Interview Questions

Lavesh D. - "Approach - Check the product scope - social network, IG, Whatsapp, etc. Check how the metric is measured and if there are shortcomings or changes in the approach Eliminate obvious reasons like seasonality, external events, analytical pipeline changes, etc. Look for internal product changes or issues In case the hypothesis falls short, find ways to triangulate the issue PS - A real interview may not need so many questions to be asked. I am just listing down questions to validate or rej"See full answer

Ayush kumar S. - "I submitted a PRD as it was a take home assignment."See full answer

Saurabh K. - "Missing Item - User ordered multiple items, few items are missing Wrong Item - Entire order is wrong / there are items in the order that were never ordered How is this measured ? CSAT Missing Items Wrong Items Step 1 : Collect data on orders that reported missing / wrong items. Dive deep to understand if the problem is isolated to a specific metro/zip code/restaurant type (say fast food vs fine dine), time of day (lunch vs dinner), tenure of the courier on th"See full answer

Harish K. - "Swiggy could implement to increase the average order value (AOV) on its platform: 1. Smart Recommendations and Upselling: Personalized suggestions: Leverage data to recommend items based on past orders, popular choices, and trending items in the user's area. Upselling prompts: When a user adds an item to their cart, suggest related or higher-value items (e.g., "Would you like to add a side of fries with that?" or "Upgrade to a large for just ₹X more"). Bundle deals: Offer c"See full answer

Preetham m P. - "Clarifying Questions Is the product a digital or physical marketplace? (Digital) Are we building an educational platform, freelance platform, or marketplace? (Freelance platform) Are we focusing on a specific geographical location? (India) Will the platform involve online transactions? (Yes) User Personas Individual Gardeners: Self-employed gardeners offering their services. Gardening Agencies: Organizations providing gardening services. **Educational Institutio"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions What do we mean by bookings? Is it nights booked or transactions?: Nights booked Are there any constraints like platform or anything else while calculating the nights booked? : No If a user books a night but does not show up, do we still count him? : Yes If a user cancels before turning up, do we not count him? : Yes Expedia operates globally. Its major markets are Europe, USA, Asia, Africa etc. We will take the following high level approach **Total population →"See full answer

Preetham m P. - "1. Clarify the problem Are we building a digital or physical product?- We are offering it as an application on mobile. Are we building a complete new product or as a new feature for existing airline booking apps (Goibibo/Makemytrip, etc.)? - New feature for existing booking apps. We can consider Goibibo as an example. What do you mean by improving experience?- Reduce wait times or optimize the time spent. What is the goal? Engagement or Revenue? - Engagement. Which is t"See full answer

Upasana S. - "Clarifying questions: What is a roofer? A: A person who constructs and repairs roofs. Should this include construction companies or the actual people who construct it, like masons, labourers? A. you can define the segment Any specific geography to operate in? No, any geography or worldwide can be chosen Does the company have a goal in mind? New product creation to capture a market. Can the product be a physical product? Yes. In terms of constructing roofs, there is generally no separate company"See full answer

Robert H. - "I use ChatGPT a lot to either refine my own answers or stories and make them better, or to answer questions which I would then refine to be more personal to me. Here's what ChatGPT says about this question: This question is testing your analytical thinking, data-driven decision-making, and product sense—especially in the context of Meta’s focus on engagement and content ranking. The best approach is to **define key engagement metrics, outline an experiment design, and consider trade-of"See full answer

Michael M. - "what is going on with the formatting here"See full answer

Arjun R. - "Similar to LRU, Keep a Sorted LinkedList based on ranks. To improve efficiency of storage changed to PriorityQueue (minHeap). Later was asked about threading and how you can scale it in a distributed system"See full answer

Sreeram reddy B. - "user table - with userid, username, email, phonenumber, accountcreateddate exercises table - types of exercises - indoor walk, outdoor walk, running, stairs, cycling, swimming etc - exerciseid, exercisetype date table - date, day, month, year - with dateid Session table - userid, sessiondateid(linked to dateid in date table), exerciseid, distance covered, calories spent, starttime, endtime "See full answer

Utkarsh G. - "Clarify: Map means -> coordinates Places -> any location visitable by humans software/hardware? -> up to you unmapped by anyone or in Gmaps? -> not in Gmaps Goal: to widen coverage constraints -> none market - US Time to market -> 3-6 months Why Aligns with Google mission Drive more engagement Users Company Users who drop locations Big City dwellers Country side areas Remote areas with limited internet End users Advertisers Prioritise: siz"See full answer