Interview Questions

Googlepm 1. - "Getting things done : I am extremely proud of walking the extra mile to get things done which I am extremely proud of in my career Ladder transfer : Being on the tactical front, to dream about creating a product from its inception to the delivery and being able to achieve it Gaining trust : Leading without authority is critical and gaining trust in the process of the peers and stakeholders is one thing I am extremely proud of."See full answer

Nishant S. - "The obvious thing would be explain to them the reason for saying no. But that will not help you in building strong relationships with your stakeholder. First step would be to listen - understand the reason behind their request. Their opinion should be heard. Once you have done that, only then steer the conversation in the direction of logical reasoning for your stance. Also, you could talk to them about some of the competing priorities which would be more impactful, so that they unders"See full answer

Kaleb A. - "Questioning ones own self in the 1st, 2nd person."See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Spotify is a music application that allows users to listen to music, create their own playlists, share songs, recommend songs based on their listening patterns etc. Clarifying questions: Goal - Improve engagement and provide blind people with a platform to listen to music as they miss out on a lot of aspects of life. The main idea is to promote more inclusivity Same app or different - Same app Time or resource constraints: No Spotify has music creators and music listeners who are we"See full answer

A M. - "For the purpose of this exercise , I will treat the question as improving the vacation experience Starting with some clarifying questions Is this product a part of Facebook or a different standalone app? Part of FB There are several aspects of the travel experience like booking , planning , packing, the actual travel, post-travel. Any specific aspect I should consider ? Interviewer says I'm free to pick one or more What is the intent of the product? User impact , acquiring new"See full answer

SG - "Clarifying questions - Alexa HW, Alexa SW, Alexa particular feature? Assumption - Pick any. Picking HW due to relevance with my background. Any particular pain point that we are trying to address, or any specific goal that I should be aware of? Assumption - None. Mine to pick. Goal for Amazon is to be the most customer centric company. To extend the same vision - With Alexa HW our goal is to provide the best customer experience possible. **Restating problem state"See full answer

Praveen V. - "to clarify, there is nothing specific about FB email. you expect all functionalities of typical email program like msft/google etc assume there are no restrictions. i.e. not restricted to use within FB only As always, fb has great suite of tools to bring people together and build community. its only natural that if i have fb account why not i have FB email address.... assume its a new product, they we need to acquire and engage users and then think about retention this case..... for any produ"See full answer

Marie E. - "Trying to decide on if they should include a step to upload a profile picture in the onboarding flow or not? Why does facebook have a profile picture? What value does it add? User value - Connections: having a picture on your profile, help drive friending and follows. Because users can put a face with the name. And they cna also recongize people they may not immediately know from a name (or a common name) and want to friend them. Business value - Integrity: maki"See full answer

Zenart S. - "My First Job Is the best, as a Service Crew and my second job as a Administrative Aide III you don't know how a Good Verbally communication and you didn't know what is your strength and weaknesses but Now I know what it is, and I know what is my goal in life"See full answer

Lea M. - "THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING ACHIEVING THE IDEA THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA. AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"See full answer

GSWarriors - "Clarification questions: Is it correct to assume that I am an insurance company provide insurance coverage for Waymo? yes Is it safe to assume that we are talking about self-driving cars (no drivers)? yes Several factors are taken into consideration when insurance companies provide insurance quotes (please not that all of these will apply to self-driving cars): M/F Age Years of driving experience Driving record Expected miles driven / year Cost of vehicle If car will be used for c"See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A time where I encouraged my work team to be more creative and innovative was while I was directing design at Blade Urban Air Mobility. Long story short, they had no creative programs in place for cross collaboration and innovation. Action - I introduced Figma into the product workflow, and set up time with the technical team to demo and go over the basics of the program. This allowed everyone to collaborate on the designs, leave comments and streamline the process of creative dev"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify shuttle service and carpool. Any objective behind this switch. Data points: Timings of shuttle service #users Location of users Revenue generated Costs associated Feedback of users"See full answer

Chayan R. - "Clarifying questions: You said on average, having 5 reviews can have positive impact, so I am assuming we will plan to pay for 500 reviews. Is that correct or am I missing anything here ? One information which seems to be missing here to come up with the exact price per review is the number of active visitors from which we are calculating the sales conversion rate. Do we have that information or I should include that as a variable in the price per review. ( assuming we are taking that as a var"See full answer

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