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  • ADP logoAsked at ADP 
    2 answers

    "I would begin by asking the following clarifying questions: Are there any special use cases such as VIP Penthouse access, restricted floors etc? Do we need to consider safety requirements or other technical constraints such as maximum load/capacity? If the lobby for the entire hotel located on the ground floor? Can we assume that the majority of the guest amenities are located near the lobby and lower floors? Can we assume that the passenger controls on the floors are purely directional"

    Pathworks P. - "I would begin by asking the following clarifying questions: Are there any special use cases such as VIP Penthouse access, restricted floors etc? Do we need to consider safety requirements or other technical constraints such as maximum load/capacity? If the lobby for the entire hotel located on the ground floor? Can we assume that the majority of the guest amenities are located near the lobby and lower floors? Can we assume that the passenger controls on the floors are purely directional"See full answer

    Technical
    Analytical
  • Visa logoAsked at Visa 
    1 answer

    "Framework"

    Shashank P. - "Framework"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • +1

    "Clarifying Questions : By reducing bandwidth , do you mean reducing the total size of video transfer reduction ? Ans Yes Is it ok to reduce the resolution by reducing the bandwidth : Ans May be yes and no Any app in particular you are looking forward which could help talking from its standpoint : Ans : Youtube Assumptions : Youtube has a compression algorithm which can still be made better with the evolution of technologies Solutions ( prioritised list ) Improve the compressio"

    Kk - "Clarifying Questions : By reducing bandwidth , do you mean reducing the total size of video transfer reduction ? Ans Yes Is it ok to reduce the resolution by reducing the bandwidth : Ans May be yes and no Any app in particular you are looking forward which could help talking from its standpoint : Ans : Youtube Assumptions : Youtube has a compression algorithm which can still be made better with the evolution of technologies Solutions ( prioritised list ) Improve the compressio"See full answer

    Technical
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    2 answers

    "The user awakes Alexa by saying the "Alexa word" Device starts recording audio from the user, and streaming it to the Alexa Cloud Service The recorded audio stream is sent to the ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) system ASR returns the words and the order of the words in the audio stream, and sends this information to NLU (Natural Language Understanding) NLU returns the intent of the audio stream, and sends it to Alexa Skill If the intent triggers a "play" directive (e.g. turn"

    Kai W. - "The user awakes Alexa by saying the "Alexa word" Device starts recording audio from the user, and streaming it to the Alexa Cloud Service The recorded audio stream is sent to the ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) system ASR returns the words and the order of the words in the audio stream, and sends this information to NLU (Natural Language Understanding) NLU returns the intent of the audio stream, and sends it to Alexa Skill If the intent triggers a "play" directive (e.g. turn"See full answer

    Technical
    System Design
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
    4 answers
    +1

    "let's say I'm working on a social media platform and considering implementing a new feature: "Reactions" to posts, similar to Facebook's reactions (like, love, haha, wow, sad, angry). Here's how I would conduct an A/B test for this feature: Define goals and Identify the feature: Goal is to increase user engagement and provide more nuanced ways for users to express their reactions to posts.The feature I want to test is the introduction of "Reactions" buttons alongside the traditional "Lik"

    Ankita S. - "let's say I'm working on a social media platform and considering implementing a new feature: "Reactions" to posts, similar to Facebook's reactions (like, love, haha, wow, sad, angry). Here's how I would conduct an A/B test for this feature: Define goals and Identify the feature: Goal is to increase user engagement and provide more nuanced ways for users to express their reactions to posts.The feature I want to test is the introduction of "Reactions" buttons alongside the traditional "Lik"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
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    "Agile methodologies are chosen by organizations to enhance delivery speed, integrate shorter feedback loops, and provide incremental value to customers. However, the suitability of Agile depends on several factors, including the nature of the work, team structure, and organizational objectives. From my experience, for teams focused on new feature development, Scrum tends to be more effective. Scrum’s structured cadence—emphasizing backlog grooming, sprint planning, and regular retrospective"

    Manik K. - "Agile methodologies are chosen by organizations to enhance delivery speed, integrate shorter feedback loops, and provide incremental value to customers. However, the suitability of Agile depends on several factors, including the nature of the work, team structure, and organizational objectives. From my experience, for teams focused on new feature development, Scrum tends to be more effective. Scrum’s structured cadence—emphasizing backlog grooming, sprint planning, and regular retrospective"See full answer

    Technical
    Program Sense
    +1 more
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    Add answer
    Product Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "I broke the vehicles down by regions in the world. Designed a wireless api interface to sync with a database backend that linked to google maps through another service and api."

