Interview Questions

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

Exponent - "Even though Snapchat already exists within Indonesia, this is still an Expansion problem. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions: Ask clarifying questions Perform user analysis Market risk analysis State goals Perform channel analysis Prioritize growth channels Strategy Summarize Without further ado, let's dive in! Ask clarifying questions It's important to ask questions in advance to cre"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Measure Success question with a slight twist. The twist here is we need to consider a hypothetical improvement. This changes our formula slightly - specifically we may not be able to apply a UX flow to drive analysis since we're unsure of the implementation. Instead, we'll look at core behaviors that are indicative of success. Here's the modified formula: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature **Apply a UX flow to drive analysis of what to measure"See full answer

Lakshmi T. - "I used the star framework to talk about a webhooks feature I designed to compliment an API product we were building, the client only asked for the APIs but I saw some inherent flaws in the polling mechanism with the APi product and decided to build a webhook notification system"See full answer

Rishabh P. - "At first, we would need to what's social features and it's basic functionality. As I understand social featuring is for sharing the podcast among the users within the Stitcher application. Let's first understand the objective of building this new feature. It is to drive user engagement within the application. Secondly when our friends recommend us something we mostly give it a watch. That's beneficial for driving user engagement and at the same time increasing the listening time for the users. "See full answer

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

Kavithadevi P. - "hash maps work in key value pair. The keys are hashed with a hash algorithm and resulting hashcode(integer) with related value are stored. Accessing a value, removing an element, Searching the hash map: 1) The hash map value can be accessed in O(1) time once you know the key. 2) If the key is not known, the hashmap value can be accessed in O(n) since you have to iterate atleast once. "See full answer

Jr H. - "for one time i was working as a receptionist in a hotel and one of the rooms that the customer needed was not available but rather we had diffrent room with the same quality i had to convince the customer to use the room we had and i would personally transfer him to the room he desires when its available"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

Exponent - "This is a 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 equat"See full answer