"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
"All products and services have to sell. I would create measurements on how much time, labor, and funds went into a project and how much value it brings back to customers and company."
John H. - "All products and services have to sell. I would create measurements on how much time, labor, and funds went into a project and how much value it brings back to customers and company."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
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"System Components
Data Collection Layer
Posts with hashtags are asynchronously sent to Kafka topics
Each message contains: hashtag, timestamp, userid, postid
Multiple Kafka partitions ensure scalability and fault tolerance
Processing Layer
Apache Flink processes streams in real-time
Implements sliding window aggregation (1hr, 24hr, 7d windows)
Calculates topic popularity using weighted metrics:
Post count
User engagement (likes, comments)
Unique user"
Usman B. - "System Components
Data Collection Layer
Posts with hashtags are asynchronously sent to Kafka topics
Each message contains: hashtag, timestamp, userid, postid
Multiple Kafka partitions ensure scalability and fault tolerance
Processing Layer
Apache Flink processes streams in real-time
Implements sliding window aggregation (1hr, 24hr, 7d windows)
Calculates topic popularity using weighted metrics:
Post count
User engagement (likes, comments)
Unique user"See full answer
"In what terms we need to improve the quality? Is there any focus on any particular host/customer experience? - Let’s consider that we need to improve the customer engagement on Airbnb platform.
Airbnb has both - web interface as well as mobile interface. So, I am assuming the experience on both the platforms.
I will brief about Airbnb - Airbnb provides homeowners to rent their spare rooms/properties to travelers/visitors and at the same time, travelers/visitors can get accommodation at budget"
Anonymous Fox - "In what terms we need to improve the quality? Is there any focus on any particular host/customer experience? - Let’s consider that we need to improve the customer engagement on Airbnb platform.
Airbnb has both - web interface as well as mobile interface. So, I am assuming the experience on both the platforms.
I will brief about Airbnb - Airbnb provides homeowners to rent their spare rooms/properties to travelers/visitors and at the same time, travelers/visitors can get accommodation at budget"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
"Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in.
I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"
Adarsh S. - "Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in.
I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
What age range are we looking at between 13-19? Any specific range we need to target? - Assume all teens
Any demography we would target? - Worldwide
Do they have access to phones/laptops or do we need to build an offline product? - Assume they have access to phones and laptops
Are there any constraints around privacy or content moderation? - Yes
What platform (Facebook core, Messenger, or another product) is this for? - Assume faceb"
Kartik D. - "Clarifying Questions:
What age range are we looking at between 13-19? Any specific range we need to target? - Assume all teens
Any demography we would target? - Worldwide
Do they have access to phones/laptops or do we need to build an offline product? - Assume they have access to phones and laptops
Are there any constraints around privacy or content moderation? - Yes
What platform (Facebook core, Messenger, or another product) is this for? - Assume faceb"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
"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
"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
" I would start by making sure we agree on what "improving Stripe Payments" means. What specifically are we looking to improve or are we focusing on improving the experience for a particular user group? Do we mean improving the experience for the developers building on Stripe or for the users checking out using Stripe?
Once I got clarity I would share my proposed outline for a brainstorm:
I would start by revisiting Stripe's mission and defining how Payments fit into that goal.
I would then t"
Ahna R. - " I would start by making sure we agree on what "improving Stripe Payments" means. What specifically are we looking to improve or are we focusing on improving the experience for a particular user group? Do we mean improving the experience for the developers building on Stripe or for the users checking out using Stripe?
Once I got clarity I would share my proposed outline for a brainstorm:
I would start by revisiting Stripe's mission and defining how Payments fit into that goal.
I would then t"See full answer
"Clarify
Functionality: Watch is a tab in FB app where people can upload and view Videos.
What's the redesign? We collapsed the reaction and comment bar so people can see more videos and spend more time watching videos.
What's the objective of the redesign? To help people discover and watch more videos they'll enjoy._
Structure
To decide whether or not to ship this redesign, i'd like to go over.
How does the Watch Tab fit into FB's mission and what's its goal?
What's the long-"
Sandy L. - "Clarify
Functionality: Watch is a tab in FB app where people can upload and view Videos.
What's the redesign? We collapsed the reaction and comment bar so people can see more videos and spend more time watching videos.
What's the objective of the redesign? To help people discover and watch more videos they'll enjoy._
Structure
To decide whether or not to ship this redesign, i'd like to go over.
How does the Watch Tab fit into FB's mission and what's its goal?
What's the long-"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
"Clarification: Believe no constraints such as for specific market or for specific device,
No specific goal , can explore what improve means.
Goal: can I assume improve user experience and resolve pain points, and not around monetization
So goal could be to improve engagement and higher customer satisfaction with google news as a product, so basically more usage, and lower churn
So more DAU
Users:
Consumers based on how they consume:
Deep dive into news reports in a specific area of the"
Shiva S. - "Clarification: Believe no constraints such as for specific market or for specific device,
No specific goal , can explore what improve means.
Goal: can I assume improve user experience and resolve pain points, and not around monetization
So goal could be to improve engagement and higher customer satisfaction with google news as a product, so basically more usage, and lower churn
So more DAU
Users:
Consumers based on how they consume:
Deep dive into news reports in a specific area of the"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