Analytical Interview Questions

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

Mihail E. - "A/B test on a small batch of users/drivers"See full answer

Jacob C. - "Clarifying Questions: Does Google Photos and this feature come pre built into pixel phones or does user has to download the app or enable the feature? (N) - So adoption is not the problem. Do we have auto upload option available for users? (Y) So any user who has this turned on would not be using this feature. In other words, this feature is mainly used for selective upload I think on Pixel phones, Google photos provides unlimited high quality storage? (Y) Understanding the flow: Camer"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

Robbie A. - "A great answer will: Lay out the mission of facebook and how reactions relate to it (FB mission is to connect people, FB app has posts that make up a feed, reactions enable more engagement with posts Describe the benefits of reactions for users (less friction to engage) and for FB (more user engagement with posts which helps viewer and poster, improve newsfeed algo) Notice that you can evaluate demand for a 7th reaction by looking at posts with a high ratio of comments to reactions, and ma"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

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

Lakshmi tejaswi S. - "First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe Unable to book the reservation Customers unable to cancel reservations The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in customers unable to interact or leave reviews. I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence. I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"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

Sg S. - "Let’s talk about goals first Goals are: Yelp:
1
I assumed that main goal is the revenue from advertising. It PPC advertising so we want more people to click on it.
2 Keep high user engagement level advertisers: want to keep the CR and CPS. Let’s discuss how can we define the appropriate number of ads: We can set up AB testing with different number of ads. We want to see if there is significant revenue increase when we show 1,3,5 ads.
We also want to check the tradeoffs and be sure tha"See full answer

Yespm T. - "Define Product: Facebook events lets people organize gatherings in the real world with people on Facebook.  As a creator, you can create public or private event, set date/time/location, invite people.  Invitees can see these events, view who’s coming and provide an answer (RSVP). They can share events with their connections. Define Metric: Clarify which specific success metric has dropped? Assume it's the Avg # of responses (rsvp) per event that has dropped Clarify how mu"See full answer

Amit S. - "Fast food service Good service application."See full answer

Rev - "Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement) Age: 0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents) 5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day) 52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs 15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins) 30 x 8 ="See full answer

Anhul C. - "The effectiveness of product positioning can be evaluated based on the goal of the product launch. To do this, we have to follow the below steps: First establish the goal of the product launch (is it customer acquisition? activation? Monetization? Identify who the customers are What is the customer need we are trying to address by the product What is the total addressable market TAM? What % of the TAM do we expect to acquire by the said product? Finally, based on the actions w"See full answer

Rudra pratap S. - "Install was sudden or gradual. Let’s we are seeing it from last month. It it happening in any particular country or location? Let’s say india only. Have we seen any bad PR issues from our competitors? Let’s say no. Have we launched any new song from any famous singer in the last month? Let’s say no. Only installs are increased or free to premium conversion is also increased. Let’s say yes we have seen increase in free to premium conversion also. Have we launched any new market campaign with extr"See full answer