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Asked at Meta (Facebook), Google • 2 months ago
What is the principle of least privilege?
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Asked at Google, Microsoft • 2 months ago
What is the purpose of a firewall? How will you configure one?
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Asked at Department of Defense • 2 months ago
Tell me about a technical project that you've done that you are passionate about.
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Asked at Meta (Facebook), Google • 2 months ago
Explain the CIA triad.
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How have you gotten the customer to move at your pace?
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Asked at Frame.io • 4 years ago
How would you describe the design philosophies of Apple and Google? Which do you prefer?
Product Design
System Design
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Asked at Meta (Facebook) • 3 years ago
What are the advantages and disadvantages of GraphQL?
Product Manager
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"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"
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
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Asked at Redfin • 4 years ago
How would you measure the success of real estate agents' satisfaction with Redfin Mortgage?
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Execution
Asked at Silicon Valley Bank • 4 years ago
Design a product to help Americans waste less.
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at RealSelf • 4 years ago
What will you build for the next product if you are a PM at RealSelf?
Product Design
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"Few clarifications questions, RealSelf is a platform/place where people go to look for best doctors for cosmetic surgeries and procedures? Am I correct? Interviewer: Yes. Cool. So as far as I know RealSelf has a very well designed experience where users can find best suitable treatments, procedures, reviews from the users who have undergone treatments and reviews of doctors/clinics. As a PM at RealSelf, I need to build a product which is not there already and which adds value to the mission o"
Piyush D. - "Few clarifications questions, RealSelf is a platform/place where people go to look for best doctors for cosmetic surgeries and procedures? Am I correct? Interviewer: Yes. Cool. So as far as I know RealSelf has a very well designed experience where users can find best suitable treatments, procedures, reviews from the users who have undergone treatments and reviews of doctors/clinics. As a PM at RealSelf, I need to build a product which is not there already and which adds value to the mission o"See full answer
Product Design
Discuss version control on Google Docs.
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Behavioral
Asked at Coursera • 4 years ago
How would you segment website visitors to optimize self-service signups?
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at HBO • 4 years ago
What is your experience with data collection and aggregation systems?
Behavioral
Technical
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Behavioral
Technical
What are the common pitfalls of A/B testing?
Statistics & Experimentation
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Statistics & Experimentation
Asked at LinkedIn • 4 years ago
What is the difference between a join and a union in SQL?
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Asked at Codecademy • 3 years ago
Why did Codecademy's signups increase by 15%?
Product Manager
Analytical
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"This many not look like it, but this is actually a Diagnosis problem. The twist here is that it's asking you to diagnose something positive. The approach is the same, so don't panic! Use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization "
Exponent - "This many not look like it, but this is actually a Diagnosis problem. The twist here is that it's asking you to diagnose something positive. The approach is the same, so don't panic! Use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization "See full answer
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Analytical
Asked at Google • 3 years ago
How do you align incentives with a team that shares similar goals?
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Asked at Better.com • 4 years ago
How would you improve Better.com?
Product Design
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"I would fire the ceo over bluejeans"
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Product Design
What happens when the JVM Garbage Collector releases a property static of a class?
Software Engineer
Technical
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"Classes are represented in memory as areas where code and class shared objects are. The JVM use class loader to load classes and unload them if no more required at runtime as specified at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-12.html#jls-12.7, to name a very consolidated version of JVM. The interviewers supposed memory was freed without being subject to GC. I asked to discuss to clarify which hypothesis is right, the interviewers dismissed me. I'm very happy they didn't select m"
Luca D. - "Classes are represented in memory as areas where code and class shared objects are. The JVM use class loader to load classes and unload them if no more required at runtime as specified at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-12.html#jls-12.7, to name a very consolidated version of JVM. The interviewers supposed memory was freed without being subject to GC. I asked to discuss to clarify which hypothesis is right, the interviewers dismissed me. I'm very happy they didn't select m"See full answer
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Asked at Microsoft • 3 years ago
Tell me about a time when someone you networked with had a professional impact on you.
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