"I was working on a project wherein I had to launch a marketing campaign with very tight timelines and that too on a tool wherein neither I nor my team had any expertise. However if we successfully sign off a campaign, our company could get a chance to show this project in our portfolio and attract new clients for such projects which could ultimately increase the financial factors.
So I created a plan wherein I scheduled trainings for the team with external sources and along with that kept an eye"
Charu S. - "I was working on a project wherein I had to launch a marketing campaign with very tight timelines and that too on a tool wherein neither I nor my team had any expertise. However if we successfully sign off a campaign, our company could get a chance to show this project in our portfolio and attract new clients for such projects which could ultimately increase the financial factors.
So I created a plan wherein I scheduled trainings for the team with external sources and along with that kept an eye"See full answer
"Why is it answered like a Product Design Question? Shouldn't this be a strategy type answer analyzing the pros/cons of the service etc.?"
Aditya O. - "Why is it answered like a Product Design Question? Shouldn't this be a strategy type answer analyzing the pros/cons of the service etc.?"See full answer
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"This is the answer I have prepared. Please let me know your comments and how I can improve the answer.
I have worked on many process improvement initiatives and projects. I want to share an initiative that I led and delivered while at my previous employer. It had a great impact on over 60 programs and projects across teams in six different countries. Analysts and program managers used to generate a monthly program performance report that deals with all aspects, including schedule, risks, costs"
Balaji G. - "This is the answer I have prepared. Please let me know your comments and how I can improve the answer.
I have worked on many process improvement initiatives and projects. I want to share an initiative that I led and delivered while at my previous employer. It had a great impact on over 60 programs and projects across teams in six different countries. Analysts and program managers used to generate a monthly program performance report that deals with all aspects, including schedule, risks, costs"See full answer
"There are way more learning opportunities for us here if we acknowledge that this was not a good example and provide tips on how to improve the answer. All the answers here are superficial and it is clear that the interviewee was unprepared.
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The mention of quote "a wise man told me..." (instead of getting to his own personal points) and some lack of confidence with the metrics portion are red flags.
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For more concrete example, it is hard to believe that no one wants to fix the slow build proc"
Danny - "There are way more learning opportunities for us here if we acknowledge that this was not a good example and provide tips on how to improve the answer. All the answers here are superficial and it is clear that the interviewee was unprepared.
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The mention of quote "a wise man told me..." (instead of getting to his own personal points) and some lack of confidence with the metrics portion are red flags.
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For more concrete example, it is hard to believe that no one wants to fix the slow build proc"See full answer
"Had to refactor code at recent startup after having it fully deployed and working. This was due to us hitting some performance and UX issues. What I did was refactor the core engine first myself, and then line up a work team to progressively refactor the edges and exception flows that sit around the core. Completed in 4 weeks."
Kirit K. - "Had to refactor code at recent startup after having it fully deployed and working. This was due to us hitting some performance and UX issues. What I did was refactor the core engine first myself, and then line up a work team to progressively refactor the edges and exception flows that sit around the core. Completed in 4 weeks."See full answer
"Clarifying questions:
What are we defining as "participation"? Does it include creating a live stream? Or is it just viewing a stream? Engaging (commenting/reacting) with other viewers during a live stream? ["Participation" = Watching, commenting, or reacting to a live stream as it's being broadcast, not during replays]
Are these live streams from major broadcasters expecting large audiences? Or individuals making use of live broadcasting from their phones? [Across the board]
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Ian S. - "Clarifying questions:
What are we defining as "participation"? Does it include creating a live stream? Or is it just viewing a stream? Engaging (commenting/reacting) with other viewers during a live stream? ["Participation" = Watching, commenting, or reacting to a live stream as it's being broadcast, not during replays]
Are these live streams from major broadcasters expecting large audiences? Or individuals making use of live broadcasting from their phones? [Across the board]
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"During my internship at Datavibe Insights, I was initially brought on to assist with routine data cleaning and Excel reporting for the procurement team. My main task was to support weekly report generation, but I noticed inefficiencies in how data from multiple vendors was being manually compiled and formatted each week. Without being asked, I took the initiative to build an automated reporting tool using Excel Power Query and macros. It cleaned, merged, and visualized the data with a few clicks"
Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Datavibe Insights, I was initially brought on to assist with routine data cleaning and Excel reporting for the procurement team. My main task was to support weekly report generation, but I noticed inefficiencies in how data from multiple vendors was being manually compiled and formatted each week. Without being asked, I took the initiative to build an automated reporting tool using Excel Power Query and macros. It cleaned, merged, and visualized the data with a few clicks"See full answer
"Just a bit of context on what could be a risk in Product or Software Development. We talk about the Scope, Quality, and Time Triangle. IMHO the only variables that can matter and can pose risk are these.
