Interview Questions

Kirubel D. - "Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective) Pixel The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software? Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas Best Compared to other related phones on the market? And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years. Best means comparing to other phones out there. Market Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"See full answer

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

Basil A. - " import java.util.*; public class MostCommonWords { public static String mostCommonWords(String text) { // your code goes here Map map = new HashMap(); for(String s : text.replaceAll("[\\p{Punct}]", "").toLowerCase().split(" ")) { if(!s.isEmpty()) { map.merge(s, 1, Integer::sum); } } return map.entrySet().stream().sorted( (e1, e2) -> { "See full answer

Bryan K. - "Did a quick 30 min writeup on this and I'm submitting before I review/edit. Success metrics for Spotify Podcasts Clarify Focus is on Spotify Podcasts, which are audio content posted by Spotify Content creators Spotify Podcasts exists across all devices Spotify as a company is at a mature state and is looking to enhance retention and revenue (monetization) Spotify makes money through ads, Spotify Podcasts too - Assuming that Spotify Podcasts has some sort of ad product where adv"See full answer

Praveen - "I will start with discussing the Google mission statement, which is to organize the world's information and make it easily accessible to everyone to help them get things done, and make their day a bit easier. I will think about building something that will leapfrog this mission. Google has already organized all of the world's public digital information in the current state. There are opportunities to get more information into a digital form. But there are also significant improvements in mak"See full answer

Sneha S. - "Clarifying Questions Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve? Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop? Interviewer : Platform independent Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point? Interviewer : Not yet Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries? Interviewer : Yes Candidate : A"See full answer

Dewansh Z. - "It's fair to assume a tech lead is an experienced person, especially in bigger organizations like Google. How we shape our thought process is part of our past experiences of default nature. I will first give it some time before I react/respond. I will try to understand the pattern where the tech lead is being devil's advocate. Eg. If he is being negative about PRD everytime, that means he had past experiences where the PRD was incomplete or scope was change; if is negative about testing scena"See full answer

Scott S. - " Functional Requirements Content Ingestion\: Ingest news articles from various sources (websites, social media, etc.). Handle different types of content (text, images, videos). Content Analysis\: Extract and preprocess text from articles. Analyze the content for potential indicators of fake news. Model Training and Prediction\: Use machine learning models to classify content as fake or real. Continuously improve models with new data and f"See full answer

Raul K. - "No of Cars in 1 year = [ Total Road Length] / [Distance Covered by 1 Self Drive Car in One Year] Clarifying Question - How does Mapping work? I assume the car has a bunch of cameras and the car needs to go via a road each once to do the mapping for Google Street view. Is that correct? Assumption Google Street view required cars to go via road once and then use camera for mapping Assumption for average speed of the car - This can vary if the car is on the highway Assumption of Area of"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Goal/Vission of company Understanding of Whatsapp -> Whatsapp platform for people where they can connect with people remotely, they can chat with them, they can do a video call, they can send pdf, location, contacts, etc. Basically, clarify your understanding of WhatsApp. Whatsapp Goal -> connecting the people remotely in a hassle-free manner Vission 3-4 years down the line -> More engagement and retention of the users. For this vision what is the user's intended action Define"See full answer

Brandy L. - "The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos. Why? This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization. Supporting Metrics: User Engagement: Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends. "See full answer

Dee - "Clarify the question: Is this team for a specific part of JPMC or all of JPMC? Did we already have a DevOps team and we want to introduce the element of security? Steps to build a solution: 1: Define the company and team goals 2: Define the landscape What is the toolchain we want to use? What should the CI/CD lifecycle look like? 3: Define guiding principles for internal builds and third-party software/services which could include: Deployment frequency Traceability/observa"See full answer

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

Prateek S. - "Before jumping in to answer, I want us to be on the same page regarding a few things: I am the PM for Coinbase app; not for coinbase pro or wallet etc. The very fact that a token will list on Coinbase increases the price / market activity around the token. We want to create a process which takes this into consideration. Users trust coinbase. Therefore, the assets listed on coinbase need significant vetting before they can be put on the system. Technology integrations - How much work"See full answer

Shivam G. - "My Favourite music application - YT Music YT music is a music streaming service for individuals. YT Music is exclusive for YT Premium members. Users : Listeners Creator Ops (internal to Youtube) Business Goal : Improve Listener engagement by 20% in the next 6 months. Listener Engagement - DAU (Activity is defined as listened to music for at-least 10 mins) Listener User Segments : Music Enthusiasts Music for relaxation Which segment has the opportunity? List Pain"See full answer