"Whenever I find resistance to my idea, my general approach is to :
Validate my idea
Identify if it is a political reason or is it a valid engineering tech reason
Assuming it is not political but it is resource/difference of opinions that are causing resistance.
Then I would try to do a quick POC and show a value proposition for the idea to get the buy-in.
One similar situation happened
The situation was that stakeholders were promised a feature that would decrease their number of ticket"
Jaim - "Whenever I find resistance to my idea, my general approach is to :
Validate my idea
Identify if it is a political reason or is it a valid engineering tech reason
Assuming it is not political but it is resource/difference of opinions that are causing resistance.
Then I would try to do a quick POC and show a value proposition for the idea to get the buy-in.
One similar situation happened
The situation was that stakeholders were promised a feature that would decrease their number of ticket"See full answer
"First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe
Unable to book the reservation
Customers unable to cancel reservations
The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in
customers unable to interact or leave reviews.
I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence.
I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"
Lakshmi tejaswi S. - "First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe
Unable to book the reservation
Customers unable to cancel reservations
The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in
customers unable to interact or leave reviews.
I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence.
I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"See full answer
"After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"
Chinedu ekene O. - "After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"See full answer
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"This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a physical product. This should be relatively easy since you use physical products personally every day. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin:
Choose a product and briefly explain what it is
Who are the users?
What are their pain points?
How did competitors solve it in the past?
How does this product address these pain points differently and better?
"
Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a physical product. This should be relatively easy since you use physical products personally every day. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin:
Choose a product and briefly explain what it is
Who are the users?
What are their pain points?
How did competitors solve it in the past?
How does this product address these pain points differently and better?
"See full answer
"clarifying questions:
what is the business goal- we can consider monetization and user adoption. I will choose monetization
any resource constraint to be aware of?
which geographic location are we looking to pilot this product? we should consider the USA for now
framework
user segmentation
pain points
potential solutions
success metrics
implementation
summary
users
celebrants
well-wishers
brands
in prioritizing user segments, I will consider the user segment that"
Anonymous Finch - "clarifying questions:
what is the business goal- we can consider monetization and user adoption. I will choose monetization
any resource constraint to be aware of?
which geographic location are we looking to pilot this product? we should consider the USA for now
framework
user segmentation
pain points
potential solutions
success metrics
implementation
summary
users
celebrants
well-wishers
brands
in prioritizing user segments, I will consider the user segment that"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
Is it a chain of supermarkets? Or just an individual market?
Is the revenue overall or just from one store?
What are the reasons for the revenue growth? Pandemic? New buildings around? Other?
What does the supermarket sell? Anything specialized? Local goods?
Is there an app/website available to order stuff?
10,000 - 50,000
Vision: Be the most customer centric store
Goals:
Able to reach out to as many users as they can.
Increase the user base while keeping th"
Anonymous Reindeer - "Clarifying Questions:
Is it a chain of supermarkets? Or just an individual market?
Is the revenue overall or just from one store?
What are the reasons for the revenue growth? Pandemic? New buildings around? Other?
What does the supermarket sell? Anything specialized? Local goods?
Is there an app/website available to order stuff?
10,000 - 50,000
Vision: Be the most customer centric store
Goals:
Able to reach out to as many users as they can.
Increase the user base while keeping th"See full answer
"Clarifying questions:
How can we define a transaction? incoming /outcoming funds? A successful outcoming transaction as a wire transfer and requested by the payer or account holder.
New users/ existing users? both
Which platform for transaction requests? mobile/ desktop? both
Are transactions direct from payer to beneficiary through a third-party such as banking/ financial services? yes
Are there any bounds to time/resource constraint for transactions? E.g. internal, domestic or in"
Anna H. - "Clarifying questions:
How can we define a transaction? incoming /outcoming funds? A successful outcoming transaction as a wire transfer and requested by the payer or account holder.
