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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    +6

    "Gardening product for Meta Clarifying question: Is this going to be a new product? Or part of FB/IG? Gardening as a work? Pleasure? Lets start with META mission - Meta’s mission is to bring people together and form a community. In our case of gardening, it can be smart to solve the case of tips and questions, specially for users that just start to do some gardening. Its a nice hobby and can bring people to work together and support each other. Users I think I will go and seg"

    Rita V. - "Gardening product for Meta Clarifying question: Is this going to be a new product? Or part of FB/IG? Gardening as a work? Pleasure? Lets start with META mission - Meta’s mission is to bring people together and form a community. In our case of gardening, it can be smart to solve the case of tips and questions, specially for users that just start to do some gardening. Its a nice hobby and can bring people to work together and support each other. Users I think I will go and seg"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +12

    "Clarifying Questions Are we building feature for YouTube Music/YouTube Video? -> YT Video has higher scope of user engagement so YT Video. YT Video has 2 forms of video content, are we focusing on long form, short form or am I free to chose ? -> YT Shorts and short videos have taken off lately so focus on it. Do we have a specific business goal with regards to building this feature ? -> We want to improve engagement. Do we want to build this feature for a specific kind of audience or"

    Mehul K. - "Clarifying Questions Are we building feature for YouTube Music/YouTube Video? -> YT Video has higher scope of user engagement so YT Video. YT Video has 2 forms of video content, are we focusing on long form, short form or am I free to chose ? -> YT Shorts and short videos have taken off lately so focus on it. Do we have a specific business goal with regards to building this feature ? -> We want to improve engagement. Do we want to build this feature for a specific kind of audience or"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • +2

    "Question #1 Imagine you were in charge of Facebook Watch, what metric would you want to measure? Clarify: Facebook Watch offers users video content including news, sports, live stream shopping and gaming, etc. it works on both desktops and mobiles. It's a fairly recent feature. Mission: Facebook's overall mission is to connect people and help them build communities, and Facebook Watch can help Facebook achieve this by keeping users up to date with local news, or conn"

    Brit L. - "Question #1 Imagine you were in charge of Facebook Watch, what metric would you want to measure? Clarify: Facebook Watch offers users video content including news, sports, live stream shopping and gaming, etc. it works on both desktops and mobiles. It's a fairly recent feature. Mission: Facebook's overall mission is to connect people and help them build communities, and Facebook Watch can help Facebook achieve this by keeping users up to date with local news, or conn"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 

    "1) Product Just to make sure we are on the same page. Facebook Groups is a functionality/feature inside Facebook App where people can create and interact within specific groups. These groups are managed by admins, who define the rules. Is my understanding correct? 2) Clarification Do we want to measure success for a specific user segment? Are we looking at specific types of groups? What about location? What about devices, have you any in mind, web, android, iOS? _I will assume tha"

    Leonardo F. - "1) Product Just to make sure we are on the same page. Facebook Groups is a functionality/feature inside Facebook App where people can create and interact within specific groups. These groups are managed by admins, who define the rules. Is my understanding correct? 2) Clarification Do we want to measure success for a specific user segment? Are we looking at specific types of groups? What about location? What about devices, have you any in mind, web, android, iOS? _I will assume tha"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    +8

    "Clarify: Feature for group messages and not individual messages The feature will be primarily used for Whatsapp and not other Meta products - Instagram, FB We are looking to improve engagement with this feature User: Pro users Users with moderate usage Users with no/little usage Prioritize - Users with no/little usage - as this user base could be greatly impacted Pain points: Too many messages are sent to the group and important messages are lost. Multiple message popp"

    Sahil A. - "Clarify: Feature for group messages and not individual messages The feature will be primarily used for Whatsapp and not other Meta products - Instagram, FB We are looking to improve engagement with this feature User: Pro users Users with moderate usage Users with no/little usage Prioritize - Users with no/little usage - as this user base could be greatly impacted Pain points: Too many messages are sent to the group and important messages are lost. Multiple message popp"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    +2

    "delete"

    David P. - "delete"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Wealthfront logoAsked at Wealthfront 
    Video answer for 'Design YouTube.'
    +26

    "What software is being used to draw the design?"

