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How would you measure engagement for a productivity app? What features or behaviors would you track?
Product Analyst
Data Analysis
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Data Analysis
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The product team reports a decline in 30-day user retention. How would you approach this problem?
Data Analyst
Data Analysis
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Data Analysis
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What metrics would you track to improve operational cost?
Business Analyst
Data Analysis
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Asked at Better.com • 5 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
Asked at Frame.io • 5 years ago
How do you determine if a feature is high-quality enough to be released?
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Asked at Codecademy • 4 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
Product Manager
Analytical
Asked at Asana • 5 years ago
When optimizing performance, should Asana focus on enterprise users or consumers?
Product Strategy
Technical
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Product Strategy
Technical
Asked at SoundCloud • 5 years ago
How would you build a community around music discovery?
Product Design
Product Strategy
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Product Design
Product Strategy
Asked at Qualtrics • 5 years ago
How would you improve Qualtrics Surveys?
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design a new way for tourists to communicate.
Product Manager
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"This is a Design a Product question. Let's follow the formula to make sure we cover all our bases: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope earl"
Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. Let's follow the formula to make sure we cover all our bases: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope earl"See full answer
Product Manager
Asked at Apple • 3 years ago
Find the maximum product subarray in a given array.
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Software Engineer
Asked at Salesforce • 2 years ago
Given 2 strings, return the longest common substring.
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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"String commonStr(String str1, String str2) { int len1 = str1.length(); int len2 = str2.length(); if (len1 == 0 || len2 == 0) return ""; // let dpx reprsent the longest common str of 0...x int dp = new int len1 + 1; int maxLen = 0; int endIndex = 0; for (int i = 1; i <= len1; i++) { for (int j = 1; j <= len2; j++) { if (str1.charAt(i-1) == str2.charAt(j-1)) { dpi = dpi-1 + 1; "
Anonymous Eel - "String commonStr(String str1, String str2) { int len1 = str1.length(); int len2 = str2.length(); if (len1 == 0 || len2 == 0) return ""; // let dpx reprsent the longest common str of 0...x int dp = new int len1 + 1; int maxLen = 0; int endIndex = 0; for (int i = 1; i <= len1; i++) { for (int j = 1; j <= len2; j++) { if (str1.charAt(i-1) == str2.charAt(j-1)) { dpi = dpi-1 + 1; "See full answer
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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How do you handle network effects in A/B testing?
Statistics & Experimentation
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Statistics & Experimentation
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
What strategy could Microsoft take to launch a new mobile phone?
Product Strategy
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Product Strategy
Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Analyze the statement: 'Email is dead'.
Analytical
Product Strategy
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Analytical
Product Strategy
Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How do you align incentives with a team that shares similar goals?
Product Manager
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Product Manager
Asked at Oath, Yahoo • 5 years ago
If you had 20 engineers, 100,000 computers, and 3 months, what would you build?
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Execution
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"Firstly, I would start researching the problems in the market, figure the audience for my product and then with the correct ideation to launch build the right product with the right team."
Sarlinson C. - "Firstly, I would start researching the problems in the market, figure the audience for my product and then with the correct ideation to launch build the right product with the right team."See full answer
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Execution
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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
Software Engineer
Technical
Asked at PwC • a year ago
What do you do in your free time?
BizOps & Strategy
Behavioral
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BizOps & Strategy
Behavioral
Asked at Via Transportation • a year ago
How would you transport 10 kids to school within a limited timeframe?
BizOps & Strategy
Data Analysis
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