New users/ existing users? both
Which platform for transaction requests? mobile/ desktop? both
Are transactions direct from payer to beneficiary through a third-party such as banking/ financial services? yes
Are there any bounds to time/resource constraint for transactions? E.g. internal, domestic or in"See full answer
"I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"
pmpractice - "I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"See full answer
"This may seem tricky at first, but this is actually an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. The only difference is this is specifically for small businesses within that market. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions:
Ask clarifying questions
Perform user analysis
Market risk analysis
State goals
Perform channel analysis
Prioritize growth channels
Strategy
Summarize
Witho"
Exponent - "This may seem tricky at first, but this is actually an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. The only difference is this is specifically for small businesses within that market. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions:
Ask clarifying questions
Perform user analysis
Market risk analysis
State goals
Perform channel analysis
Prioritize growth channels
Strategy
Summarize
Witho"See full answer
"My style of inspiring / discovery sessions / brainstorming / execution guidance / upskiling the team has always been Outcome driven.
Outcomes always took the central focus of our efforts, and hence easier prioritisation and a clarity on why a decision failed or succeeded. I take personal responsibility to help the teams to define outcomes if it is a complicated charter and for most help them fine tune the outcomes to keep them simple, progressive and aspirational."
RestlessMonk - "My style of inspiring / discovery sessions / brainstorming / execution guidance / upskiling the team has always been Outcome driven.
Outcomes always took the central focus of our efforts, and hence easier prioritisation and a clarity on why a decision failed or succeeded. I take personal responsibility to help the teams to define outcomes if it is a complicated charter and for most help them fine tune the outcomes to keep them simple, progressive and aspirational."See full answer
"App I Don’t Like: Electrify America
What Electrify America Is Supposed to Do
Electrify America is an app designed to help electric vehicle (EV) owners locate, access, and pay for fast-charging stations across the U.S. The app provides real-time station availability, allows users to initiate and monitor charging sessions, and offers membership plans for discounted rates. Ideally, it should enable a seamless charging experience, especially for long-distance travelers relying on i"
fuzzyicecream14 - "App I Don’t Like: Electrify America
What Electrify America Is Supposed to Do
Electrify America is an app designed to help electric vehicle (EV) owners locate, access, and pay for fast-charging stations across the U.S. The app provides real-time station availability, allows users to initiate and monitor charging sessions, and offers membership plans for discounted rates. Ideally, it should enable a seamless charging experience, especially for long-distance travelers relying on i"See full answer
"If I had to deliver a product or feature in half (or less) of the initial timeline, here's what I would do:
Prioritize the features: I would prioritize the features that are essential for the product's functionality and customer value. I would focus on the must-have features and put the nice-to-have features on hold.
Reassess the resources: I would reassess the resources available and determine if additional resources are required to meet the new timeline. I would explore options such as h"
Anonymous Panda - "If I had to deliver a product or feature in half (or less) of the initial timeline, here's what I would do:
Prioritize the features: I would prioritize the features that are essential for the product's functionality and customer value. I would focus on the must-have features and put the nice-to-have features on hold.
Reassess the resources: I would reassess the resources available and determine if additional resources are required to meet the new timeline. I would explore options such as h"See full answer
"Is Google partnering with Uber?
Driverless cars - Waymo?
Why not Waymo One app?
Which regions?
Only for children? How about parents with younger children?
Is this a replacement of a school bus?
Only school or everywhere else? Any other place we need Parents with them?
Vision: Organize world’s information so everyone and anyone globally should be able to use that information to get insights, make decisions and even create solutions.
Goals:
Make transportation easier and risk-"
Anonymous Reindeer - "Is Google partnering with Uber?
Driverless cars - Waymo?
Why not Waymo One app?
Which regions?
Only for children? How about parents with younger children?
Is this a replacement of a school bus?
Only school or everywhere else? Any other place we need Parents with them?
Vision: Organize world’s information so everyone and anyone globally should be able to use that information to get insights, make decisions and even create solutions.
Goals:
Make transportation easier and risk-"See full answer
"When evaluating different high-end brands of products manufactured in China, how can one determine if a "new" product meets high-quality standards?"
Hams A. - "When evaluating different high-end brands of products manufactured in China, how can one determine if a "new" product meets high-quality standards?"See full answer