Interview Questions

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

Vamsi K. - "How would you place Amazon Alex hardware in a car, if car software integration was not an option? Let me understand the context and the situation Is Amazon really trying to experiment if they could be a new device category in the cars (or) Is it that they did not get the right partnerships that led to this decision (assuming this is the case) What could be the objectives why Amazon will get interested in this? Apple and Google are getting entrenched in this space and Amazon has almost n"See full answer

Nanda S. - "Looked at use-cases - what would be biggest value props be. Looked at VIP people moving to save the cost of private airplane, security personnel and for everyday people it could be used for emergencies when people had to be moved quickly and safely. Looked at industrial use cases also for security such as moving precious stones like diamonds or high amount of cash where there would be high security, armoured trucks and logistics cost. Decided to narrow down to industrial use and went deeper int"See full answer

Atharva P. - "Problem: Facebook Jobs has seen a 20% increase in job listings, but employer response time to applicants has decreased by 20%. Goal: Investigate and address the decrease in employer response time. Assumptions and Clarifying Questions: Scope: Is this issue internal to Facebook or affecting external users? Timeline: Analyzing data from the past 6 months is assumed to be sufficient. Response Time Definition: Clarify the precise definition of "response time" (e.g."See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Interviewer : How would you reduce ride cancellation on Uber ? Shailesh : Okay before I jump onto the solution, I would like to clarify some points for better understanding. So ride can be cancelled from the both the parties rider and the driver ? So which side are we talking about ? Interviewer : we are seeing more cancellation from diver side. Shailesh : From how long we are seeing this trend ? Interviewer : you can say from an year. Shailesh : Okay, also are we seeing these cancellations from"See full answer

Amin S. - "We can implement Mall psychology, use the monkey effect, FOMO, top-rated stuff from the same restaurants, bundle offers like couple or group offers, and prompt popups for free delivery if you complete X$ amount by adding X item. We can lure customers by giving free subscriptions to Spotify, Netflix, etc. by collaborating with these giants. This is a long-story-short overview of how we can increase the average basket size. Tracking telemetry and refining can make a difference obviously..."See full answer

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Anonymous Muskox - "Web server request HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM (HTTPS)Protocol -> HTTPS/HTTP (HTTPS more secured, encrypted data send by browser) WWW. that is just a term (GOOGLE.COM)DNS -> Every website that is hosted on the internet resides in some data server having an IP address. Due to the complexity of the IP address, ISP mapped the IP address to some readable or English term that is called DNS. Browser does DNS lookup. The FIrst bRowser sees the DNS mapping in the browser cache, if not found then it looks"See full answer

Preethi B. - "How would you improve LinkedIn's homepage? Firstly I would like to think about: 1) Goals and Constraints 2) User and the user personas 3) Prioritize the Use cases / Painpoints 4) Brainstorm on possible solutions for the chosen use case If that's fine by you! In terms of Goal: 1) Revenue 2) Active Users/Engagement - MAU These are three goals I can think of for improving the LinkedIn homepage. We are looking to generate more revenue, increase the number of monthly active users. I would"See full answer

Anonymous Fish - "Some of the best practices I found in the best PMs is Structure - Often times the problems we are dealing with in corporate are going to be ambiguous. Best PMs will try to scope it down and bring a clarity to the ambiguous problem statement. This can be observed in simple things like planning a day, planning a trip or planning a house hunt. They will approach problems with some structure in place Getting the buy in from people - I found that often times PMs are the people who doesn't have"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Question what does it mean by the different markets? Emerging market, developing market, or developed market. Technical Front Low bandwidth or network can affect the performance Latency can be high if the server is not placed near to the regions Business Front The average number of people who indulge in corporate or white collar jobs is very less. Jobs in the local market is very less People who don't have smartphone/desktop excess extensively may not be present on the"See full answer

Anonymous Duck - "I will work with data scientist to implement anomaly detection models to flag any deviations in a business’s review patterns over time. Like if any sudden influx of positive reviews after a negative review could indicate a reputation management effort. Or Any like any bot reviews happening in quick sessions happening from different cities/geo locations"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