"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"
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
"Situation - A time I saw a peer struggling was while I was at Google working in Mountain View. A fellow colleague of mine was consistently not meeting standards in his performance reviews and wasn’t sure why. He was upset because Google was his dream company and he wasn’t sure how to improve based on his feedback.
Task - I was tasked to design a based VUI framework for our discovery space on smart displays. This colleague was acting as the VUI lead for the project while I acted as t"
Ben G. - "Situation - A time I saw a peer struggling was while I was at Google working in Mountain View. A fellow colleague of mine was consistently not meeting standards in his performance reviews and wasn’t sure why. He was upset because Google was his dream company and he wasn’t sure how to improve based on his feedback.
Task - I was tasked to design a based VUI framework for our discovery space on smart displays. This colleague was acting as the VUI lead for the project while I acted as t"See full answer
"Assume you have a talking toy that can record voice. Machine learning is this magic that you could use to make this toy really useful for yourself. For a week - talk to this toy about your favorite color, favorite breakfast, what kind of weather you like, so on. The following week you could ask questions like today's weather is so and so - what breakfast should I have? , when should I plan a play date with my friends etc.."
Srinivas P. - "Assume you have a talking toy that can record voice. Machine learning is this magic that you could use to make this toy really useful for yourself. For a week - talk to this toy about your favorite color, favorite breakfast, what kind of weather you like, so on. The following week you could ask questions like today's weather is so and so - what breakfast should I have? , when should I plan a play date with my friends etc.."See full answer
"Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities
What i know about VR :
VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard
VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile
VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks
VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video?
Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush
which device are we implementing the new feat"
Praniti S. - "Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities
What i know about VR :
VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard
VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile
VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks
VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video?
Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush
which device are we implementing the new feat"See full answer
"I want to become a product manager because it allows me to leverage my UX and architectural design background while focusing on creating impactful digital products. My experience with design thinking has equipped me with a user-centered approach, essential for identifying and solving real problems.I’m excited about the opportunity to bridge user needs with business goals, overseeing a product from conception to launch. The iterative nature of digital products fascinates me, as it enables continu"
Jaswanth P. - "I want to become a product manager because it allows me to leverage my UX and architectural design background while focusing on creating impactful digital products. My experience with design thinking has equipped me with a user-centered approach, essential for identifying and solving real problems.I’m excited about the opportunity to bridge user needs with business goals, overseeing a product from conception to launch. The iterative nature of digital products fascinates me, as it enables continu"See full answer
"I covered the following area - Working with the Stakeholders, setting miles stones, delving deep into the area and understanding what success look like and defined it with metrics, created dependency and reviewing the progress against the milestones planned. To keep everyone updated on the program, sent a monthly newsletter on the program. During this phase I also identified opportunity to improve the engineering pace"
Rajesh P. - "I covered the following area - Working with the Stakeholders, setting miles stones, delving deep into the area and understanding what success look like and defined it with metrics, created dependency and reviewing the progress against the milestones planned. To keep everyone updated on the program, sent a monthly newsletter on the program. During this phase I also identified opportunity to improve the engineering pace"See full answer
"Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus
By working on the below -ves:
What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ?
Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ?
Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone.
Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve)
Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel
UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI
What"
Anjaly J. - "Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus
By working on the below -ves:
What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ?
Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ?
Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone.
Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve)
Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel
UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI
What"See full answer
"Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager.
I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"
DM - "Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager.
I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"See full answer
"My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct?
Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"
Bg - "My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct?
Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"See full answer
"Situation
Our data engineering team was growing rapidly, and we needed to establish a more structured management layer to support this growth. One of our senior engineers, Sarah, had consistently demonstrated leadership qualities and technical expertise. The team was working on a critical project to enhance our real-time analytics capabilities, and it became clear that we needed additional management support to ensure the project's success.
Task
My task was to evaluate Sarah’s potential"
Scott S. - "Situation
Our data engineering team was growing rapidly, and we needed to establish a more structured management layer to support this growth. One of our senior engineers, Sarah, had consistently demonstrated leadership qualities and technical expertise. The team was working on a critical project to enhance our real-time analytics capabilities, and it became clear that we needed additional management support to ensure the project's success.
Task
My task was to evaluate Sarah’s potential"See full answer