Try to form an answer where you used the Effort, Value, Risk framework to quantify the risk.
The answer can be similar to short term sacrifices for long term gains, as you do take in mind the risk the short term sacrifices pose.
Situation - I was leading the team to complete an overhaul of the"
Umang S. - "Just a bit of context on what could be a risk in Product or Software Development. We talk about the Scope, Quality, and Time Triangle. IMHO the only variables that can matter and can pose risk are these.
Try to form an answer where you used the Effort, Value, Risk framework to quantify the risk.
The answer can be similar to short term sacrifices for long term gains, as you do take in mind the risk the short term sacrifices pose.
Situation - I was leading the team to complete an overhaul of the"See full answer
"I had multiple RCA to complete and each one had a deadline but the process to complete them wasn't streamlined which cause some of them to miss SLA and point of contact felt frustrated as she has no information to give to customer. I received feedback that what blocked me to move forward on those and how can I do better next time?"
Anjesh D. - "I had multiple RCA to complete and each one had a deadline but the process to complete them wasn't streamlined which cause some of them to miss SLA and point of contact felt frustrated as she has no information to give to customer. I received feedback that what blocked me to move forward on those and how can I do better next time?"See full answer
"clarifying questions:
Particular location? Small town? Big town?
Self- checkout vs. associate checkout?
Weekly operating hours? Super-center vs small format? Competitive landscape? Store sales? Are we talking division 1 or adding health and wellness? Does the store have a vision center? Hair… nails … bank etc.
Let’s say we agree that this is a super center in a suburb that wants to focus on converting to full self checkout. I’d have to look further into exact times with my data science team t"
Michael P. - "clarifying questions:
Particular location? Small town? Big town?
Self- checkout vs. associate checkout?
Weekly operating hours? Super-center vs small format? Competitive landscape? Store sales? Are we talking division 1 or adding health and wellness? Does the store have a vision center? Hair… nails … bank etc.
Let’s say we agree that this is a super center in a suburb that wants to focus on converting to full self checkout. I’d have to look further into exact times with my data science team t"See full answer
"Platform team would build platform services that feature teams would be using. For example, the Platform team would set up a CI/CD pipelines that features would use. Another example could be that the platform team would set up Observability solution that feature teams would use to measure app performance and for troubleshooting purpose."
Mezbaur R. - "Platform team would build platform services that feature teams would be using. For example, the Platform team would set up a CI/CD pipelines that features would use. Another example could be that the platform team would set up Observability solution that feature teams would use to measure app performance and for troubleshooting purpose."See full answer
"Same Skills, Different Focus
Product management
It focuses on developing and managing a specific product or product line. Product managers are responsible for defining the product strategy, developing the product roadmap, working with cross-functional teams to execute that roadmap, and ensuring the product meets the target market's needs and delivers business results.
Platform product management is a subset of product management that focuses on developing and managing ecosystems around"
KittyKat - "Same Skills, Different Focus
Product management
It focuses on developing and managing a specific product or product line. Product managers are responsible for defining the product strategy, developing the product roadmap, working with cross-functional teams to execute that roadmap, and ensuring the product meets the target market's needs and delivers business results.
Platform product management is a subset of product management that focuses on developing and managing ecosystems around"See full answer
"Me: First let's clarify the user journey of the Facebook dating app
Interviewer:
Me: Do we know how success is defined in this context?
Interviewer: Please figure that out yourself
Me: Ok let's first discuss the mission of Facebook and how Facebook dating app is part of that. Then lets brainstorm what the goals would be for Facebook Dating. That help us determine the user behavior and metrics we can create. Finally let's fi"
kkkt - "Me: First let's clarify the user journey of the Facebook dating app
Interviewer:
Me: Do we know how success is defined in this context?
Interviewer: Please figure that out yourself
Me: Ok let's first discuss the mission of Facebook and how Facebook dating app is part of that. Then lets brainstorm what the goals would be for Facebook Dating. That help us determine the user behavior and metrics we can create. Finally let's fi"See full answer