Interview Questions

Anonymous Minnow - "First, lets dive deeper into the question. I would ask - What are the top challenges facedtoday? What user segments work well, and what do we want to focus on? What do we know about competitors, and what can we learn from them? What user flows have the highest engagement in VR today? Are we focusing on consumer use cases or enterprise? Are we tackling activation or retention, or do we want to increase engagement? To build a strategy here I would target this from four differe"See full answer

Saurabh G. - "Picked Turo, prioritized customer (renter) persona, listed a few paint points across three pillars - Tool, Car Owner, Car Worst Case scenarios Order did not go through, no order confirmation received Notification issue with tool Owner not replying Owner did not deliver car as expected - delayed or no show 5 Issues with car - not clean, not as promised, dirty, engine isssues Car breakdown after pickup Payment issues Fraud I picked up no show as an issue which could b"See full answer

Stanislav I. - "First, take a BIG short position in Tesla stocks!"See full answer

Simer S. - "I would start by asking a clarifying question - Is there a specific problem we are trying to solve? I want to get some guidance from the interviewer around the type of answer they're looking for or if there's specific paths they want us to take. Ultimately, I would start by identifying the users and moving through the process by identifying pain points and then potential solutions. It is important to start to get into the details of the solutions and features once pain points have been identifie"See full answer

Dhruvin S. - "Clarifying questions, Establish problem, Factors to take into account. Dive in with the numbers request specific numbers based on follow up questions, Calculate based on the numbers and Final Recommendation"See full answer

Faraz A. - "Scoped out problem constraints - how much data to download, how many computers, and how much time, how you can be detected (decentralized load). Designed a web crawler."See full answer

Anonymous Newt - "CQ: Goal - connect two large continents, reduce the distance Is it a motorable bridge -? Any specific use case on mind? Summarise: come up with the use cases of the bridge Google’s mission -> organise world’s information and make them more accessible and useful A bridge that way is a great way to reduce the distance between two large separate continents. This bridge can help spread information faster Possible Use cases of the bridge: Transportation of physical goods: Since road tran"See full answer

Vipan K. - "As a postgraduate student of computer science, one of my weaknesses might be that I sometimes focus too much on theoretical concepts, which can lead to delays in practical implementation. I also find that while I’m strong in certain areas like algorithms and data structures, I need to spend more time refining my skills in newer technologies or languages that aren't part of the core curriculum. Additionally, balancing research, coursework, and any side projects can be challenging, occasionally le"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Set Success metrics for Google Maps: Assuming we are focusing on mobile experience… Clarify the product: Overall, it is a directions app: Gets you from point a to point b Allows for several methods of transportation - car, public transit, walking, biking, rideshare After entering location, you click your transport method, and select get directions which leads you to steps to get to you location or if you are driving or walking it speaks to you giving youthe directions aloud based on sett"See full answer

Linying W. - "Very helpful! But I have a question: the location of drivers can be changing every minute, so won't reading from location cache returning stale data?"See full answer

Cj K. - "Clarifying Q Is the search traffic meaning # visits clicked through the 'search' button from the homepage(search CTR)? or does this include # pages viewed after the search result pages (search depth)? Hypothesis I believe introducing Gen AI as a default feature on the Google's search box will increase #search traffic. I assume the biggest user pain point within current google homepage is that deciding on a keyword for search. Unlike other alternative platforms such as"See full answer

Maritza C. - "First, I would make the following assumptions to solve this question without instant feedback. Assumptions: The main use cases for the refrigerator will be to maintain food in the right temperature and will not include making ice cubs or pouring water The only disability of the user is blindness Then, I would identify the main flows used when maintaining food refrigerated, which are: Putting food into the fridge Taking out food out of the fridge Within these flow these are som"See full answer

Tiago R. - "function isValid(s) { const stack = []; for (let i=0; i < s.length; i++) { const char = s.charAt(i); if (['(', '{', '['].includes(char)) { stack.push(char); } else { const top = stack.pop(); if ((char === ')' && top !== '(') || (char === '}' && top !== '{') || (char === ']' && top !== '[')) { return false; } } } return stack.length === 0"See full answer

Anjali P. - "Question and video tagged not same. "See full answer

Otto yhoda A. - "Context: While working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Indra on a project for BBVA, I was primarily responsible for building ETLs and optimizing data pipelines using Spark and Scala. Action: During a critical deployment phase, our QA lead had to leave unexpectedly due to a personal emergency. With no one available to manage testing coordination, I volunteered to step in — even though it wasn’t my formal responsibility. I quickly reviewed the test cases, communicated with stakeholders, an"See full answer

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

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