    Farhan I. - "What software is being used to draw the design?"See full answer

    Product Design
    System Design
  • "Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"

    Adib M. - "Any answer after this video won't compare. Not an expert. With that caveat out of the way, here is my answer I'd break this work into different phases = Discovery Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Monitoring phase, Ongoing Discovery : How many Products does this enterprise have? Are we talking about internally developed Products that we sell in the market place? or also third party Products that our enterprise has purchased for internal use? Should we include Operating Systems, net"See full answer

    Program Sense
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    +4

    "Great question, first some clarifying questions: I assume that we're talking about meta disrupting the travel industry? Or generally When we say travel industry, this could include modes of transportation, scheduling transportation, what to do when you're there etc.? Are we focused on business travel? Leisure travel? I'm going to assume for the sake of scoping down that we're going to be focused on Leisure travel because business does not have as much pain, and on the flip-side o"

    Anonymous I. - "Great question, first some clarifying questions: I assume that we're talking about meta disrupting the travel industry? Or generally When we say travel industry, this could include modes of transportation, scheduling transportation, what to do when you're there etc.? Are we focused on business travel? Leisure travel? I'm going to assume for the sake of scoping down that we're going to be focused on Leisure travel because business does not have as much pain, and on the flip-side o"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Before jumping in to answer, I want us to be on the same page regarding a few things: I am the PM for Coinbase app; not for coinbase pro or wallet etc. The very fact that a token will list on Coinbase increases the price / market activity around the token. We want to create a process which takes this into consideration. Users trust coinbase. Therefore, the assets listed on coinbase need significant vetting before they can be put on the system. Technology integrations - How much work"

    Prateek S. - "Before jumping in to answer, I want us to be on the same page regarding a few things: I am the PM for Coinbase app; not for coinbase pro or wallet etc. The very fact that a token will list on Coinbase increases the price / market activity around the token. We want to create a process which takes this into consideration. Users trust coinbase. Therefore, the assets listed on coinbase need significant vetting before they can be put on the system. Technology integrations - How much work"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
    +1 more
  • +1

    " I would ask some clarifying questions to refine my objective and know about our users? What do you mean by experience? Travel, food, short stay, long stay, dating, event, work, airport, registration? - Improve Food, Travel, Event experience, which can be a short or long stay. What do you mean by the movement to a new city? International travel/ within a specific country (designing solution for any country?) or any geography? - within a country suppose India What is our business objecti"

    Ajinkya P. - " I would ask some clarifying questions to refine my objective and know about our users? What do you mean by experience? Travel, food, short stay, long stay, dating, event, work, airport, registration? - Improve Food, Travel, Event experience, which can be a short or long stay. What do you mean by the movement to a new city? International travel/ within a specific country (designing solution for any country?) or any geography? - within a country suppose India What is our business objecti"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
    +1 more
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 

    "Q: What ad system do we have (to clarify the limitation of the ads systems and its scope)? -> need context of the advertisement. What signals of ads do we have? pictures, texts, comments, video, etc. What is daily active users on the system? (scalability) Do we need taking actions after detecting it? (further process is needed?) what device do we have ad system? PC, mobile, etc. FR: detect the weapon signals (classification) alert after weapon is detected identify the us"

    Jaehyuk C. - "Q: What ad system do we have (to clarify the limitation of the ads systems and its scope)? -> need context of the advertisement. What signals of ads do we have? pictures, texts, comments, video, etc. What is daily active users on the system? (scalability) Do we need taking actions after detecting it? (further process is needed?) what device do we have ad system? PC, mobile, etc. FR: detect the weapon signals (classification) alert after weapon is detected identify the us"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    System Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "The below system design addresses the requirements for a scalable distributed onboarding service, focusing on robust data validation, asynchronous processing, real-time aggregation, and efficient querying of metadata. Core Principles: Asynchronous Processing: Decouple components to ensure high throughput and responsiveness. Scalability & Elasticity: Utilize technologies that can scale horizontally to handle varying loads. Data Durability & Integrity: Ensure no data l"

    Anonymous Mongoose - "The below system design addresses the requirements for a scalable distributed onboarding service, focusing on robust data validation, asynchronous processing, real-time aggregation, and efficient querying of metadata. Core Principles: Asynchronous Processing: Decouple components to ensure high throughput and responsiveness. Scalability & Elasticity: Utilize technologies that can scale horizontally to handle varying loads. Data Durability & Integrity: Ensure no data l"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    System Design
  • "The first thing I would want to do is understand why. Did the requirements change? Did we underscope the project? Were there unforeseen technical complexities? Did our capacity or velocity change for any reason? Did other more urgent priorities come up that shifted focus away from this? Next I would want to understand all of the risks of missing the launch deadline. Are other teams dependent on our work? Are there any external marketing communications tied our to launch? What will be the impact"

