"Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"
Rajdeep J. - "Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"See full answer
"FB Vision
Why is this problem important - bad ads can drive customer churn and pose reputational risks in terms of law suits.
What is a bad ad defined as - we will exclude ad relevance. any ad that is inappropriate, harmful, and misleading.
What is the user journey >>
Businesses creates ads, ads are verified by FB team who will remove any bad ads, ads get published after verification, user sees the ads, reports if they dont like it, and the team verifies it again and if bad, removes it.
N"
Neha A. - "FB Vision
Why is this problem important - bad ads can drive customer churn and pose reputational risks in terms of law suits.
What is a bad ad defined as - we will exclude ad relevance. any ad that is inappropriate, harmful, and misleading.
What is the user journey >>
Businesses creates ads, ads are verified by FB team who will remove any bad ads, ads get published after verification, user sees the ads, reports if they dont like it, and the team verifies it again and if bad, removes it.
N"See full answer
"Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product.
Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"
Singer29 - "Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product.
Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"See full answer
"Credibility is very important for success of any team. And it is something that takes time to build, but if i am inheriting a team that i did not build, i would spend dedicated time to understand team structure, dynamics and skill levels for every team member. Domain knowledge and experience are other important factors i would learn about each team member. In regular meetings i would introduce the culture of openness and respect where team members feel free to bring in ideas and constructive fee"
Kanwarpreet S. - "Credibility is very important for success of any team. And it is something that takes time to build, but if i am inheriting a team that i did not build, i would spend dedicated time to understand team structure, dynamics and skill levels for every team member. Domain knowledge and experience are other important factors i would learn about each team member. In regular meetings i would introduce the culture of openness and respect where team members feel free to bring in ideas and constructive fee"See full answer
"Clarifying questions (since there is no interviewer to clarify, I will state and make my assumptions below):
Is this an app for park-goers, Six Flags employees, or some other stakeholder?
Assumption: this is an app for park-goers
Is there an age-limit on the app?
Assumption: There is no specific age-limit, but it should be family friendly
Will this app be standardized across all Six Flags locations?
Assumption: yes
To design this product, I will explain my thought proces"
Izzy K. - "Clarifying questions (since there is no interviewer to clarify, I will state and make my assumptions below):
Is this an app for park-goers, Six Flags employees, or some other stakeholder?
Assumption: this is an app for park-goers
Is there an age-limit on the app?
Assumption: There is no specific age-limit, but it should be family friendly
Will this app be standardized across all Six Flags locations?
Assumption: yes
To design this product, I will explain my thought proces"See full answer
"I depends on the severity of the bug and the impact of the new feature. Is the bug a blocker and is having direct impact on the business flow? Is the new feature mission critical and has a major impact on customer experience, revenue, business, etc. Conduct an analysis. Include key stakeholders in this discussion."
Kiran K. - "I depends on the severity of the bug and the impact of the new feature. Is the bug a blocker and is having direct impact on the business flow? Is the new feature mission critical and has a major impact on customer experience, revenue, business, etc. Conduct an analysis. Include key stakeholders in this discussion."See full answer
"ATTEMPT 2:
Facebook Dating
Sign up for a dating profile if you have FB account
You see profiles of others who signed up
It’s presented in a form browse cards
Like or Not like profile
Like + Like = Match = Unlocks to exchange messages
Meetup + Date
Facebook Dating - Helping people meet to date -> potential connections or long-term partner or marriage
Users
Just to date / meet new people
Look for a meaningful relationship
Look for marriage or partners"
Anonymous Warbler - "ATTEMPT 2:
Facebook Dating
Sign up for a dating profile if you have FB account
You see profiles of others who signed up
It’s presented in a form browse cards
Like or Not like profile
Like + Like = Match = Unlocks to exchange messages
Meetup + Date
Facebook Dating - Helping people meet to date -> potential connections or long-term partner or marriage
Users
Just to date / meet new people
Look for a meaningful relationship
Look for marriage or partners"See full answer
"The question is bit vague (I guess deliberately) so I believe firstly we shall ask questions and resolve ambiguity. Some initial questions could be :
1) Is this one time activity or something that should be done on continuous basis. If continuous basis then at what frequency.
2) How much staleness is acceptable in SYSTEM Y data
3) Are there any limitation in SYSTEM Y and is it fair to assume that we would need some kind of transformation to bring data into SYSTEM Y schema.
4) What kind of vol"
Kshitij A. - "The question is bit vague (I guess deliberately) so I believe firstly we shall ask questions and resolve ambiguity. Some initial questions could be :
1) Is this one time activity or something that should be done on continuous basis. If continuous basis then at what frequency.
