Interview Questions

Namu - "Provided an example from my work history where I asked to move the Go-live date to prevent launch date failure."See full answer

Spencer W. - "Just to clarify, I’m picturing that we have a install progress bar that we’re showing to the user, and for the initial stage of the install, we display one ad, then we show a different ad when the user is somewhere in the middle part of the installation, then show a third ad in the final step. Also, I assume that each slot must feature a different advertiser. First I’ll set the scene on how ad campaigns work in general then describe how we’d prioritize them and what to display to the user. A t"See full answer

Pm wizard O. - "I live in a city in California which has about 100,000 people with about 25 -30 gas stations. California has about 39M people in it. with these assumptions we can calculate to find x for number of gas stations in the US. x / 39M x 30/100,000 = 11,700 gas stations"See full answer

Riku H. - "My favorite Meta/Facebook product is Marketplaces and here are my reasons: Mission and Goal - The product's goal is to connect buyers and sellers locally, and this aligns with the connecting the world aspect of Meta's mission. Hence, the motivation there is directly in line with company's mission. Let's talk about the users and the journeys of the product as well: As a buyer: Relatively simple to use interface - find what you want in a few phrases and results near your profile location wil"See full answer

Anjali M. - "Define Groups: Platform where users ( organizers and members) with shared interests can come together and express their thoughts and opinions. Meta's mission: To bring ppl closer together by giving them access to tools and technology. Groups Mission alignment: Gives Organizers and members to come closer together over shared interests and build community. Users : Organizers ( create a group-> invite people on the platform --> can accept or deny a member to the group --> Intera"See full answer

Daniel M. - "First I would like to clarify this scenario with some questions: 1) The KPI that dropped, is it a good sign or bad sign? (Ex.: Maybe a our CAC or CRC that dropped than it is a good sign OR just our sales that overall dropped) 2) What kind of sales is this (frequency)? Once a month, week or subscription? 3) What kind of business are we talkng about? Delivery? Saas? 4) What kind of customers is the company focused? B2B, B2C, B2B2C? 5) Is the overall company sales decreasing or there is a segment t"See full answer

Mallikarjun B. - "I consider my greatest strengths to be my inquisitive nature and my ability to empathize with users. My inquisitiveness drives me to question and challenge the status quo, constantly seeking new perspectives and innovative approaches. I find inspiration in observing advertisements, analyzing their plots, and connecting them to the products being advertised. This curiosity fuels my creativity and pushes me to think outside the box. Furthermore, my empathetic nature plays a vital role in my desig"See full answer

Aryan B. - "I'm going to assume I'm the PM for Events. Clarifying Questions: Is there any reason why we're improving Events, perhaps any bugs or feature requests? I'll assume improvement is open-ended Are we scoped to Facebook mobile or web? I'll assume no I'd like to break this problem down into three areas: goals, users, and solutions. Let's talk about goals first. Higher-level goal for Facebook & Events The higher-level goal for Facebook is to bring people closer together and empower"See full answer

Raghuveer K. - "AirBnB Mission: to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. In my view the Airbnb achieves the above goal by accomodating travellers in locals houses. Thus the traveller not only gets a place at a cheaper price to live in but also can interact and understand the local culture than in a professional setting like a hotel. Purpose or need for the product and how it can tie back to the goal: The best way to belong anywhere and have a best experience of a particular place depends on several"See full answer

Priyanka V. - "Facebook groups operate to inculcate community interaction. I would deep dive into the current user behavior to understand a lot more User journey User age groups that show most activity Usage of features Dominant topics Any other data point that will provide insight to usage statics Based on above findings, I would devise a feature that would target increasing retention/time spent on the groups by incentivizing high performing user and/or user groups. Some examples of features"See full answer

Lee J. - "Assumption: the revenue is on a yearly basis. Revenue = No. of users x price of product x frequency of purchase x size of purchase Product of Google Map = Ads by the merchants To double the revenue, Boost the number of merchants by reaching out to them Increase the price of ads (which is not ideal since it will disincentivise some merchants) Increase the frequency of their purchase in a year (Eg. previously merchants just put ads in Google Map for 6 years and now we can encourage"See full answer

Ranjani M. - "A refrigerator is used to store food in cold storage to prevent spoilage. If there is nothing specific from the interviewer, I would consider a robotic refrigerator to be a smart fridge that incorporates AI and movement. Clarifying questions: Digital / Physical product or combination Any particular demographic of customers? What is the goal of this product? Only home users to be considered? User cohorts: Families with children: Refrigerator being a common family appliance Couples and ro"See full answer

Jane D. - "My approach to dealing with difficult stakeholders has always been: Engage - Directly engage with the stakeholder, meet or chat Listen - Listen to what they have to say, patiently. Understand - Understand their POV, even if it is impossible at some times Ask - Ask clarifying questions. Why? When? What? Engage again - Keep them in the loop until there is closure For example, we were in the final stages of a very important, strategic project for our organization. I was leading th"See full answer