    Mallory M. - "The first thing I would want to do is understand why. Did the requirements change? Did we underscope the project? Were there unforeseen technical complexities? Did our capacity or velocity change for any reason? Did other more urgent priorities come up that shifted focus away from this? Next I would want to understand all of the risks of missing the launch deadline. Are other teams dependent on our work? Are there any external marketing communications tied our to launch? What will be the impact"See full answer

    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    +1

    "Clarifying Questions Who are we? Traditional elevator company or a new age tech startup Assumption: New age tech based elevator company Any constraints: Budget, etc. Assumption: No What kind of a skyscraper building: Assumption: Commercial. Includes office spaces as well as others Any particular goal with respect to building this elevator? Design best in class elevator providing the best user experience for passengers User needs - Users have the following needs when"

    Shasleen I. - "Clarifying Questions Who are we? Traditional elevator company or a new age tech startup Assumption: New age tech based elevator company Any constraints: Budget, etc. Assumption: No What kind of a skyscraper building: Assumption: Commercial. Includes office spaces as well as others Any particular goal with respect to building this elevator? Design best in class elevator providing the best user experience for passengers User needs - Users have the following needs when"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • eBay logoAsked at eBay 
    Video answer for 'How would you improve your favorite product?'

    "When a question like this is asked what is really being asked is "how do you think about the elements that make up a product and how does each part add value?". I generally try to answer it with a feature that has to do with user interaction. Good answers to this question could include "I would add a button to edit a post, and make it more visible and accessible rather than buried in a menu". Your rationale might be "**because it encourages users to post without fear that they will make"

    Sydney S. - "When a question like this is asked what is really being asked is "how do you think about the elements that make up a product and how does each part add value?". I generally try to answer it with a feature that has to do with user interaction. Good answers to this question could include "I would add a button to edit a post, and make it more visible and accessible rather than buried in a menu". Your rationale might be "**because it encourages users to post without fear that they will make"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Okay so the objective is to describe a product which I think is poorly designed despite of what market sentiments are around this and how the product is performing currently. Okay understood, so the way I would like to go about it is first I will state what are the factors which I look in a product to tell it is a good product. Then will see how a particular product doesn’t follow this and that's why I called it a poorly designed product. For me a product is great if it is having these qualities"

    Anonymous Muskox - "Okay so the objective is to describe a product which I think is poorly designed despite of what market sentiments are around this and how the product is performing currently. Okay understood, so the way I would like to go about it is first I will state what are the factors which I look in a product to tell it is a good product. Then will see how a particular product doesn’t follow this and that's why I called it a poorly designed product. For me a product is great if it is having these qualities"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Video answer for 'Find a triplet in an array with a given sum.'
    +17

    "public static List> threeSum(int[] nums) { Arrays.sort(nums); List> resList=new ArrayList(); for(int i=0; i0 && nums[i]==nums[i-1]) continue; int j=i+1; int k=nums.length-1; while(j list=Arrays.asList(nums[i], nums[j], nums[k]); resList.add(list); j++; k--; while(jj && nums[k]==nums[k+1]) k--; } else if(sum<0) { j++; } else k--; }"

    Divya R. - "public static List> threeSum(int[] nums) { Arrays.sort(nums); List> resList=new ArrayList(); for(int i=0; i0 && nums[i]==nums[i-1]) continue; int j=i+1; int k=nums.length-1; while(j list=Arrays.asList(nums[i], nums[j], nums[k]); resList.add(list); j++; k--; while(jj && nums[k]==nums[k+1]) k--; } else if(sum<0) { j++; } else k--; }"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Video answer for 'How would you improve YouTube for content creators?'

    "Users: Creators We can segment by category of videos made (ie. beauty, entertainment, etc.) We could also segment by age range. Let's just choose self-development channels Pain points: Want to bring you to their website Solution. Portal to their website. Whenever you click on the video, a tab pops up for their website. But, this could be annoying for viewers. Back to the drawing board. What if we made creators into viewers. I am a FinTech Product Manager"

    Andrew M. - "Users: Creators We can segment by category of videos made (ie. beauty, entertainment, etc.) We could also segment by age range. Let's just choose self-development channels Pain points: Want to bring you to their website Solution. Portal to their website. Whenever you click on the video, a tab pops up for their website. But, this could be annoying for viewers. Back to the drawing board. What if we made creators into viewers. I am a FinTech Product Manager"See full answer

    App Critique
    Product Design
  • Twitter logoAsked at Twitter 
    Video answer for 'Design Twitter's API.'
    System Design
    Technical
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