"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?"
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
"Clarifying Questions :
Am I the PM at google ? Yes,
For which country Airport are we designing this? Lets assume its a new product so we will design it for the US airports and later expand to other countries.
GTM : When do we need to launch this product? Do we have any time constraints ? Lets assume one year
I am assuming why google wants to enter in this space is because it is an untapped market and google can revolutionize the market with some of the most emerging tehnologies by e"
Tanu M. - "Clarifying Questions :
Am I the PM at google ? Yes,
For which country Airport are we designing this? Lets assume its a new product so we will design it for the US airports and later expand to other countries.
GTM : When do we need to launch this product? Do we have any time constraints ? Lets assume one year
I am assuming why google wants to enter in this space is because it is an untapped market and google can revolutionize the market with some of the most emerging tehnologies by e"See full answer
"The key here is a) not to overreact to Sales bypassing me going straight to Engineering (while understanding every team acts according to their incentives), and b) communicate with all parties as much as possible to get everyone on the same page.
1) First, I'd speak to Sales and understand the feature being requested. I consider Sales to be one of the most important primary research funnels - they have direct, regular touchpoints with the client and are finely attuned to the lifeblood o"
Sachin P. - "The key here is a) not to overreact to Sales bypassing me going straight to Engineering (while understanding every team acts according to their incentives), and b) communicate with all parties as much as possible to get everyone on the same page.
1) First, I'd speak to Sales and understand the feature being requested. I consider Sales to be one of the most important primary research funnels - they have direct, regular touchpoints with the client and are finely attuned to the lifeblood o"See full answer
"there's no audio the last ~10 minutes from the interviewer so we can't get a sense of the feedback from the interviewer.
I did think it took the interviewee a little too long to figure out the issue itself and could have benefited from taking some time to think and gather thoughts before jumping into drivers of the issue."
Sabi M. - "there's no audio the last ~10 minutes from the interviewer so we can't get a sense of the feedback from the interviewer.
I did think it took the interviewee a little too long to figure out the issue itself and could have benefited from taking some time to think and gather thoughts before jumping into drivers of the issue."See full answer
"How many shampoo bottles are sold in the US annually?
Assumption:
Shampoo for both male and female consumers
Population of US (330Mn)
Considering 50:50 Urban Rural breakdown
Urban: 165Mn
Rural: 165Mn
Considering only 10% of Rural consumers will be using shampoo, which gives 16.5Mn people
Urban: 165Mn
Considering 50:50 Male Female breakdown
Male: 82.5Mn
Male consumers using shampoo: 60% = 49.5Mn
Male consumers not using shampoo: 40% = 33Mn
Female: 82.5Mn
Female consumers using shampoo: 80%"
Saurao D. - "How many shampoo bottles are sold in the US annually?
Assumption:
Shampoo for both male and female consumers
Population of US (330Mn)
Considering 50:50 Urban Rural breakdown
Urban: 165Mn
Rural: 165Mn
Considering only 10% of Rural consumers will be using shampoo, which gives 16.5Mn people
Urban: 165Mn
Considering 50:50 Male Female breakdown
Male: 82.5Mn
Male consumers using shampoo: 60% = 49.5Mn
Male consumers not using shampoo: 40% = 33Mn
Female: 82.5Mn
Female consumers using shampoo: 80%"See full answer
"Product Bugs can be categorised by severity associated with them.
Product Roadmap prioritization happens by MuSCoW technique, or WSJF for big ticket items.
Suggestions from Leadership normally fall in expedited bucket.
Overall, if there's a Scrum way of executing all priorities, then the PO and Team get together to decide the scope of the sprints for execution."
Anonymous Salmon - "Product Bugs can be categorised by severity associated with them.
Product Roadmap prioritization happens by MuSCoW technique, or WSJF for big ticket items.
Suggestions from Leadership normally fall in expedited bucket.
Overall, if there's a Scrum way of executing all priorities, then the PO and Team get together to decide the scope of the sprints for execution."See full answer
"Clarifying Questions
How do we define restaurants? Do only delivery/ pick up outlets qualify? : No. Consider only places where people can sit and eat
Do restaurants within hotels count? : No
Should I include cafes too? : Yes
Can I assume the year to be 2024?: Yes
Are we looking at specific areas within Bangalore or entire city ? : Entire city
Here's how I will approach this question. I will divide Bangalore into places with High, medium and low population density. This is a relat"
Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying Questions
How do we define restaurants? Do only delivery/ pick up outlets qualify? : No. Consider only places where people can sit and eat
Do restaurants within hotels count? : No
Should I include cafes too? : Yes
Can I assume the year to be 2024?: Yes
Are we looking at specific areas within Bangalore or entire city ? : Entire city
Here's how I will approach this question. I will divide Bangalore into places with High, medium and low population density. This is a relat"See full answer
"SELECT
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Akshay D. - "SELECT
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u.user_name,
u.email,
ROUND(AVG(CASE WHEN b.status = 'Unmatched' THEN 1.0 ELSE 0 END), 2) AS avgunmatchedbookings
FROM
users u
LEFT JOIN
bookings b ON u.userid = b.userid
GROUP BY
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u.user_name,
u.email;
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"What do we mean by grow the VC feature? I am assuming the goal to be feature adoption.
