Analytical Interview Questions

Agnes D. - "Clarification: Would data insights be presented in the form of a dashboard and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)? (Assume yes) Hypothesis: Data insights relating to the health of an organization are presented in terms of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and via a dashboard. Approach: · Profile Target Users · Users’ Pain Points and Features to make data insights successful · Metrics · Other considerations Target Users: Since we are talking about the health of an organizati"See full answer

Ferri T. - "Clarification questions: What is the mission of the company? To connect people together to unleash their creativity. Is there any geographical areas that I should concentrate on? It is worldwide. Are there any constraints? No, there is none. Success of the usage of the app? The PM to pick. Approach: Establish the nature of the application. Establish the type of users that would be on the platform. Lay out what the user journey is. Define the metrics that are relevant. -"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you 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 Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Aishwarya R. - "Need for this feature : A user who has to reach somewhere on time - probably someone commuting to the airport would use this feature. I would pilot this feature in a city where there is a high volume of users using uber to commute to the airport, as well as a high volume of drivers, so that we deliver on what we promise. There are 2 side to this - the end user side, and the driver side. To measure the success of this application, primarily, I would track the number of users who are booking sched"See full answer

Anonymous Crab - "Clarification questions : What do we mean by International - not home country(or US) , 1st International launch ? What is the product, physical / digital / service ? - Assuming Linkedin Can we test it - what is the cost of testing it - Assuming Linkedin , so we can test the market with a soft launch , ads before a full blown launch other parameters to consider - Target market & customers Attractiveness of market Underserved needs - early mass/ signs of demand gen - are there local pr"See full answer

Manas M. - "The correct answer as per the interviewer was since we have to exclude in build product engagement metrics and user feedback for the sake of this question, consulting firms/data analytics firms who do market research we rely on that data to determine how useful a competitor's feature is . again this is the answer provided by the interviewer."See full answer

Priyanka D. - "Clarifying Questions: Are we not being able to see any data at all ? or are we not seeing the latest updated data? In either case I can categorize this problem with 3 causes System Issue Is it a be a production bug , where node failure happened? (data load failure) Did our event-engine schedule re-runs fail to run code that fetches underlying data? Are the Dynamics team making some design changes on the tool which may go live and have triggered the DB not being refreshed ? A"See full answer

Anonymous Koala - "Let us define productivity. If there is a change in productivity what will be some of the impacts that can be used to measure if this is true? Finance: Are we meeting the quarterly revenue targets and able to increase our guidance as planned Tech: Are we innovating and introducing new products and services to the market, how does it compare to the historical performance People: Are people taking more days off and how is their average feedback on sentiments Partners/Customers: Who wor"See full answer

Prashant R. - "Goal of the pilot deployment: 1) Evaluate if riders would choose self driving cars (SDC) over regular driver operated cars 2) Test SDC performance/efficiency in given area before scaling operations Interviewer liked my goals and asked me to proceed , this is where I got stuck. I wasnt sure if this was an algorithmic based problem or something else and started saying about general issues SDC may have that may impact customer experience such as SDC waiting too long in traffic affecting ETA, SDC"See full answer

Ivan B. - "At Facebook, you notice a sudden spark in DAUs in Indonesia — how would you determine the cause of this? I'd like to clarify a few things before starting to brainstorm root causes to hopefully narrow down the number of possibilities if you don't mind? - Not at all, please go ahead... Over what time frame has this spark occurred? - DAU's have sparked over the past 3 weeks. Thank you! Next, what are we qualifying DAU as? Is it simply just a user opening the app at least once during the"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you 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 Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Isnadea soraya R. - "untuk mengurutkan daftar angka secara efisien saya akan menggunakan aplikasi pengolah angka yaitu excel dengan rumus rumus untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat pengurutan daftar angka"See full answer