2) How much staleness is acceptable in SYSTEM Y data
3) Are there any limitation in SYSTEM Y and is it fair to assume that we would need some kind of transformation to bring data into SYSTEM Y schema.
4) What kind of vol"See full answer
"I want to work at Meta because of its reputation as a company that consistently pushes the boundaries of technology, particularly in areas like AI, machine learning, and immersive technologies such as AR and VR. I admire Meta's mission to bring people closer together and create meaningful connections, as well as its focus on long-term innovation, such as the development of the metaverse.
As an AI engineer, I'm excited about the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that have a global impa"
Alan T. - "I want to work at Meta because of its reputation as a company that consistently pushes the boundaries of technology, particularly in areas like AI, machine learning, and immersive technologies such as AR and VR. I admire Meta's mission to bring people closer together and create meaningful connections, as well as its focus on long-term innovation, such as the development of the metaverse.
As an AI engineer, I'm excited about the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that have a global impa"See full answer
"Smart Lock :
Clarifying Questions :
Are* we *talking about the locks we use for the doors or locks used for suitcases or study lockers ? "Scope is yours"
What do we need by smart ?
Are we a company that are already in lock business? - Yes
Do we have significant marketshare in lock business ? - Yes
Are we trying to address or improve any customer pain point or improve our metric? - "No"
Customer Segment :
Tech savvy -
non tech savvy- Customer buys
Old"
Hari priya K. - "Smart Lock :
Clarifying Questions :
Are* we *talking about the locks we use for the doors or locks used for suitcases or study lockers ? "Scope is yours"
What do we need by smart ?
Are we a company that are already in lock business? - Yes
Do we have significant marketshare in lock business ? - Yes
Are we trying to address or improve any customer pain point or improve our metric? - "No"
Customer Segment :
Tech savvy -
non tech savvy- Customer buys
Old"See full answer
"Are you serious?
What kind of dog is it?
Why would a dog watch Netflix?
What kind of movies do they like?
Why are we only considering dogs? What’s wrong with cats?
Are they going to play movies by themselves?
Is it for pet dogs or stray dogs?
Who will pay the subscription fees for them?
"
Rupam S. - "Are you serious?
What kind of dog is it?
Why would a dog watch Netflix?
What kind of movies do they like?
Why are we only considering dogs? What’s wrong with cats?
Are they going to play movies by themselves?
Is it for pet dogs or stray dogs?
Who will pay the subscription fees for them?
"See full answer
"5 reasons
Gmail search is real time
Gmail search needs to be 100% accurate
Does not have significant caching / hot searches
Less hardware used as user info cant be sprayed across machines
Gmail storage is different, as needs decryption on every"
Mohit G. - "5 reasons
Gmail search is real time
Gmail search needs to be 100% accurate
Does not have significant caching / hot searches
Less hardware used as user info cant be sprayed across machines
Gmail storage is different, as needs decryption on every"See full answer
"I can see that Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2009) needs a redesigned washing machine with a busier life than ever, newer living arrangements, and a longer time frame. Let's try and understand why we need a new product for Gen Z:
Clarifying question - 1) Do we have a specific goal while redesigning the machine? Should we optimize for speed, space, or functionalities? (Assume - No)
2) Do we have geographical constraints? Countries have different power and electrical thresholds, which can decide"
Ishan S. - "I can see that Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2009) needs a redesigned washing machine with a busier life than ever, newer living arrangements, and a longer time frame. Let's try and understand why we need a new product for Gen Z:
Clarifying question - 1) Do we have a specific goal while redesigning the machine? Should we optimize for speed, space, or functionalities? (Assume - No)
2) Do we have geographical constraints? Countries have different power and electrical thresholds, which can decide"See full answer
"I started asking some questions regarding the constrains of the system:
An antena is emitting a signal that says if the tagged device was out of the room where the interview was happening.
I was able to decide which would be the schema for the Antena's message.
The antena is sending the info of multiple users.
The system doesn't need to push notification to the users when the user left the device behind.
Upon reflection, this is what I recollected doing.
I propuse the json schema a"
Eduardo C. - "I started asking some questions regarding the constrains of the system:
An antena is emitting a signal that says if the tagged device was out of the room where the interview was happening.
I was able to decide which would be the schema for the Antena's message.
The antena is sending the info of multiple users.
The system doesn't need to push notification to the users when the user left the device behind.
Upon reflection, this is what I recollected doing.
I propuse the json schema a"See full answer