"You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch.
Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly:
Ask clarifying questions
State the goal of the feature / product
Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping
Provide criteria to prioritize metrics
Prioritize metrics
Summarize
Let's begin!
"
Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch.
Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly:
Ask clarifying questions
State the goal of the feature / product
Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping
Provide criteria to prioritize metrics
Prioritize metrics
Summarize
Let's begin!
"See full answer
"When it comes to Metrics, I always think of one thing " What cannot be measured cannot be done".
The product that I am managing goal is on enabling the products for our partners so that our partners can have a seamless experience of doing business with us which in turn will increase the revenue. The user segment for my product is mainly resellers who can resell the product to another customer so that the reach of the customers is more. The metrics which I am tracking are revenue, referrals, an"
Tanu M. - "When it comes to Metrics, I always think of one thing " What cannot be measured cannot be done".
The product that I am managing goal is on enabling the products for our partners so that our partners can have a seamless experience of doing business with us which in turn will increase the revenue. The user segment for my product is mainly resellers who can resell the product to another customer so that the reach of the customers is more. The metrics which I am tracking are revenue, referrals, an"See full answer
"This is a Diagnosis problem. We've gone over diagnosis problems in the past, but most are centered around usage. Even though this is about retention - do not be alarmed. We can still follow the TROPIC method to create a plan to thoroughly diagnose the issue:
Ask clarifying questions
List potential high level reasons
Gather Context (TROPIC)Time
Region
Other features / products (internal)
Platform
Industry / Competition
Cannibalization
**Establish a theory of proba"
Exponent - "This is a Diagnosis problem. We've gone over diagnosis problems in the past, but most are centered around usage. Even though this is about retention - do not be alarmed. We can still follow the TROPIC method to create a plan to thoroughly diagnose the issue:
Ask clarifying questions
List potential high level reasons
Gather Context (TROPIC)Time
Region
Other features / products (internal)
Platform
Industry / Competition
Cannibalization
**Establish a theory of proba"See full answer
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"This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning.
> I remember that - it made huge headlines around late 2019. I definitely think there are a few solid reasons why your team may have made this acquisition, for example:Incentivize retailers to use PayPal
> Leverage PayPal tech resources to grow Honey
> O"
Exponent - "This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning.
> I remember that - it made huge headlines around late 2019. I definitely think there are a few solid reasons why your team may have made this acquisition, for example:Incentivize retailers to use PayPal
> Leverage PayPal tech resources to grow Honey
> O"See full answer
"Lets see, what kind of cost does google have to incur to run google photos. To think about this clearly, I want to think as if I was going to setup Google Photos now and it doesn't exist till today.
Cost for Building software and maintaining it
Cost for acquiring users
Cost for keeping the data of users safe and accessible
Miscellaneous
Now lets come back to today where Google photos clearly exist and I will think about the costing in each of these sections.
Google photos s"
Anubhav A. - "Lets see, what kind of cost does google have to incur to run google photos. To think about this clearly, I want to think as if I was going to setup Google Photos now and it doesn't exist till today.
Cost for Building software and maintaining it
Cost for acquiring users
Cost for keeping the data of users safe and accessible
Miscellaneous
Now lets come back to today where Google photos clearly exist and I will think about the costing in each of these sections.
Google photos s"See full answer
"We have to work with the c-suite to understood the direct quartly outcomes or goals. This could be our epic and then we try to break that down into business value and complexity . This will allow us to prioritize whats next.
From there we can structure a mvp to cover maybe some of these areas to understand the estimation of this work. After the first couple weeks we can structure a roadmap and then define when"
Howard H. - "We have to work with the c-suite to understood the direct quartly outcomes or goals. This could be our epic and then we try to break that down into business value and complexity . This will allow us to prioritize whats next.
From there we can structure a mvp to cover maybe some of these areas to understand the estimation of this work. After the first couple weeks we can structure a roadmap and then define when"See full answer
"NPS is the Net Promoter Score. It basically measures if the users will promote or recommend our product or not.
Do we have any timelines for this?
Also Amazon as in the Amazon MarketPlace right?
So to improve NPS, we need to improve the customer experience and keep them more engaged. So lets focus on improving engagement.
Mission of Amazon - Help users get any and everything by just clicking some buttons at their doorstep.
Users
Demographics - Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults, Oldies
Pro"
Namrata L. - "NPS is the Net Promoter Score. It basically measures if the users will promote or recommend our product or not.
Do we have any timelines for this?
Also Amazon as in the Amazon MarketPlace right?
So to improve NPS, we need to improve the customer experience and keep them more engaged. So lets focus on improving engagement.
Mission of Amazon - Help users get any and everything by just clicking some buttons at their doorstep.
