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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
How would you improve travel experience for Facebook employees?
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"Clarifying questions: What is the travel experience? International/ domestic travel for company work or local commute to the office? Is there any specific metric that we are targeting? Assuming that interviewer says no metric is defined and we are talking about domestic and international travel for company purposes. I'm going to assume that covid disrupting travel is something that I have to keep in mind but that we are also thinking about how things will be improved in the longer run (i"
Bhavana J. - "Clarifying questions: What is the travel experience? International/ domestic travel for company work or local commute to the office? Is there any specific metric that we are targeting? Assuming that interviewer says no metric is defined and we are talking about domestic and international travel for company purposes. I'm going to assume that covid disrupting travel is something that I have to keep in mind but that we are also thinking about how things will be improved in the longer run (i"See full answer
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Asked at Apple • 5 years ago
How would you improve Apple Maps?
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Asked at Microsoft • 4 years ago
What's your favorite subscription-based product?
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"This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a subscription-based product. This should be relatively easy since most of us are subscribed to at least one of these services. 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 dif"
Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a subscription-based product. This should be relatively easy since most of us are subscribed to at least one of these services. 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 dif"See full answer
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Asked at Microsoft • 4 years ago
Design a vending machine for use in airports.
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Asked at Nike • 5 years ago
Design a new feature for the Nike App.
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"Assumptions: timeline will be open, both platforms, target is globally. and specifically working with Nike App for shopping Company goal: Goal of Nike is to "Just Do It" as well as anybody can be an athlete, *Goal is open, so the purpose of the app is to allow users to see new items at hand and shop Nike process, Target Segment: 1. Frequent Users 2 First Time users. a. First time users downloading app. 2b. User who have already purchased an order and use the app to see shopping history. User J"
Anonymous Giraffe - "Assumptions: timeline will be open, both platforms, target is globally. and specifically working with Nike App for shopping Company goal: Goal of Nike is to "Just Do It" as well as anybody can be an athlete, *Goal is open, so the purpose of the app is to allow users to see new items at hand and shop Nike process, Target Segment: 1. Frequent Users 2 First Time users. a. First time users downloading app. 2b. User who have already purchased an order and use the app to see shopping history. User J"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a product that increases fruit consumption in the US.
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"Clarification Question What kind of product is a software product or hardware product? Who are we a tech company or Google, how does it is fit into google's mission? Constraint or something? The goal is of adoption User persona Parents of kIds who don't want to eat fruits Young working professional who is busy in their life and they don't have the habit or they forget to eat fruits and vegetables Health enthusiast and Yoga teacher who is very keen to see different kinds of fruits"
Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Question What kind of product is a software product or hardware product? Who are we a tech company or Google, how does it is fit into google's mission? Constraint or something? The goal is of adoption User persona Parents of kIds who don't want to eat fruits Young working professional who is busy in their life and they don't have the habit or they forget to eat fruits and vegetables Health enthusiast and Yoga teacher who is very keen to see different kinds of fruits"See full answer
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Asked at Robinhood • 4 years ago
As Robinhood, how would you disrupt the mortgage industry?
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Asked at Asana • 5 years ago
How would you improve the design of Amazon's wishlist feature?
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"Clarify: Can I assume I’m a PM at Amazon for the wishlist feature? What is the wishlist feature?You can create a wishlist for yourself of items you want to buy later You can create a wishlist for other people you are shopping for (ex. Christmas, birthdays, etc) You can share this wishlist with others How are we defining “improvement”? (I’m assuming I’m responsible for coming up with the definition) Why do we want to improve the wishlist feature in particular? (Again, I’m responsible"
Kay T. - "Clarify: Can I assume I’m a PM at Amazon for the wishlist feature? What is the wishlist feature?You can create a wishlist for yourself of items you want to buy later You can create a wishlist for other people you are shopping for (ex. Christmas, birthdays, etc) You can share this wishlist with others How are we defining “improvement”? (I’m assuming I’m responsible for coming up with the definition) Why do we want to improve the wishlist feature in particular? (Again, I’m responsible"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design a bike-sharing system for your city.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design a better alarm clock.
