that fit into a foot. First for the height of the building, the key numbers are heigh"

    Helen Z. - "Two clarification questions first! When we say quarters, are we assuming the quarters are stacked on top of each other, or are we measuring across the diameter? let's say they are stacked. And second question, is the height of the building just from the ground floor to the top of the building? yes. Okay, the key numbers we need to find then are the height of the building in feet, and the # of quarters that fit into a foot. First for the height of the building, the key numbers are heigh"See full answer

    Estimation
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    12 answers
    Video answer for 'Determine the right number of photos to show in Facebook's Newsfeed.'
    +9

    "The question is about the decision to show the right # of photos in Facebook. Clarifying questions : Is this specific to Consumers or Business users ? Is there an drop or impact to the current metrics in terms of user engagement or the time spent on the post Are there any pain points to solve in terms of technical details like page loads etc.? Let's start with the users. There are 2 categories of users - Creators and Consumers. This can be further classified to say creators - Indiv"

    Vasanth M. - "The question is about the decision to show the right # of photos in Facebook. Clarifying questions : Is this specific to Consumers or Business users ? Is there an drop or impact to the current metrics in terms of user engagement or the time spent on the post Are there any pain points to solve in terms of technical details like page loads etc.? Let's start with the users. There are 2 categories of users - Creators and Consumers. This can be further classified to say creators - Indiv"See full answer

    Analytical
    Estimation
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    24 answers
    Video answer for 'What's the biggest threat to YouTube?'
    +21

    "YT threats →. Let's define threat - activities that reduce actual or growth rate for user base / watch time / $ User - what impacts user base, users’ watch time (why would users not use YT anymore?) Competition - all apps that compete for users' time spent on digital entertainment (VOD, social media apps like tiktok, vMVPDs) Safety, trust, privacy, digital well being No relevant content Distribution - platform bans, distribution deals falling through (eg smart TVs)"

    Urvashi G. - "YT threats →. Let's define threat - activities that reduce actual or growth rate for user base / watch time / $ User - what impacts user base, users’ watch time (why would users not use YT anymore?) Competition - all apps that compete for users' time spent on digital entertainment (VOD, social media apps like tiktok, vMVPDs) Safety, trust, privacy, digital well being No relevant content Distribution - platform bans, distribution deals falling through (eg smart TVs)"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    35 answers
    Video answer for 'How would you measure success for LinkedIn events?'
    +31

    "To answer this question, I will first summarize the product and its use case. Thereafter, I will lay down the goals of the Company (LinkedIN) and the users with this product followed by going over user flows and determining what metrics we should use to measure success. We will go over a handful of metrics as a part of brainstorming but will only choose 2 or 3 to track overall success. Product Overview LinkedIn Events is a product will allows users to create online or offline events on Lin"

    stash - "To answer this question, I will first summarize the product and its use case. Thereafter, I will lay down the goals of the Company (LinkedIN) and the users with this product followed by going over user flows and determining what metrics we should use to measure success. We will go over a handful of metrics as a part of brainstorming but will only choose 2 or 3 to track overall success. Product Overview LinkedIn Events is a product will allows users to create online or offline events on Lin"See full answer

    Analytical
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