"I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to gain a comprehensive understanding of the target market.
Quantitative Methods:
• Conducting surveys
• Utilizing data analysis techniques such as segmentation
Qualitative Methods:
• Focus groups
• Interviews with current and potential customers
Additional Considerations:
• Competitive landscape
• Industry trends to ensure that my research is relevant and actionable."
Shivam S. - "I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to gain a comprehensive understanding of the target market.
Quantitative Methods:
• Conducting surveys
• Utilizing data analysis techniques such as segmentation
Qualitative Methods:
• Focus groups
• Interviews with current and potential customers
Additional Considerations:
• Competitive landscape
• Industry trends to ensure that my research is relevant and actionable."See full answer
"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"
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
"Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking)
User logs in
User enters details
User selects seats
User adds meal options
User enters payment method
User completes payment
Scenarios Which can happen
agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium
Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end
Money gets stuck and will be refunded later
Load at the server and server crashes
Multiple users get t"
P D. - "Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking)
User logs in
User enters details
User selects seats
User adds meal options
User enters payment method
User completes payment
Scenarios Which can happen
agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium
Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end
Money gets stuck and will be refunded later
Load at the server and server crashes
Multiple users get t"See full answer
"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
"Alright kiddo, imagine you have a big box of LEGO bricks. Each brick is like a tiny tool that helps you build something special. Now, think about a game you love to play on your computer or phone. The people who make those games want to help other people make things that work with their games, like new levels or characters.
So, they create something called an "SDK," which stands for "Software Development Kit." This is like a special set of LEGO bricks and instructions that they share with other"
Srilaxmi C. - "Alright kiddo, imagine you have a big box of LEGO bricks. Each brick is like a tiny tool that helps you build something special. Now, think about a game you love to play on your computer or phone. The people who make those games want to help other people make things that work with their games, like new levels or characters.
So, they create something called an "SDK," which stands for "Software Development Kit." This is like a special set of LEGO bricks and instructions that they share with other"See full answer
"Asked clarifying questions
Thought through the motivation (came up with a mission and business model, modeled it on Safeway with agreement from the interviewer
User segmentation both by age groups and behavior, then prioritized user group
Went through user journey (both physical store and online) to identify pain points
Prioritized pain points
Came up with 5 solutions
Interviewer picked one for me to deep dive. I went into detail on that one.
"
Samya S. - "Asked clarifying questions
Thought through the motivation (came up with a mission and business model, modeled it on Safeway with agreement from the interviewer
User segmentation both by age groups and behavior, then prioritized user group
Went through user journey (both physical store and online) to identify pain points
Prioritized pain points
Came up with 5 solutions
Interviewer picked one for me to deep dive. I went into detail on that one.
"See full answer
"Objective:
Primary Goal: Maximize long-term user engagement and retention while balancing monetization.
Secondary Goal: Improve relevance of content, ensuring users enjoy their feed.
Key Metrics
User Engagement → Session Length
Ad Revenue → conversion rates, revenue per user.
Friend Network Growth → New connections, follow-up engagement with new friends.
Retention Rate → How often users return after seeing either an ad or recommendation.
Inputs & Signals for the Sy"
Arindam G. - "Objective:
Primary Goal: Maximize long-term user engagement and retention while balancing monetization.
Secondary Goal: Improve relevance of content, ensuring users enjoy their feed.
Key Metrics
User Engagement → Session Length
Ad Revenue → conversion rates, revenue per user.
Friend Network Growth → New connections, follow-up engagement with new friends.
Retention Rate → How often users return after seeing either an ad or recommendation.
Inputs & Signals for the Sy"See full answer
"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"
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
"Race Condition i,e multiple threads modifying simultaneously can lead to data inconsistency
Operations like putIfAbsent() or computeIfAbsent() are not atomoic i.e duplicate entries or missing updates when multiple threads perform operations
Data Corruption : during resizing of a hashmap by a thread, if another thread is accessing the same data , buckets can get corrupted, leading to a loss of data"
Sue G. - "Race Condition i,e multiple threads modifying simultaneously can lead to data inconsistency
Operations like putIfAbsent() or computeIfAbsent() are not atomoic i.e duplicate entries or missing updates when multiple threads perform operations
Data Corruption : during resizing of a hashmap by a thread, if another thread is accessing the same data , buckets can get corrupted, leading to a loss of data"See full answer