Interview Questions

V V. - "Simple file system ( Hash Map , LSM trees), and consistent hashing. I failed to discuss about conflicts ( Versioning)"See full answer

Ananya M. - "assuming food delivery is about convinience not transport ex: household with working members who own a car might still order in instead of driving. to a restaurant for convenience excludes tips and taxes HH = 100M 90% internet penetration low : mid : high income : 20:50:30 preference for the service 30% (bike service would be slower, one needs to keep that in mind +NY has so many food options , people could cook, meal delivery service, uber eats door dash ) HH with internet penetration that can"See full answer

Namrata L. - "Clarifying questions Why do we want to improve? Do we have anything specific in mind? Any constraints? Professional networking only or do we want to expand our horizons? Linkedin mission - To help users form networks professionally and know about the world and opportunites out there. LinkedIn has become a social media platform to showcase your professional skills. Focus on acquiring and keep this audience engaged on the platform How does it fit with GenZ and GenY - This is the generation"See full answer

Shahrukh K. - "During my initial days as a Product Manager, I faced challenges working with our central design team. The team received requests from multiple Product Managers, and prioritization was often influenced by the rapport each PM had built with them. Since I was new, I struggled to convey the importance of my tasks effectively, leading to delays in my projects. This was a significant learning moment for me. I realized that to succeed, I needed to earn the trust of the design team and demonstra"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Clarifying Questions: US or globally? globally Consumer or business use? consumer Assumptions: Assuming we are interested in frequent users, let's say someone who uses Google Drive at least 5 times a year. Discluding anyone who has used Google Drive less than 4 times per year. Assuming Google Drive is a place to store, share, and collaborate on files and folders from your mobile device, tablet, or computer. Recap: We would like to estimate the number of users of Google Drive"See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "Getting things done : I am extremely proud of walking the extra mile to get things done which I am extremely proud of in my career Ladder transfer : Being on the tactical front, to dream about creating a product from its inception to the delivery and being able to achieve it Gaining trust : Leading without authority is critical and gaining trust in the process of the peers and stakeholders is one thing I am extremely proud of."See full answer

Nishant S. - "The obvious thing would be explain to them the reason for saying no. But that will not help you in building strong relationships with your stakeholder. First step would be to listen - understand the reason behind their request. Their opinion should be heard. Once you have done that, only then steer the conversation in the direction of logical reasoning for your stance. Also, you could talk to them about some of the competing priorities which would be more impactful, so that they unders"See full answer

Kaleb A. - "Questioning ones own self in the 1st, 2nd person."See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Spotify is a music application that allows users to listen to music, create their own playlists, share songs, recommend songs based on their listening patterns etc. Clarifying questions: Goal - Improve engagement and provide blind people with a platform to listen to music as they miss out on a lot of aspects of life. The main idea is to promote more inclusivity Same app or different - Same app Time or resource constraints: No Spotify has music creators and music listeners who are we"See full answer

A M. - "For the purpose of this exercise , I will treat the question as improving the vacation experience Starting with some clarifying questions Is this product a part of Facebook or a different standalone app? Part of FB There are several aspects of the travel experience like booking , planning , packing, the actual travel, post-travel. Any specific aspect I should consider ? Interviewer says I'm free to pick one or more What is the intent of the product? User impact , acquiring new"See full answer

SG - "Clarifying questions - Alexa HW, Alexa SW, Alexa particular feature? Assumption - Pick any. Picking HW due to relevance with my background. Any particular pain point that we are trying to address, or any specific goal that I should be aware of? Assumption - None. Mine to pick. Goal for Amazon is to be the most customer centric company. To extend the same vision - With Alexa HW our goal is to provide the best customer experience possible. **Restating problem state"See full answer

Praveen V. - "to clarify, there is nothing specific about FB email. you expect all functionalities of typical email program like msft/google etc assume there are no restrictions. i.e. not restricted to use within FB only As always, fb has great suite of tools to bring people together and build community. its only natural that if i have fb account why not i have FB email address.... assume its a new product, they we need to acquire and engage users and then think about retention this case..... for any produ"See full answer

Marie E. - "Trying to decide on if they should include a step to upload a profile picture in the onboarding flow or not? Why does facebook have a profile picture? What value does it add? User value - Connections: having a picture on your profile, help drive friending and follows. Because users can put a face with the name. And they cna also recongize people they may not immediately know from a name (or a common name) and want to friend them. Business value - Integrity: maki"See full answer

Zenart S. - "My First Job Is the best, as a Service Crew and my second job as a Administrative Aide III you don't know how a Good Verbally communication and you didn't know what is your strength and weaknesses but Now I know what it is, and I know what is my goal in life"See full answer