Interview Questions

Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for this. I have a few clarification questions- what would be the museum? Is this an art museum? A museum with ancient things from across the globe? Is there a specific theme? Interviewer: You can consider that this is a modern art museum like MOMA in New York. Me: Thanks -- and to make sure, do you have any additional specifications in what this product wants to tackle? Specifically, are we trying to make the museum experience better, the ticketing experience better or anything els"See full answer

Bk - "Situation: In higher Test Environments, I realized that the developer was not Testing /insufficient Testing.. purely because of all the bugs discovered. Action: so first I did couple of things: Defect Density Metrics on the features - driven by priorities and severities, Rough estimation on cost of fixing, Impact of the bugs -were gathered. Produced metrics and had retrospection meeting to analyze situations/cause of failures and what we could learn and put in as best practices. Real"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: thanks for the question. Could you tell me what type of drone is it and what is the user segment? Interviewer: What you mean by type of drone? Me: Is it a premium drone with premium features like a camera or it's more on the cheaper side? Interviewer: It's a normal drone with basic features, a good camera but nothing professional and it has the Google brand. The users are amateur drone users. Me: Awesome, is there anything specific about this drone in relation to others? You mentioned th"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

Sanjay P. - "Its my first post to answer such questions. Please do let me know your feedback for my improvement please. How many planes flying over city are at the moment Let meshare my understanding on the question, we want to estimate number of aeroplanes flying over city at any moment. Assumption: City:Hyderabad India On average A flight takes 5 min to cross city. We are going to average out as certainly number of planes on Sky in Night is far less than number of planes in Day, so ignor"See full answer

Will P. - "There are several categories of ads that users may encounter on YouTube content pages, depending on the user's device and browser. To narrow the scope of my answer, I am going to assume this is a non-skippable, midroll video ad that is 15 seconds long, and shown to a non-premium desktop user in the US. The next step is to clarify the motivations behind the proposed feature. Are non-relevant ads harmful to the overall user satisfaction? Do users engage more with relevant ads? Are advertisers mak"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "So Machine learning provides the ability to machines to learn patterns from large data. So applying the same when needed. So the type of algorithm depends on the requirement/use case or the data. For example, if we have data that is labeled and we need to do classification then we will go and perform logistic regression but if we want prediction instead of classification, then we will go and build a regression model. In case the data is not labeled, then we can go ahead and build a model usin"See full answer

Sarabjeet S. - "Clarification: What type of business partners are these, some examples? Why isn't a phone/Google meet sufficient for communication? Any specific countries - abroad? With unlimited resources: Mission - To drive increases in Google's business through partnerships Goal of this project - Enable Sundar to communicate quickly and effectively with partners Product vision - Multi-language simulcast of Sundar's message tailored for individual partners Details: Allow Sundar to relay the same message t"See full answer

Michael A. - "First, I want to get a better sense of what is a DAU. What is considered “Active”? User sending message, reading message, opening app? All of the them, any activity within the Messenger App Second, it’s important to know the context of the change. What timeframe was this over? Let’s assume this was over the past 30 days. Ok, a follow up to this would be to check if this is a seasonal pattern? For example, there could be a correlation to Messenger usage and school starting. **This"See full answer

Hmm T. - "Understand what is the business objective behind the ask ? We should not be adopting trends just because everyone is adopting, it has to be tied to business objective Once objective is clear - we need to determine feasibility and cost\benefit assessment by deciding on pilot candidates - since its bank, do we want to integrate this with mobile banking only ? Once we decide on candidate - we will also need to decide on buy vs build decision ? If there are any fintech offerings (like Zell"See full answer

Anonymous Hummingbird - "Q: How do we know that they spend too much time in the app? A: User research/Qualitative survey goal: decrease dissatisfaction that they spend too much time in IG Persona's, lets segment based on usage: New users: just signed up and getting the hang of it lurkers: don't post or engage, just follow contributors: post occasionally (stories + posts) super users/micro influencers: post daily, engage with commenters, spend a lot of time in discover tab IG mission statement is to capture and s"See full answer

Shiva S. - "Car sharing app, like an airbnb but for cars. Assuming for the US market. Goal: Awareness , Acquisition, Engagement, Retention Getting new users to take more rides User Segments: Owners Have a spare car not being used Don't have to purchase the car Own unused premium cars Looking at Turo as an investment option when making a car purchase decision Renters Rent for work trips Rent for vacations Rent during a short stay in town _Family and Indivi"See full answer

Dan D. - "It would be nice if the final Google Docs link can be shared somewhere, so we can access it for reference with ease."See full answer

Deepak M. - "Imagine there's a new toy you've always wanted, but it's not quite perfect. Maybe it's missing a feature you'd love, or it's a bit too complex to use. That's where a product manager, or PM, comes in! Think of a PM like the captain of a shipbuilding this amazing toy. They work with different teams, like the designers who make it look cool, the engineers who build it, and the marketers who tell everyone about it. They listen to people like you, who use the toy, to understand what they like and wha"See full answer

Biplab R. - "Disclaimer: Just an Overview. Let us consider 2 Systems: System A: Includes the Bank Account numbered 123 System B: Includes the Bus Transit Card Numbered 456. Our Customer named: Tom Taking the journey step by step: Product Design & Workflow: System B will have an account number linked with it, which will be maintained by the bus operator. This account can be linked with the Bank Details of the user, using the beneficiary adding mechanism. System A's bank account number will be linked w"See full answer

Himant G. - "World's population of 7.5BB - MInus china and Russia = 5.5BB Estimated Rural and remote areas are about 50% That gives an estimated population back 2.8 BB Assume 4 people per household -- 2.8/4 = 0.7 BB households in rural areas Assume google's market share is 60%, with YOY growth of 10% 0.7 BB * 60% - .42BB households * 10$ = 4.2BB"See full answer