Users
Demographics - Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults, Oldies
Pro"See full answer
"Let’s pick SFO (because it's a stupid choice.. probably easier if you pick a smaller airport)
We know each passenger has to go through the scan at least once
We can assume 10% of passengers go through twice
People only go through scans when they depart but not when they arrive
International planes are bigger so carry more people so need to calculate separately
Approach
Estimate how many gates there are
Estimate airport operation hours
Estimate the numbe"
Jax H. - "Let’s pick SFO (because it's a stupid choice.. probably easier if you pick a smaller airport)
We know each passenger has to go through the scan at least once
We can assume 10% of passengers go through twice
People only go through scans when they depart but not when they arrive
International planes are bigger so carry more people so need to calculate separately
Approach
Estimate how many gates there are
Estimate airport operation hours
Estimate the numbe"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
When you say Language Learning app, you're referring to a user wanting to learn a new language through a Meta property - not NLP tech correct? -- Yes
Is this a stand-alone app, or part of Facebook or another Meta app? -- You choose
Are there any restrictions like budget, or time for this learning app? -- Nope.
Give me a moment to think about how I want to structure this answer:
Mission // Goal of Language Learning App
Competition
Audience Segments
Pain Points
"
Brody C. - "Clarifying Questions:
When you say Language Learning app, you're referring to a user wanting to learn a new language through a Meta property - not NLP tech correct? -- Yes
Is this a stand-alone app, or part of Facebook or another Meta app? -- You choose
Are there any restrictions like budget, or time for this learning app? -- Nope.
Give me a moment to think about how I want to structure this answer:
Mission // Goal of Language Learning App
Competition
Audience Segments
Pain Points
"See full answer
"Assumptions / Questions:
tech inclinations: AI induced
Painpoints: helps me get up early, but no cues for my morning rituals.
Goal: Comprehensive morning exp and not limited to just getting up but also aiding in the morining rituals. Get up early and fresh, set the tone for the day.
User Segment/cat:
Biz:
parents
Schools.
Geo: India?
Prod:
students: >= 12, 13-18.
School, Boarding school kids.
Solution:
Workflows like clock:
Aesthically apealling and more engag"
Atharv S. - "Assumptions / Questions:
tech inclinations: AI induced
Painpoints: helps me get up early, but no cues for my morning rituals.
Goal: Comprehensive morning exp and not limited to just getting up but also aiding in the morining rituals. Get up early and fresh, set the tone for the day.
User Segment/cat:
Biz:
parents
Schools.
Geo: India?
Prod:
students: >= 12, 13-18.
School, Boarding school kids.
Solution:
Workflows like clock:
Aesthically apealling and more engag"See full answer
"Applying the STAR method to explain a time when I had to teach myself certain skills to meet project demands.
Situation : I was working for a medical devices company that didn't have CI-CD setup for its embedded software
Task : Build the entire CI-CD pipeline from scratch using the tools available within a month
Action : I had to learn Docker and other basic DevOps technologies to build this
Result : We were able to reduce build time by 70% and create a process for package manage"
Soutrik M. - "Applying the STAR method to explain a time when I had to teach myself certain skills to meet project demands.
Situation : I was working for a medical devices company that didn't have CI-CD setup for its embedded software
Task : Build the entire CI-CD pipeline from scratch using the tools available within a month
Action : I had to learn Docker and other basic DevOps technologies to build this
Result : We were able to reduce build time by 70% and create a process for package manage"See full answer
"Went through scenarios where a user
Interviewer asked me to select a scenario, mostly outside of the control of the app.
The interviewer saw me rattled and suggested the need to get to a venue as an experience.
I designed a solution and suggested an MVP.
The goal was to select a scenario, design MVP and suggest user journey/cohort selection and demonstrate measurement."
Bharat D. - "Went through scenarios where a user
Interviewer asked me to select a scenario, mostly outside of the control of the app.
The interviewer saw me rattled and suggested the need to get to a venue as an experience.
I designed a solution and suggested an MVP.
The goal was to select a scenario, design MVP and suggest user journey/cohort selection and demonstrate measurement."See full answer
"Clarification: This is only for Facebook and not for Instagram, whatsapp etc.
Facebook Hashtag helps Meta users to drive visibility into user posts as well as help categorize a post, feeling to what others in the community might be feeling. This helps bring the community together and that aligns with the mission of Facebook, which is to bring the world closer.
This feature is also not a new feature in overall social media landscape, Twitter did it before and gained instant popularity.
Wit"
Soso K. - "Clarification: This is only for Facebook and not for Instagram, whatsapp etc.
Facebook Hashtag helps Meta users to drive visibility into user posts as well as help categorize a post, feeling to what others in the community might be feeling. This helps bring the community together and that aligns with the mission of Facebook, which is to bring the world closer.
This feature is also not a new feature in overall social media landscape, Twitter did it before and gained instant popularity.
Wit"See full answer
"Assumptions:
User type: school children living in the USA.
Form factor: mobile app on iOS and Android
Problem statement
School children all across the country visit museums 2-4 times in a year. The museums have info on the contents and layout but that is static.
Key value proposition of product is to guide users through the museum
Internal company assessment
Let's assume the interview is at Google. Google's mission is to organise the world's information so this problem aligns with"
Rahul J. - "Assumptions:
User type: school children living in the USA.
Form factor: mobile app on iOS and Android
Problem statement
School children all across the country visit museums 2-4 times in a year. The museums have info on the contents and layout but that is static.
Key value proposition of product is to guide users through the museum
Internal company assessment
Let's assume the interview is at Google. Google's mission is to organise the world's information so this problem aligns with"See full answer
"Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences.
They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."
Patrick K. - "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences.
They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."See full answer