Interview Questions

Sean S. - "test"See full answer

Yespm T. - "Define Product: Facebook events lets people organize gatherings in the real world with people on Facebook.  As a creator, you can create public or private event, set date/time/location, invite people.  Invitees can see these events, view who’s coming and provide an answer (RSVP). They can share events with their connections. Define Metric: Clarify which specific success metric has dropped? Assume it's the Avg # of responses (rsvp) per event that has dropped Clarify how mu"See full answer

SG - "Clarification - Are we referring to HW or SW/experience or overall product? Choose any. Choosing overall product. Are we targeting a particular use case - such as health/commerce/or am I free to choose one? Choose on your own. Any other constraints that I should be aware or? Lastly, does it have to meet both AR and VR, or can we prioritize one at this time? And if so, any concerns with prioritizing one? I am choosing to prioritize AR this point .. and I'll walk you thoroug"See full answer

Feras A. - "Clarifying questions: Are shuttles in Facebook campus electric or on gas ? How long is the longest destination trip ? How many stops are there, and are they all in one line ? do we have access to data based on the time of day ( busy to slow )? The goal is to get Facebook employees from Point A to point b in a time where they do not miss any important events. another goal is to make sure there is a natural flow of employee distribution and that there aren't any crowding incidents ( crowding s"See full answer

Bhavana J. - "Clarifying questions: What is the travel experience? International/ domestic travel for company work or local commute to the office? Is there any specific metric that we are targeting? Assuming that interviewer says no metric is defined and we are talking about domestic and international travel for company purposes. I'm going to assume that covid disrupting travel is something that I have to keep in mind but that we are also thinking about how things will be improved in the longer run (i"See full answer

Ameet A. - "Identify the problems and list down, showcase the benefits and what stakeholders will get out of analytics platform, how proposed tool can support the org strategy goals and can achieve more faster, how the analytics tool will solve the existing problems"See full answer

Frank A. - "Evaluate product performance metrics against projections, rationalize performance, and identify opportunities to optimize performance"See full answer

Rashi N. - "Yes"See full answer

P K. - "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"See full answer

D S. - "Estimate Google ads revenue. Clarifications: Google ads: only includes ads shown on Google search pages. It does not include any other ads such as display advertisement etc. Google makes money everytime a user clicks on an ad. Market - US Monthly / Yearly - Yearly Revenue in $ For 2020 ? - yes So to state the Q again, I have to estimate Google’s annual search ads revenue for 2020. Ads revene =( $ads clicked everyday * avg price per ad ) * 360 $ads clicked every"See full answer

Raj M. - "Never a straight-forward answer. Assuming that this is a company goal to increase ad revenues from Chrome, try and understand the reason for the negative feedback. Is it a systematic issue (ads generally do lower overall user experience) or a specific issue (quality of ads, technical issues)? If the latter, fix that and run the experiment again. If former, how does this compare to user experience for other products with or without ads (YT vs YT premium)? If it above benchmarks, then pause. If in"See full answer

Pradeep kumar S. - "The primary goal of the adtech platform is to precisely target your audience online, that can reap great rewards for your marketing and revenue objectives. For that we have to define Program Success Metrics. Here are six key metrics for technology companies used by leading advertising providers such as Facebook and Google use: Impressions: How many unique and total viewership of the ad Exposure: the average number of times an ad is served per person. Engagement Rate: how many click t"See full answer

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I learnt the craft of writing and sending emails. I worked at an early stage startup that does voice recording and transcription and one of my primary responsibilities was to engage with existing customers. At that time, there were a around 10k users in total. I decided to split the entire user base into cohorts. Users who've recorded and transcribed atleast 10 words within 3 months Users who've recorded and transcribed atleast 10 words within 3- 6 month"See full answer