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"Clarifying questions: Company What kind of company are we? Tech giants like Google/FB, Watch manufacturers like TISSOT, Rolex, etc. Assume you are a startup that has recently raised a decent amount of funding. Is there any particular Geography in mind? Or let’s assume it to be the US for the sake of the case statement. Are there any constraints related to budget time? Let’s assume no constraints. and competition Product: What do you mean by smart alarm clock here? _A clock that tell"
Shoaib H. - "Clarifying questions: Company What kind of company are we? Tech giants like Google/FB, Watch manufacturers like TISSOT, Rolex, etc. Assume you are a startup that has recently raised a decent amount of funding. Is there any particular Geography in mind? Or let’s assume it to be the US for the sake of the case statement. Are there any constraints related to budget time? Let’s assume no constraints. and competition Product: What do you mean by smart alarm clock here? _A clock that tell"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
How would you improve the smartphone experience for users with poor or no data coverage?
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"An operating system like Android Go for low-powered devices. Slimming of application like Google Go or Gmail Go which is focused on the emerging markets. Strategic partnership with local telecom companies to provide free wifi to emerging or markets with low data. For example -> Facebook partnered with JIO in India to make the internet penetration more deep. "
Anonymous Muskox - "An operating system like Android Go for low-powered devices. Slimming of application like Google Go or Gmail Go which is focused on the emerging markets. Strategic partnership with local telecom companies to provide free wifi to emerging or markets with low data. For example -> Facebook partnered with JIO in India to make the internet penetration more deep. "See full answer
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design a product for junior athletes to connect with their idols.
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Asked at Slack • 4 years ago
Improve how Slack enables collaboration.
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"This is an Improve a Product question that's quite specific. Here, we're asking to not only improve Slack, but particularly how they allow collaboration on their platform. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions"
Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question that's quite specific. Here, we're asking to not only improve Slack, but particularly how they allow collaboration on their platform. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a product that Google Cloud should offer.
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Asked at Brex • 4 years ago
Design a financial app aimed at college students.
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Design an application to help people find doctors.
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"I asked for clairication on what region in the world we were focusing on and I settled on the United States. I asked for clarification on the type of doctors and for what kind of patients and that was left up to me. I landed on any patient looking to find a doctor for "Preventive Medicine" given that the US is hurting on that. The pain points were around expensive/payment methods, access & lacking knowledge to know what kind of doctor is best for each person. I spent too much time here and had l"
Abel alejandro H. - "I asked for clairication on what region in the world we were focusing on and I settled on the United States. I asked for clarification on the type of doctors and for what kind of patients and that was left up to me. I landed on any patient looking to find a doctor for "Preventive Medicine" given that the US is hurting on that. The pain points were around expensive/payment methods, access & lacking knowledge to know what kind of doctor is best for each person. I spent too much time here and had l"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a smart robotic vacuum.
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Asked at Microsoft • 5 years ago
Design LinkedIn for freelancers.
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Build a product automating a three-way matching system for the Procure-to-Pay process, including exceptions handling.
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"I submitted a PRD as it was a take home assignment."
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a futuristic car wash.
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"I will talk about the carwash landscape here a bit. How futuristic do you want the solution to be - flying cars kind of futuristic or something that I can use even now ? What do you mean by a car wash - Is it a physical location where I take my car to OR is it something that I can install at home ? There are two sides to a car wash set up - the car wash company and the user - I am going to assume that we are building this solution for the user. Is there an specific goal in mind or I can cho"
Suyash kumar T. - "I will talk about the carwash landscape here a bit. How futuristic do you want the solution to be - flying cars kind of futuristic or something that I can use even now ? What do you mean by a car wash - Is it a physical location where I take my car to OR is it something that I can install at home ? There are two sides to a car wash set up - the car wash company and the user - I am going to assume that we are building this solution for the user. Is there an specific goal in mind or I can cho"See full answer
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