Interview Questions

Jaswanth P. - " Prioritized Features for Improvement 1. Content Discovery and Recommendation Algorithm Rationale: The algorithm significantly influences user engagement by determining which videos appear on the "For You Page" (FYP). Improving its accuracy can enhance user satisfaction and retention. - Approach: Incorporate more nuanced data points, such as user mood indicators or contextual data (e.g., time of day, trending events) to refine recommendations further. Regular updat"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for the question. I have a clarifying question, how the actionable data points are arriving? Is it based on direct user feedback or from the iPhone integrated with the Airpod Pro? Interviewer: You can consider both. Me: Ok, let me take a minute to structure my approach. Me: First, I would begin by establishing the types of users of Airpod Pros, and I come up with two: 1) the casual user that goes for a run once in a while or listen to music 1-2 hours a day. 2) the pretty intense"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will ask few clarifying questions to the interviewer: Is there any specific application that we are referring to (assuming B2C website/app) What are we Trading off here (assuming Requirements/Features) I will consider following criteria to prioritize Trade offs: Impact on User experience: In terms of usability, reliability, and efficiency Usability: Ease of Use, Intuitive UI Reliability: Functions as expected and produces desired results, tolerates user mistakes and prevents unauthor"See full answer

Mala R. - "Fitness app - for kids waze - for turists whats app for senior citizens "See full answer

Anonymous Crab - "Clarify: Are we specifically referring to the point in time after a customer places an order to a restaurant, in the context of Doordash? Or are we talking about a generic online order? (Assume former) I am going to walk through what I think our business and product goal is, followed by the users and their painpoints in the workflow after they place an order. Then I will prioritize which pain points to solve for based on business objective and some other factors, and finally brainstorm and prio"See full answer

K v K. - "Not my response, just the Points noted, : Show passion for the work - certifications, competitions, etc., Show the contribution to the Org Has relevant work experience Has the resume been crafted for the job opening and aligns with the job opening Resumes typically get 15-20 seconds for review "See full answer

Anil K. - "Acquisition New sign-ups for Google Drive Service Google Drive app installs Activation Number of users with at least one file since sign-up Paid Google Drive Users Engagement DAU, MAU Sessions, Frequency Time spend Files accessed per session Task completion - sharing file, setting up automatic back up etc. Retention % Repeat Users % Users Churning out Google App Uninstalls Referral Inviting"See full answer

Howard H. - "We have to work with the c-suite to understood the direct quartly outcomes or goals. This could be our epic and then we try to break that down into business value and complexity . This will allow us to prioritize whats next. From there we can structure a mvp to cover maybe some of these areas to understand the estimation of this work. After the first couple weeks we can structure a roadmap and then define when"See full answer

Naresh A. - "Although there is no fixed or predefined framework that I follow to prioritize, I do have a methodical criterion that is suitable to my organization and practices. The business outcome/value proposition of each project/request - try to quantitative every metric below Number of customers going to be impacted in that product vertical - item with more customers gets more weight Is this an existing feature or a new feature - existing features get more weightage especially if thi"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

Rika S. - "Snapchat's mission is to re-create how people use camera to capture their life moments. Snapchat's user base is comprised of Gen Z and Millenials, capturing the ~ 12-35 year old age group. Snapchat's goal is to keep these users engaged so they don't leave for enticing competitors like Tic Toc and Quibi. Tic Toc and Quibi are major competitors to Snapchat and they seem to compete on original content. They've partnered with celebrities and media brands to produce really engaging, high quality co"See full answer

Niji R. - "General Approach: In a funnel, prospects that dropped off at the very end just before conversion are the ones that were most likely to convert simply because they went through the effort of going through multiple steps to advance to the very end of the funnel. The more the prospects advances through the funnel, better their probability of converting. I'd therefore focus more on reducing drop-offs at the final stages of the funnel for better conversion. Caveats: There are certain use-cases where"See full answer

M N. - "Ideas: Book a ride ahead of time on an app and provide timeslots. Have longer hours just for these rides so that people who care enough can go earlier. Distribute the demand by splitting a one-day ticket into 2 days so that traffic is distributed into 2 days. Fast pass add-on that lets you buy a fast pass for a specific ride instead of a combination. Have 2 of the top 3 popular rides and remove unpopular rides to use the space. Create a VR version of popular ride at the park so"See full answer