Goal: Increase VC feature adoption and usage within a timeframe (say, 6 months?)
User Segments:
I am thinking of the following user segments for this problem -
Security conscious users (mostly an overlap with high spending limit card users)
Frequent shoppers with multiple online subscriptions (we could quantify this like >5 subscriptions or so)
Potential CapitalOne users who have shown interest in the"
Ashima S. - "What do we mean by grow the VC feature? I am assuming the goal to be feature adoption.
Goal: Increase VC feature adoption and usage within a timeframe (say, 6 months?)
User Segments:
I am thinking of the following user segments for this problem -
Security conscious users (mostly an overlap with high spending limit card users)
Frequent shoppers with multiple online subscriptions (we could quantify this like >5 subscriptions or so)
Potential CapitalOne users who have shown interest in the"See full answer
"I have no idea if this would qualify, but I took a different, rather singular approach. Curious and gracious in advance for any and all feedback. My main question is whether this response goes into enough depth with regards to all the content types that Google Map stores, as I chose to focus uniquely on image storage (but am sure to state that clearly before I began):
Clarifying questions:
global map or US/sectional map? Assume global
storage on a single end-user device? Yes
consider co"
John S. - "I have no idea if this would qualify, but I took a different, rather singular approach. Curious and gracious in advance for any and all feedback. My main question is whether this response goes into enough depth with regards to all the content types that Google Map stores, as I chose to focus uniquely on image storage (but am sure to state that clearly before I began):
Clarifying questions:
global map or US/sectional map? Assume global
storage on a single end-user device? Yes
consider co"See full answer
"While all branches should ideally be tested, some are more critical than others based on the following factors:
A. High-Risk or Business-Critical Logic
Branches that handle authentication & authorization
(e.g., login, role-based access control)
Financial transactions or payment processing logic
(e.g., tax calculations, refunds, invoice generation)
Security-related branches
(e.g., encryption/decryption, token verification)
B. Error Handling & Exception Paths
Branches that deal with error conditi"
Adesegun K. - "While all branches should ideally be tested, some are more critical than others based on the following factors:
A. High-Risk or Business-Critical Logic
Branches that handle authentication & authorization
(e.g., login, role-based access control)
Financial transactions or payment processing logic
(e.g., tax calculations, refunds, invoice generation)
Security-related branches
(e.g., encryption/decryption, token verification)
B. Error Handling & Exception Paths
Branches that deal with error conditi"See full answer
"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"
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
"I first clarified what he needed for the leaderboard meaning did he need a gaming leaderboard system, a stock market leaderboard system where the trades placed would be ranked in terms of values or a coding platform leaderboard where the users are ranked as per the points earned by solving the problem?
He answered that he wanted a multipurpose leaderboard system
He was specifically interested in the design of the api part
Explained him that assuming we had a flask api there would be a get re"
GalacticInterviewer - "I first clarified what he needed for the leaderboard meaning did he need a gaming leaderboard system, a stock market leaderboard system where the trades placed would be ranked in terms of values or a coding platform leaderboard where the users are ranked as per the points earned by solving the problem?
He answered that he wanted a multipurpose leaderboard system
He was specifically interested in the design of the api part
Explained him that assuming we had a flask api there would be a get re"See full answer
"INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children
ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative?
INTERVIEWER: Please assume.
ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc.
I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"
Priya T. - "INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children
ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative?
INTERVIEWER: Please assume.
ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc.
I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"See full answer
"Clarifying questions: what exactly do we mean by travel product?
Travel recommendation.
Travel bookings( airlines/hotels)
Itinerary planning etc.
Is it going to be a completely new digital product or an extension of instagram?
Assuming travel product here means recommendations/bookings, and it going to be an extension within instagram, lets dwell further:
Meta's vision: To make the world a closer place by offering connections; build communities.
Instagram's mission: To capture , c"
Anonymous Boa - "Clarifying questions: what exactly do we mean by travel product?
Travel recommendation.
Travel bookings( airlines/hotels)
Itinerary planning etc.
Is it going to be a completely new digital product or an extension of instagram?
Assuming travel product here means recommendations/bookings, and it going to be an extension within instagram, lets dwell further:
Meta's vision: To make the world a closer place by offering connections; build communities.
Instagram's mission: To capture , c"See full answer
"Goals; Customer engagement/ acquisition;
Persona: 60-70;
User journey:
Selecting the right flight → Adding details → Selecting the best coupon for payment;
Web-Check in;
At the airport: Luggage check-in;
Boarding;
Flight Travel;
Arrival: Collecting the luggage from belt;
I would be focusing on the first two steps: Selecting right flight + and web check-in → That seems the most challenging aspect an elderly;
Pain Points/ Challenges:
Selecting the right flight (Duration/ Pric"
Shanti informatics - "Goals; Customer engagement/ acquisition;
Persona: 60-70;
User journey:
Selecting the right flight → Adding details → Selecting the best coupon for payment;
Web-Check in;
At the airport: Luggage check-in;
Boarding;
Flight Travel;
Arrival: Collecting the luggage from belt;
I would be focusing on the first two steps: Selecting right flight + and web check-in → That seems the most challenging aspect an elderly;
Pain Points/ Challenges:
Selecting the right flight (Duration/ Pric"See full answer