Analytical Interview Questions

slouchingtowardssv - "Clarify the problem / make assumptions: What are we defining as misleading? For this problem, any video that contains information countering accepted scientific/research-driven results What is meant by fix? Does that entail removing said videos? For this problem, I want to see if we can minimize the amount of videos pulled from YouTube Intro to the product: YouTube is a video-sharing platform that was acquired by Google in 2006 YouTube's original mission statement:"See full answer

Neha A. - "What is the goal of FB as a company, how does marketplace help. Who are the different users (Sellers and buyers. Also mention advertisers). Sellers can be artists or small/ home business owners. they also also be infrequent sellers who come to FB marketplace when they are moving cities or moving to a new location. Buyers can be low and high engagement. We will focus on sellers - if more sellers come on the platform, it will attract buyers, generate sales, and spin the flywheel. Also, if a sel"See full answer

Junk J. - "Plot a stacked bar chart with Insta and FB numbers to see the effectiveness over the given period."See full answer

Hmm T. - "Understand what is the business objective behind the ask ? We should not be adopting trends just because everyone is adopting, it has to be tied to business objective Once objective is clear - we need to determine feasibility and cost\benefit assessment by deciding on pilot candidates - since its bank, do we want to integrate this with mobile banking only ? Once we decide on candidate - we will also need to decide on buy vs build decision ? If there are any fintech offerings (like Zell"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Diagnosis problem. We've gone over diagnosis problems in the past, but most are centered around usage. Even though this is about retention - do not be alarmed. We can still follow the TROPIC method to create a plan to thoroughly diagnose the issue: 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 proba"See full answer

Ash K. - "Below is the step by step approach I would take: Identify potential risks: Firstly, I thoroughly analyze the project and identify potential risks that could impact its success. This involves reviewing project documentation, conducting stakeholder interviews, and seeking input from team members who have expertise in different areas. Assess the impact and likelihood: I evaluate each identified risk by assessing its potential impact on the project objectives and determining the likelihood of"See full answer

Rishabh S. - "Clarifying Qs: Business Impact: Goal is to add a 7th reaction - Engagement / Monetization / Any other? User Need: Are we aware of the exact new reaction? Symbol? Meaning? User reaction? Product Fit: Is there any link between the new reaction and FB's vision and goal? To determine the necessity of a new reaction, we can: Understand user sentiments about the existing reaction - Are they able to fulfil the emotional spectrum required by the users? We can aim to understand"See full answer

Tanu M. - "When it comes to Metrics, I always think of one thing " What cannot be measured cannot be done". The product that I am managing goal is on enabling the products for our partners so that our partners can have a seamless experience of doing business with us which in turn will increase the revenue. The user segment for my product is mainly resellers who can resell the product to another customer so that the reach of the customers is more. The metrics which I am tracking are revenue, referrals, an"See full answer

Mark - "Clarification Am I the PM for overall Xbox or certain part of the Xbox team? Interview (I): let's assume you own the overall Xbox product Are there particular user segments that the MSFT Gaming division is trying to focus on as their strategy? I: nothing in particular, why don't you tell me where we should focus? What are some challenges that Xbox have been facing? (ie revenue from xbox hardware purchase? xbox live subscription purchase? engagement?) I: nothing in pa"See full answer

Priyanka S. - "I'd like to first clarify to understand where we currently stand- Have we already built the MLP pf the product or are we looking to solve for should we build this and if so, can we do this in 6 months? Assuming Scenario where the product is ready, looking for GTM feasibility I'll work with the dev and analytics team to understand the effort and timeline around experimentation. I'll also include marketing team to understand timelines post experiment if we were to launch. This will help us ident"See full answer

Sarabjeet S. - "Clarification - How is this feature accessed by users? Is it part of the camera app or after taking the photo or both? Assume both. Is bulk upload possible? Yes Goal - Drive engagement with this feature so Pixel owners upload more pictures to google photos Actions that support this goal of engagement with this feature: Click upload right after taking a photo from camera. Take a stored picture from saved photos and click upload for it Select multiple photos from saved photos and click u"See full answer

Bhavana J. - "First let me try to understand the metric: when you say traffic to facebook marketplaces, you mean that number of people clicking on the marketplace tab or landing on the marketplace section has reduced. Am I right? Ok, here's my approach: I will first try to narrow down the scope of the problem by understanding what the details associated with the drop. Then I will try to hypothesize on what all could have caused it. Finally I will try to propose a solution basis the findings. Understanding th"See full answer

P D. - "FB Vision: To empower users to build communities and bring the world closer together Reactions Product Goal: To enable users to express them in a quick and easy manner on posts / comments / videos / photos etc. and hence bringing the world closer. Currently only "Like" option is there which indicates to the creators that users like your posts. User Personas Content Creators Pain Points Single Reaction Option: Only users who like the content are able to use the reactions f"See full answer

Adib M. - "Ask if the quality aspect is negotiable? Clearly hoping it is not. Then move on to explain nicely about the iron triangle - scope, time, resources. With scope and resources fixed, the time would need to be variable unless the project is considered cookie cutter, the exact project has been done many times in the past. (which is unlikely). If time cannot be relaxed, then the scope should be variable."See full answer

Negar H. - "SW: Headway (Audio book app) Goal: Track user engagement with the product. (Analytics) To Track user engagement with the product I would first define the user actions defined as user engagement, and then define quantitative metrics to track user behaviour. User actions -> engagement: Actions: User Plays an Audio book (following by user's retention) User uses Next chapter button to continue listening User marks Audio books as favourites User shares Audio books Metrics: DAU & 2."See full answer

Calyan - "Launch p2p payments on a chat application Clarify - - - - - - - - - - - any specific chat app in mind? [no] Is there a 3rd party vendor tech we can incorporate [no, build grounds-up] Markets [US] Framing - - - - - - - - - - - Messaging apps mission: be the go-to destination for 1:1, n:n info sharing and comms. Use network effects to gain market share Biz/product goals: Growth, gain more market share Engagement: time spent, instances of interaction and sharing Revenue: ads,"See full answer

Anuradha T. - "Clarifying questions: What kind of users are we talking about? Internal or external ? (Assumption: External) When was this issue discovered? (Not so long ago) Is this specific to a particular geographical location ? (Answer: No) External: Geography, time ? Internal: Pain points: Technical - latency, lag Engagement - Less engagement available on website , users are bored while waiting for their search results to appear Review - Explore platform options for users to review their experie"See full answer