Interview Questions

Sukarma P. - "Asked clarifying questions about any constraints. Defined how the product with functions. Created a price for the product. Defined the user segments and why they might use this product. Prioritized one user persona. Listed down the user's needs and based on that started with the features of the time machine. I couldn't go further because of time constraints."See full answer

Jane D. - "Clarifying questions: Are we looking at a trend? YoY/MoM/WoW No, last year the numbers were fine. Is the decrease gradual or sudden? This seems like a sudden decrease MoM. Last month we were on target to meet our goals. Is this across all products or is it specific to a product? This is specific to one product. Is this region-specific or across all markets? Across all markets Ok, this gives me some idea that this product which is part of our p"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

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 straightforward Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. 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 create a"See full answer

Sri V. - "Switching from a linear kernel to RBF / Gaussian kernel is likely to result in overfitting the model. It is a move that adds complexity to the mix, and if the data doesn't need that sort of complexity, it would result in overfitting. On the other hand, all the other three approaches would only try too reduce complexity in the process, thereby doesn't contribute to overfitting the model."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

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