Interview Questions

Anonymous Beaver - "Clarifying questions: Reason to add this feature? No particular reason but let's assume it's an industry practice Any resource constraints? None for now I am assuming all furniture sold on the site is Wayfair's and not sold by third parties? Yes Approach: Industry, company and product profile and target audience Wayfair is a e-commerce company selling furniture. Direct competitors are other online only businesses like amazon. Indirect competition include physical stores like home depot/l"See full answer

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

Patrick B. - "Why do we have FB dating? How does it fit within FB's mission of connecting people and building community? Research shows that lonely people have worse health outcomes, get sick more easily, die faster, etc. There are many ways to solve for loneliness. FB already has Groups which connect people based on shared interests/hobbies. FB also has Messengers and other apps that help you connect with people you already know. Dating is an important way FB can help people form more intimate connections a"See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Clarifying Questions: Are we not being able to see any data at all ? or are we not seeing the latest updated data? In either case I can categorize this problem with 3 causes System Issue Is it a be a production bug , where node failure happened? (data load failure) Did our event-engine schedule re-runs fail to run code that fetches underlying data? Are the Dynamics team making some design changes on the tool which may go live and have triggered the DB not being refreshed ? A"See full answer

P D. - "Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking) User logs in User enters details User selects seats User adds meal options User enters payment method User completes payment Scenarios Which can happen agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end Money gets stuck and will be refunded later Load at the server and server crashes Multiple users get t"See full answer

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