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Asked at Opentext • 4 years ago
Design an app to allow book subscriptions with hard copies.
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"Clarification Questions Who are we? An independent startup trying to enter Why do we want to do this Constraints What kind of app do we have in mind, a library kind of app with subscriptions to a book Goal Help users read more by giving them a subscription model for a hard copy of book User acquisition Users Demographics - Kids, Teenagers, Young Adults, Old Adults, Oldies Profession - Working professionals, Stay at Home Reading - no, medium, avid Journey Get to know of a book -> Bu"
Namrata L. - "Clarification Questions Who are we? An independent startup trying to enter Why do we want to do this Constraints What kind of app do we have in mind, a library kind of app with subscriptions to a book Goal Help users read more by giving them a subscription model for a hard copy of book User acquisition Users Demographics - Kids, Teenagers, Young Adults, Old Adults, Oldies Profession - Working professionals, Stay at Home Reading - no, medium, avid Journey Get to know of a book -> Bu"See full answer
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Asked at Patreon • 4 years ago
Create an app to increase reading.
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Asked at Google, Mastercard • 2 months ago
Explain the architecture of a project/platform you're working on or have worked on.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design a product to track animals.
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design an app that helps a museum generate revenue.
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"Museums are multi-revenue organizations. They dont have much or any profits in the process but thats becuase they dont want to either. All the money pretty much goes to operational costs required to be a well maintained place of exhibit. Lets consider the sources they currently "make" the money from- governments(national and/or state) private donors and trustees heritage organizations with their lottery fundings self channels like admission/entry fees, tickets for exhibitions, gift s"
Debajyoti B. - "Museums are multi-revenue organizations. They dont have much or any profits in the process but thats becuase they dont want to either. All the money pretty much goes to operational costs required to be a well maintained place of exhibit. Lets consider the sources they currently "make" the money from- governments(national and/or state) private donors and trustees heritage organizations with their lottery fundings self channels like admission/entry fees, tickets for exhibitions, gift s"See full answer
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Asked at Apple • 5 years ago
Design a classical music product for Apple Music.
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Asked at Better.com, Peloton • 5 years ago
Build a micro version of the Twitter timeline.
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Recommend similar videos on YouTube.
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Asked at Accenture • 5 years ago
Walk me through the technical architecture needed to build a mobile alarm clock app.
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Assess the difficulty of a Duolingo language test.
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Asked at Blend • 5 years ago
Design a lending product for millennials.
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Design autocomplete for iMessage.
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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
Design a solution for the sports industry.
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Asked at Google Cloud (GCP) • 4 years ago
Build a sushi factory that sells wholesale sushi boxes.
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Asked at Thumbtack • 5 years ago
Design a birthday product.
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Asked at Yelp • 5 years ago
Build a scheduler product for Yelp Home Services.
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Design a system to recommend similar homes for sale on Zillow.
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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
Design a product for patients to find the right care.
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Asked at Walmart Labs • 5 years ago
What are common features of an adtech platform?
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Asked at Booking.com • 4 years ago
Draw the system for which one of your programs was responsible. Discuss the different components, how they interact, and the technical decisions made.
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