"My approach to dealing with difficult stakeholders has always been:
Engage - Directly engage with the stakeholder, meet or chat
Listen - Listen to what they have to say, patiently.
Understand - Understand their POV, even if it is impossible at some times
Ask - Ask clarifying questions. Why? When? What?
Engage again - Keep them in the loop until there is closure
For example, we were in the final stages of a very important, strategic project for our organization. I was leading th"
Jane D. - "My approach to dealing with difficult stakeholders has always been:
Engage - Directly engage with the stakeholder, meet or chat
Listen - Listen to what they have to say, patiently.
Understand - Understand their POV, even if it is impossible at some times
Ask - Ask clarifying questions. Why? When? What?
Engage again - Keep them in the loop until there is closure
For example, we were in the final stages of a very important, strategic project for our organization. I was leading th"See full answer
"As a product manager, my focus is to bring the what and why of the product and deliver the product in the promised timeline. With that said, I typically work closely with my engineering and onboard them during the planning sessions to have a say on the design and feasibility. I try to keep an idea where PMs are not the only responsible folks for ideation and engineering is free to pitch in their two cents. In addition, I typically try to do daily/weekly standup check-ins with my Developers and D"
Vibhor R. - "As a product manager, my focus is to bring the what and why of the product and deliver the product in the promised timeline. With that said, I typically work closely with my engineering and onboard them during the planning sessions to have a say on the design and feasibility. I try to keep an idea where PMs are not the only responsible folks for ideation and engineering is free to pitch in their two cents. In addition, I typically try to do daily/weekly standup check-ins with my Developers and D"See full answer
"I collaborate with the marketing team by understanding their goals and making sure my work aligns with their needs. If we're working on a website or app, I ask them about branding, target audience, and key messaging.
For example, if they want to increase user engagement, I help by improving UI/UX, adding interactive elements, or making the site load faster. I also take their feedback seriously—if they need changes in design or content placement, I adjust accordingly."
Umesh V. - "I collaborate with the marketing team by understanding their goals and making sure my work aligns with their needs. If we're working on a website or app, I ask them about branding, target audience, and key messaging.
For example, if they want to increase user engagement, I help by improving UI/UX, adding interactive elements, or making the site load faster. I also take their feedback seriously—if they need changes in design or content placement, I adjust accordingly."See full answer
"I would launch the self driving car e.g. Audi has done in the past.
I would use AWS Deep Racer -> Rewards algorith and pythons function to do the same."
Sonali S. - "I would launch the self driving car e.g. Audi has done in the past.
I would use AWS Deep Racer -> Rewards algorith and pythons function to do the same."See full answer
"Great question! I think it's very important to teach kids about investment. Couple that with the trend of kids becoming tech savvy at a younger age, there's a big opportunity to design a useful product.
I'd like to start by breaking down the customer segment of "kids." I will assume that kids who will use this product come from more affluent backgrounds and their parents have investment accounts. We certainly could target kids from a lower socioeconomic background, but I think the barriers for"
Rika S. - "Great question! I think it's very important to teach kids about investment. Couple that with the trend of kids becoming tech savvy at a younger age, there's a big opportunity to design a useful product.
I'd like to start by breaking down the customer segment of "kids." I will assume that kids who will use this product come from more affluent backgrounds and their parents have investment accounts. We certainly could target kids from a lower socioeconomic background, but I think the barriers for"See full answer
"Deep Learning is a part of Artificial Intelligence, it's like teaching the machine to think and make decisions on its own. It's like how we teach a child the concept of an apple - it's round, red, has a stem on top. We show them multiple pictures of apples and then they understand and can recognize an apple in future. Similarly, we feed lots of data to the machine, and slowly, it starts learning from that data, and can then make relevant predictions or decisions based on what it has learnt.
A co"
Surbhi G. - "Deep Learning is a part of Artificial Intelligence, it's like teaching the machine to think and make decisions on its own. It's like how we teach a child the concept of an apple - it's round, red, has a stem on top. We show them multiple pictures of apples and then they understand and can recognize an apple in future. Similarly, we feed lots of data to the machine, and slowly, it starts learning from that data, and can then make relevant predictions or decisions based on what it has learnt.
A co"See full answer
"Vision of Amazon: One stop place for users' buying needs - products and services.
Goal of Amazon: Increase wallet share of users or engagement from users.
Why services: Services would help achieving this goal, as the users would love using services. And Users need a platform to access services.
