Interview Questions

Seth W. - "As always, I'd start this discussion by asking a couple clarifying questions. In particular, I'd like to learn more from the interviewer about what "not pulling as hard" looks like. Does it mean: lower code output relative to the rest of the team lower velocity per sprint in terms of story points less participation in code reviews minimal participation in meetings and ceremonies Or perhaps it's a combination of these. As others have pointed out, I'd also want to confirm that I am not ma"See full answer

Sagrika S. - "The biggest factor that excites me about technology is its ever changing and dynamic trend. In my life, I have seen the transition from landlines to simple mobile to smartphones, from Cathode tube desktop screen to super slim TFT and many more. I think technology has now (with time) become integral part of human life and getting in-sync with it is like a normal and very cool phenomena."See full answer

Anusree N. - "Design a product for cyclists. Clarifying Cyclist as in? People who cycle right? Who are we? Startup Are we designing a MVP/Standalone application or integrating the solution with an already existing one? Goal? Seems like acquisition, anything else or any broader goal that might be in your mind? Customer segments? You define. Is it a hardware or a software product? Geography? India Customer segment Regular cyclist: Who uses cycle for their daily commute. (As acquisition is our main g"See full answer

Priyansh J. - "By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music. First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here. Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime. In"See full answer

Harsh S. - "Some clarifying questions. Does this include storage required for backup? Assume - Yes and only one replica. Will email be compressed? Assume - Yes Assuming world wide user base. Let's formulate the equation required to estimate this answer. total storage required = (Total users x storage growth/per user + new users x storage required/user - all users x delete storage)*compression ratio + storage required for one replica. Total Gmail users = ~1B Based on my own ema"See full answer

Anushka D. - "Clarifying Points/Questions\: What are the specific needs and pain points of hotels and their guests? How can Google Assistant technology be leveraged to enhance the hotel experience? What are the potential monetization and revenue opportunities for such a product? Assumptions\: Hotels are looking for ways to improve guest experience and operational efficiency. Guests expect personalized, convenient, and technologically advanced services. Google Assistant has the capabi"See full answer

Anonymous Wallaby - "Before I begin, I would confirm the idea of Stories as "phone-shot video with light editing to share a person's current experience in a short form video". I would also ask if they would be integrated into the current application or a standalone service. The process I'll use is to think through twitter's mission, outline its current user personas and how they use twitter. Articulate a rubric framework for stakeholder needs, and then compare the stories idea against that. To start off with the m"See full answer

Amir R. - "The key feature of echo is voice assistance. The demography for that audience has the following key behavior or use cases: Tech-savvy folks Use the voice assistant for their work (dictation service like writers, doctors, etc) Use for the driving assistance Use for the disabled Security and home automation."See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Target Consumers: corporate clients - for business meetings students (in school, college) aspirants who want to take competitive exams/tests Identify underserved customer needs: re-application leads to post-it's not being sticky enough space crunch so user needs to be precise post-its need to stick from all 4 corners for it to be readable and so it folds less writing with pen, marker gets imprinted on next page Define Value Proposition: a small piece of paper with concise list of"See full answer

Lewis G. - "Firstly, I would need to ask some clarifying questions: What is the goal for this app? Is it for purely education purposes or it is for improving grades? What age of kids are we talking about? Assuming most parts of the world kids go to kindergarten at age of 5. I am assuming we can have a few segments here. From ages 3-6 or ages 7-12. What country is this for, or it is for global? I would assume the following since nobody is replying in this case: The goal is for improving grades"See full answer

Pm P. - "Alexa: Is the virtual assistant that runs on amazon smart speakers as well as on other devices. Clarification on goals/Objectives: What would the goal at that point of time be? Is it increase in revenue ? Either via new customers i.e. adoption or Increasing the wallet share of the customer? Increasing the sales ordered via Alexa ? Why do people want to use Alexa? To get answers, make their lives easier by automating activities within their home Integrates with amazon account so"See full answer