Interview Questions

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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Video answer for 'What's the best and worst performing team you've been on?'
    +2

    "I've recently worked closely with a product that had both the best and worst performing teams. The situation is that one team is struggling to deliver within a reasonable timeframe, a few stronger members of the team are carrying the weaker. Work is taking a long time. They aren't listening to each other. They aren't helping each other to get work over the line. They are getting stuck down rabbit holes. They aren't continually improving their processes. They are getting frustrated and at risk o"

    James W. - "I've recently worked closely with a product that had both the best and worst performing teams. The situation is that one team is struggling to deliver within a reasonable timeframe, a few stronger members of the team are carrying the weaker. Work is taking a long time. They aren't listening to each other. They aren't helping each other to get work over the line. They are getting stuck down rabbit holes. They aren't continually improving their processes. They are getting frustrated and at risk o"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • +1

    "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"

    onering2ruleall - "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Video answer for 'Design a photo app for the blind.'

    "Context Photo app || Click images, videos via mobile app (android, ios) + editing + share + upload Who are we? || Startup who wants to build accessibility apps for the disabled people Why do we want to build this app? || Current apps are not usable by visually impaired, we can bring difference & gain market share. Constraints || To launch in next 12 months Is this app exclusively targeted for blind? || Yes but regular people may also use it but not our main target group **Goa"

    FuzzyLogic - "Context Photo app || Click images, videos via mobile app (android, ios) + editing + share + upload Who are we? || Startup who wants to build accessibility apps for the disabled people Why do we want to build this app? || Current apps are not usable by visually impaired, we can bring difference & gain market share. Constraints || To launch in next 12 months Is this app exclusively targeted for blind? || Yes but regular people may also use it but not our main target group **Goa"See full answer

    Product Design
  • TikTok logoAsked at TikTok 
    Video answer for 'Define success for TikTok.'
    +2

    "Mission: Tiktok's mission is to inspire creativity and Joy. Any business wants to make sure that they are serving the value to their customers: For TikTok customers are: Viewers 2. Content Creators 3. Advertisers So few metrics we could measure are: Time spent/day Total no of videos created/day engagement rate = users who interacted in one of the meaningful action on Tiktok / total users at a day level either likes, share, watched vide for at least 5 mins, created video "

    Nikita B. - "Mission: Tiktok's mission is to inspire creativity and Joy. Any business wants to make sure that they are serving the value to their customers: For TikTok customers are: Viewers 2. Content Creators 3. Advertisers So few metrics we could measure are: Time spent/day Total no of videos created/day engagement rate = users who interacted in one of the meaningful action on Tiktok / total users at a day level either likes, share, watched vide for at least 5 mins, created video "See full answer

    Data Scientist
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "I followed STAR format"

    Shashikant A. - "I followed STAR format"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
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  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 

    "when were you asked this? during the product design interview in power day?"

    Pwea S. - "when were you asked this? during the product design interview in power day?"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "int reverse(int x) { int rev = 0; bool isNegative = false; if(x 0){ int r = x % 10; rev = rev * 10 + r; x = x / 10; } if(isNegative){ return -rev; } return rev; } `"

    Nilay B. - "int reverse(int x) { int rev = 0; bool isNegative = false; if(x 0){ int r = x % 10; rev = rev * 10 + r; x = x / 10; } if(isNegative){ return -rev; } return rev; } `"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +1 more
  • +8

    "When are you talking about Sales Is the Number of Items that have dropped or GMV dropped ? If the GMV has dropped then clearly there is a drop in the Price of Items ? Is there any category or White Goods which have lead to decrease in the Price of Goods ? Is there a Long Term Promotion running By the Marketing and not because of it ? A customer Journey in a typical Market Place is that customer adds items to car Go To E-Commerce Site -----> Search--->Add Items to Bag"

    Akshai V. - "When are you talking about Sales Is the Number of Items that have dropped or GMV dropped ? If the GMV has dropped then clearly there is a drop in the Price of Items ? Is there any category or White Goods which have lead to decrease in the Price of Goods ? Is there a Long Term Promotion running By the Marketing and not because of it ? A customer Journey in a typical Market Place is that customer adds items to car Go To E-Commerce Site -----> Search--->Add Items to Bag"See full answer

