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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"

    Saket S. - "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"See full answer

    Behavioral
    Program Sense
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  • GitHub logoAsked at GitHub 
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    "Success can be measured in various forms, both quantitatively and qualitatively. How many projects were delivered on time? Is the team tracking well against timelines? How often do they need to be course corrected? How much of the architecture is scalable when features are built on top of their work? What is the technical quality of the work produced by the team? How often are engineers from the team looped in for advice, mentorship outside the team? How often & why are interp"

    MM4 - "Success can be measured in various forms, both quantitatively and qualitatively. How many projects were delivered on time? Is the team tracking well against timelines? How often do they need to be course corrected? How much of the architecture is scalable when features are built on top of their work? What is the technical quality of the work produced by the team? How often are engineers from the team looped in for advice, mentorship outside the team? How often & why are interp"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    "Stakeholder management, Customer obsession, tech expertise to understand the tech stack and other details of the product."

    Rav S. - "Stakeholder management, Customer obsession, tech expertise to understand the tech stack and other details of the product."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "· Sometimes I have to step back and think through and respond later, not giving decision then and there · Manage between written vs oral communication, I tend to do mode of communication like oral during releases rather written"

    BePostive - "· Sometimes I have to step back and think through and respond later, not giving decision then and there · Manage between written vs oral communication, I tend to do mode of communication like oral during releases rather written"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    "Clarifying questions: Are we trying to determine impact of changing timeline on Project? Assuming Project scenario. I need to take a 360 degree view and hence I would list down all the stakeholders and work with them to understand impact of changing timeline: Internal Stakeholders Business: Does this change impact the revenue/profitability Engineering: Do we foresee any technological risks due to change in timeline Sales: Does this impact our sales forecast Marketing:"

    Saket S. - "Clarifying questions: Are we trying to determine impact of changing timeline on Project? Assuming Project scenario. I need to take a 360 degree view and hence I would list down all the stakeholders and work with them to understand impact of changing timeline: Internal Stakeholders Business: Does this change impact the revenue/profitability Engineering: Do we foresee any technological risks due to change in timeline Sales: Does this impact our sales forecast Marketing:"See full answer

    Behavioral
    Program Sense
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"

    Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • "I had a very difficult situation where the company I was working for was having financial problems. Because of that, I had to fire one person from my team. I chose the team member we had hired most recently. She had great potential, but she still needed guidance to do her job. Before I talked to her, I reached out to some acquaintances from other companies, and one of them was hiring. So, when I gave her the bad news, I also told her about that opportunity. I gave her a recommendation letter and"

    Abdurhman M. - "I had a very difficult situation where the company I was working for was having financial problems. Because of that, I had to fire one person from my team. I chose the team member we had hired most recently. She had great potential, but she still needed guidance to do her job. Before I talked to her, I reached out to some acquaintances from other companies, and one of them was hiring. So, when I gave her the bad news, I also told her about that opportunity. I gave her a recommendation letter and"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Datadog logoAsked at Datadog 
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    "Reflect leadership quality in software engineering team"

    Graig - "Reflect leadership quality in software engineering team"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
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    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
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    "Thorough analysis of the asks- what is the strategic fit, overall business value, goals? Analysis of resources - skillset/ time/ dependencies. Create a list of all the things that we have to do, rank them by value(impact), urgency and effort needed. Stakehodler inputs. Moscow priroitization/ value vs effort frameworks. Have clear communication channels with our stakehodlers to socialzie progress/ effort Sequence the asks - subject to changing circumstances. Call ou"

    Anonymous Boa - "Thorough analysis of the asks- what is the strategic fit, overall business value, goals? Analysis of resources - skillset/ time/ dependencies. Create a list of all the things that we have to do, rank them by value(impact), urgency and effort needed. Stakehodler inputs. Moscow priroitization/ value vs effort frameworks. Have clear communication channels with our stakehodlers to socialzie progress/ effort Sequence the asks - subject to changing circumstances. Call ou"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Workday logoAsked at Workday 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Grammarly logoAsked at Grammarly 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    "In one of the projects I managed, one team member was slipping each of his task's ETAs several times, citing different reasons, and communicating the delay after it already happened. The delay seemed disproportional to the reasons thereof. I first collected sufficient historical data to confirm that this was a pattern, and similar circumstances were faced by other team members, but they were managing to still keep their ETAs. Then I had a talk with the person, and showed him the data. I also ex"

    Surekha G. - "In one of the projects I managed, one team member was slipping each of his task's ETAs several times, citing different reasons, and communicating the delay after it already happened. The delay seemed disproportional to the reasons thereof. I first collected sufficient historical data to confirm that this was a pattern, and similar circumstances were faced by other team members, but they were managing to still keep their ETAs. Then I had a talk with the person, and showed him the data. I also ex"See full answer

    Behavioral
  • "In my role as a Product Manager at a B2B SaaS startup, I encountered a situation where we were facing a critical issue with one of our key features. Our engineering team proposed a quick fix that would address the immediate problem, but it was clear that this solution wouldn't provide a sustainable long-term solution. Despite the pressure to implement the short-term fix and resolve the issue swiftly, I decided to advocate for a more comprehensive, long-term strategy that would address the root c"

    Shivam B. - "In my role as a Product Manager at a B2B SaaS startup, I encountered a situation where we were facing a critical issue with one of our key features. Our engineering team proposed a quick fix that would address the immediate problem, but it was clear that this solution wouldn't provide a sustainable long-term solution. Despite the pressure to implement the short-term fix and resolve the issue swiftly, I decided to advocate for a more comprehensive, long-term strategy that would address the root c"See full answer

    Management Consultant
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Product Designer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Technical Program Manager
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers
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    "depending on project phase, apply various methodologies. scrum for app dev, waterfall for data migration, Testing (TDD for dev, FUT FiT for manual, UAT) , OCM has it own methodology ."

    Sayee M. - "depending on project phase, apply various methodologies. scrum for app dev, waterfall for data migration, Testing (TDD for dev, FUT FiT for manual, UAT) , OCM has it own methodology ."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
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