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Asked at Google • 3 years ago
Design a sentence autocomplete suggestion system. Example: Input - 'I hope you feel', Output - 'better soon'. This system is used in applications like Gmail, Google Docs, and Hangouts.
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"(This was not search autocomplete based on prefix matching question.) First of all, please note :- The interviewer is not expecting you to get to the right answer in just 1 hr. These systems have been designed over months and improved over years and its impractical for anyone to expect you to get to the right answer in 1 hr. (There is no one single right answer). At the end, the interviewer (director level person) told me the same. What they are looking for is your thought process, getting from"
shg - "(This was not search autocomplete based on prefix matching question.) First of all, please note :- The interviewer is not expecting you to get to the right answer in just 1 hr. These systems have been designed over months and improved over years and its impractical for anyone to expect you to get to the right answer in 1 hr. (There is no one single right answer). At the end, the interviewer (director level person) told me the same. What they are looking for is your thought process, getting from"See full answer
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Asked at Atlassian, Meta (Facebook) • 3 years ago
As a product manager for Meta, design a product for volunteers.
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Develop games G. - "asdsad"See full answer
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Asked at Meta (Facebook), Panorama Education • 2 years ago
How would you design chess.com?
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"Load Balancer to multiple API Servers, pub sub system to publish user events, Game Engine Service, Write through cache and NoSQL DB. HTTP Long Polling to get user status updates"
gdecuri - "Load Balancer to multiple API Servers, pub sub system to publish user events, Game Engine Service, Write through cache and NoSQL DB. HTTP Long Polling to get user status updates"See full answer
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Asked at Flipkart • 3 years ago
Design a new version of Google Docs.
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Asked at Asana • 4 years ago
Design a video streaming product for a toddler.
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"Summary of the Situation We'll design a video streaming app for toddlers, focusing primarily on creating a safe, engaging, and educational environment. The goal is to foster early learning and provide entertainment that's appropriate for this age group. This will be a brand-new app, designed to use existing hardware like tablets and smartphones that are common in households with young children. Identify Users Primary Users: Toddlers (ages 1-4): direct consumers of the content. Seco"
Vishwanshi J. - "Summary of the Situation We'll design a video streaming app for toddlers, focusing primarily on creating a safe, engaging, and educational environment. The goal is to foster early learning and provide entertainment that's appropriate for this age group. This will be a brand-new app, designed to use existing hardware like tablets and smartphones that are common in households with young children. Identify Users Primary Users: Toddlers (ages 1-4): direct consumers of the content. Seco"See full answer
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