    Analytical
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Anduril logoAsked at Anduril 
    Technical Program Manager
    System Design
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "I would start with clarifying questions : Are we building this feature on existing meta apps like Facebook / Instagram ? Yes AM I building this in Meta suite of products or a standalone app ? Inbuilt app with in Meta product like Fb/Instagram Timeline - 1 year Geography - USA Structure : Why -> Meta Mission -> Business objective -> User segmentation -Need ( Prioritization) -> Painpoints ( Prioritization)-> Solutions ( RICE prioritization) -> Metrics / NSM -> Risks - Summary Why : WIth multiple"

    Rani Y. - "I would start with clarifying questions : Are we building this feature on existing meta apps like Facebook / Instagram ? Yes AM I building this in Meta suite of products or a standalone app ? Inbuilt app with in Meta product like Fb/Instagram Timeline - 1 year Geography - USA Structure : Why -> Meta Mission -> Business objective -> User segmentation -Need ( Prioritization) -> Painpoints ( Prioritization)-> Solutions ( RICE prioritization) -> Metrics / NSM -> Risks - Summary Why : WIth multiple"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 

    "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"

    Anonymous Dove - "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Clarifying Questions and possible responses: both audio and video goals: increase engagement time among groups/communitites and not require another platform to do group call (be one-stop for communication) region-TBD ios/android only available to users in a group to call users within the group who can intitiate these calls?- only admin? or anyone? metrics:NSM: feature engagement (C), number of calls made in a week per user (C). PM: % of people joining the call in a group"

    theproductguy - "Clarifying Questions and possible responses: both audio and video goals: increase engagement time among groups/communitites and not require another platform to do group call (be one-stop for communication) region-TBD ios/android only available to users in a group to call users within the group who can intitiate these calls?- only admin? or anyone? metrics:NSM: feature engagement (C), number of calls made in a week per user (C). PM: % of people joining the call in a group"See full answer

    Data Scientist
    Data Analysis
    +2 more
  • +4

    "Being a marketplace, there are two users that Uber wants to satisfy: the rider and the driver. I think the ultimate success metric is related to how well riders and drivers get matched. The ultimate goal for the rider is to get to their destination as efficiently as possible. Some concerns for the rider may be Matching with drivers Minimizing waiting time waiting to be matched and waiting for the driver to arrive Ease of pick-up and drop-off (ie. Driver coming from the opposite side of t"

    Elisa L. - "Being a marketplace, there are two users that Uber wants to satisfy: the rider and the driver. I think the ultimate success metric is related to how well riders and drivers get matched. The ultimate goal for the rider is to get to their destination as efficiently as possible. Some concerns for the rider may be Matching with drivers Minimizing waiting time waiting to be matched and waiting for the driver to arrive Ease of pick-up and drop-off (ie. Driver coming from the opposite side of t"See full answer

    Analytical
  • +2

    "Before diving into answering this, I would like to ask some clarifying questions - High Level - What is the mission, goal, target for this year for WhatsApp? Assumption answer - 10X growth in users Do we have any road map where we can see it with more details? Yes we wish, it is kind of all over the place Do you know how far we have come from the start of the year to achieve that target? Yeah we have done some progress but not much Which quarter are we in? 1"

    Umang S. - "Before diving into answering this, I would like to ask some clarifying questions - High Level - What is the mission, goal, target for this year for WhatsApp? Assumption answer - 10X growth in users Do we have any road map where we can see it with more details? Yes we wish, it is kind of all over the place Do you know how far we have come from the start of the year to achieve that target? Yeah we have done some progress but not much Which quarter are we in? 1"See full answer

    Execution
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • "I would start with some clarifying questions: What is the goal of the 'Report ad' feature? what do you think? Are we looking at the blue app or Instagram? The ad placement can be adjusted to the both apps, so look at it has a whole Are we looking at a specific location of the report ad? like stories or feed or reels? Nope Are we looking at a specific OS? everywhere Is there some timeline? or restrictions? no Are we looking at a specific market? worldwide Thank you, I"

    R K. - "I would start with some clarifying questions: What is the goal of the 'Report ad' feature? what do you think? Are we looking at the blue app or Instagram? The ad placement can be adjusted to the both apps, so look at it has a whole Are we looking at a specific location of the report ad? like stories or feed or reels? Nope Are we looking at a specific OS? everywhere Is there some timeline? or restrictions? no Are we looking at a specific market? worldwide Thank you, I"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    +3

    "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"

    Adaneir W. - "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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