Market in consideration: India (it is big enough. I am more familiar with this market)
Current market landscape:
Competition: A couple of marketplaces for services. Similar"
Sanchit G. - "Vision of Amazon: One stop place for users' buying needs - products and services.
Goal of Amazon: Increase wallet share of users or engagement from users.
Why services: Services would help achieving this goal, as the users would love using services. And Users need a platform to access services.
Market in consideration: India (it is big enough. I am more familiar with this market)
Current market landscape:
Competition: A couple of marketplaces for services. Similar"See full answer
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Questions:
Is there any specific user pain point we are trying to solve ?
Is this for engagement or retention or revenue
Is there any specific Geo you want me to focus ?
Is there any specifc user segment you want to focus ?
Structure:
Company Mission: Easy access to vehicle no matter when and where you are.
Product Mission: Quick and easy delivery of food delivered at your door step
User Segments:
Sellers : Restaurant, Catering, F"
Swetha C. - "
Questions:
Is there any specific user pain point we are trying to solve ?
Is this for engagement or retention or revenue
Is there any specific Geo you want me to focus ?
Is there any specifc user segment you want to focus ?
Structure:
Company Mission: Easy access to vehicle no matter when and where you are.
Product Mission: Quick and easy delivery of food delivered at your door step
User Segments:
Sellers : Restaurant, Catering, F"See full answer
"For any App launch, its awareness is the first step towards adoption/Activation. and the best strategy to make it aware is to tag behind any existing applications. for example: if Amazon is launching, we could perhaps integrate it with Echo or other relatable services.
promotion plays a key role, which Amazon is brilliant at. Advertising via add films, add engines on other websites (including Amazon), feebies or discounts, promotions that can align to awareness would be my first step. I would"
Bk - "For any App launch, its awareness is the first step towards adoption/Activation. and the best strategy to make it aware is to tag behind any existing applications. for example: if Amazon is launching, we could perhaps integrate it with Echo or other relatable services.
promotion plays a key role, which Amazon is brilliant at. Advertising via add films, add engines on other websites (including Amazon), feebies or discounts, promotions that can align to awareness would be my first step. I would"See full answer
"Advice would be really appreciated!
Clarification:
To download the app, do users need to go to the app store/or open a web browser to click download? [Assume the interviewer said it is up to me]
Approach :
summarize the overall process of sharing
listing out how could we optimize every step in the process to make sharing features effective
ranking each feature by their priorities
setting metrics, perform A/B tests and evaluate results.
**Step1: Summarize Shari"
Anonymous Chinchilla - "Advice would be really appreciated!
Clarification:
To download the app, do users need to go to the app store/or open a web browser to click download? [Assume the interviewer said it is up to me]
Approach :
summarize the overall process of sharing
listing out how could we optimize every step in the process to make sharing features effective
ranking each feature by their priorities
setting metrics, perform A/B tests and evaluate results.
**Step1: Summarize Shari"See full answer
"I'm seeking a role in which I can be continually challenged to devise innovative and streamlined solutions for complex issues, particularly with regard to the persistent soaking problem. I'm excited about the opportunity to not only excel in my own performance but also to empower and enable my colleagues to perform at their absolute best. My goal is to wield my influence and magnetic qualities to not only attract but also retain top-tier engineering talent, all in alignment with our shared objec"
Anonymous Narwhal - "I'm seeking a role in which I can be continually challenged to devise innovative and streamlined solutions for complex issues, particularly with regard to the persistent soaking problem. I'm excited about the opportunity to not only excel in my own performance but also to empower and enable my colleagues to perform at their absolute best. My goal is to wield my influence and magnetic qualities to not only attract but also retain top-tier engineering talent, all in alignment with our shared objec"See full answer
"Question: Design a product for collectors on FB
Landscape:
Collector market is growing as focus on life quality is increasing and cares more about personal interest
More information is available through online
Competitors: Ebay, Auction, local stores
Characteristics: Less price sensitive, some knowledge on collections, small TAM but with potential to expand, Individual or Small merchants, Authenticity matters, tolerant to lengthy logistics if authentic, Price can be subject"
Soodong P. - "Question: Design a product for collectors on FB
Landscape:
Collector market is growing as focus on life quality is increasing and cares more about personal interest
More information is available through online
Competitors: Ebay, Auction, local stores
Characteristics: Less price sensitive, some knowledge on collections, small TAM but with potential to expand, Individual or Small merchants, Authenticity matters, tolerant to lengthy logistics if authentic, Price can be subject"See full answer