Interview Questions

Amparo L. - "I was a student Worker at Gordon's Food Service, Schaumburg. The tasks were to pull in the shopping carts from the lot, cleaning the break room, restocking products, checking expiration dates, garbage and recycling, vacuuming onion peels, cleaning bathroom mirrors and refilling the bottles with cleaning supplies."See full answer

Exponent - "It may not seem like it, but this is actually a Favorite Product question. We're given just one constraint here: a product management tool. Let's review the Favorite Product formula: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? How does this product address these pain points differently and better? How would you improve it/make it better? Summarize Let"See full answer

Anushka D. - "Clarifying Points/Questions\: What are the specific needs and pain points of hotels and their guests? How can Google Assistant technology be leveraged to enhance the hotel experience? What are the potential monetization and revenue opportunities for such a product? Assumptions\: Hotels are looking for ways to improve guest experience and operational efficiency. Guests expect personalized, convenient, and technologically advanced services. Google Assistant has the capabi"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your equat"See full answer

Andrew B. - "Group the data by product, and then sort by time."See full answer

Anonymous Halibut - "The product lens I view the mousetrap through is a product which has a decision maker (someone who wants to catch a mouse) and an end user (yes, yes, the mouse to be trapped). I believe that the mousetrap is superior when it shows a better speed of catching mice. So given that there are mice to catch, it has a better 'conversion' rate of mice which took interest in the mousetrap / mice who got caught - this is a decision maker, e.g. a homeowner, perspective For a mouse, a trap is better when it"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > It definitely did. Here are three ways I think we could improve how we operate to prepare for another pandemic. A Work From Home Culture > One major way we were impacted was through how we operate as teams. Working from home became the new norm, a"See full answer

Kwaku K. - "Use a min-heap or sort the array, either method works"See full answer