Behavioral Interview Questions

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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "talked about a time when customer is trying to go to cloud for first time and championing the effort.. it is strategic and also a risk because outside of the OEM, no one we know had implemented this product architecture on the cloud.. used first [principles, did a crawl, walk jog approach and implemented it. Risk because of lack of reference architecture, clodu tech was new to me . career making/breaking project for customer. result : project was successful. presented story in a conference."

    Sayee M. - "talked about a time when customer is trying to go to cloud for first time and championing the effort.. it is strategic and also a risk because outside of the OEM, no one we know had implemented this product architecture on the cloud.. used first [principles, did a crawl, walk jog approach and implemented it. Risk because of lack of reference architecture, clodu tech was new to me . career making/breaking project for customer. result : project was successful. presented story in a conference."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
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    "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

    Behavioral
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Better.com logoAsked at Better.com 

    "Hard worker, positive attitude and arrives ready to work with no emotional issues."

    Amparo L. - "Hard worker, positive attitude and arrives ready to work with no emotional issues."See full answer

    Product Designer
    Behavioral
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Customer Success Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"

    Amparo L. - "My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
  • Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 

    "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

    BizOps & Strategy
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "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

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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

    Behavioral
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    Machine Learning Engineer
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Product Designer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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

    Customer Success Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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

    Behavioral
    Product Strategy
    +1 more
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
    Hardware Engineer
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
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