    James H. - "I broke the vehicles down by regions in the world. Designed a wireless api interface to sync with a database backend that linked to google maps through another service and api."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
    +1 more
  • +1

    "Questions for interviewer: How many team members are there? How much is the bandwidth required for each user? As of now radio-frequency (RF) signals are used to communicate with Moon. However in order to create a high speed network, we should be using laser communications. NASA has done research on it and results have proved that it is 10-100 times better than RF signals (around 100 Gbits/second). Geosynchronous satellites must be used to send communications and data back and forth betwe"

    Anirudh G. - "Questions for interviewer: How many team members are there? How much is the bandwidth required for each user? As of now radio-frequency (RF) signals are used to communicate with Moon. However in order to create a high speed network, we should be using laser communications. NASA has done research on it and results have proved that it is 10-100 times better than RF signals (around 100 Gbits/second). Geosynchronous satellites must be used to send communications and data back and forth betwe"See full answer

    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "I'd ask Clarification questions here before proceeding with designing a CDN. The questions would be. What is the Use Case with multiple questions in it What sort of Content do you want to serve - Static files or Streaming Media or trending content? How many regions do you want to cover Do you want to prioritize speed and the Latest file availability or do you want to prioritize time-based caching per region? Budget constraints(push cdn's can be cheaper). Whether"

    Manas M. - "I'd ask Clarification questions here before proceeding with designing a CDN. The questions would be. What is the Use Case with multiple questions in it What sort of Content do you want to serve - Static files or Streaming Media or trending content? How many regions do you want to cover Do you want to prioritize speed and the Latest file availability or do you want to prioritize time-based caching per region? Budget constraints(push cdn's can be cheaper). Whether"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    6 answers
    Video answer for 'Design a visual landmark recognition system.'
    +3

    "I understand this is more focused on ML. However, I have a system question. If users allow us to access their location, or they send location via text box, could we use CDNs for the search without hitting our database? We only query the database when we have zero information on location. Other questions: does embedding always guarantee information on location? Do we discharge the user images after we return a prediction? I heard the feedback that we should keep it for future learning. What would"

    Bini T. - "I understand this is more focused on ML. However, I have a system question. If users allow us to access their location, or they send location via text box, could we use CDNs for the search without hitting our database? We only query the database when we have zero information on location. Other questions: does embedding always guarantee information on location? Do we discharge the user images after we return a prediction? I heard the feedback that we should keep it for future learning. What would"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Technical
    +1 more
  • 1 answer
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a time you built a dashboard.'

    " logo Contact Interview Preparation Application Process Career Advancement Onboarding and Orientation Common Interview Questions Dashboard Creation Interview Questions and Answers Dashboard Creation Interview Questions and Answers What is a dashboard? Answer: A dashboard is a visual representation of key performance indicators (KPIs) and other important data, designed to provide a high-level overview of a specific area or business process. It typically uses charts, graphs, and other da"

    Ankit kumar S. - " logo Contact Interview Preparation Application Process Career Advancement Onboarding and Orientation Common Interview Questions Dashboard Creation Interview Questions and Answers Dashboard Creation Interview Questions and Answers What is a dashboard? Answer: A dashboard is a visual representation of key performance indicators (KPIs) and other important data, designed to provide a high-level overview of a specific area or business process. It typically uses charts, graphs, and other da"See full answer

    Business Analyst
    Technical
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    4 answers
    +1

    "One way to develop project metrics is around what problem the project is trying to solve within a particular timeframe, at a cost of x dollars and with y quality Scope: Did the project deliver as per the problem statement - over and beyond Resources metrics: Planned resources were utilized to contribute to the success Budget: Did the cost of the project implementation be under the budget or over? Schedule: In-flight milestones were completed on time or not as per the plan Was the proje"

    Y C. - "One way to develop project metrics is around what problem the project is trying to solve within a particular timeframe, at a cost of x dollars and with y quality Scope: Did the project deliver as per the problem statement - over and beyond Resources metrics: Planned resources were utilized to contribute to the success Budget: Did the cost of the project implementation be under the budget or over? Schedule: In-flight milestones were completed on time or not as per the plan Was the proje"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
    +1 more
  • Coinbase logoAsked at Coinbase 
    4 answers
    +1

    "It depends on how computers are distributed. Are they located within same network (behind same switch or router) or distributed across globally? Also, it depends upon if there are any security related encryption or decryption algorithms being executed. Similarly, there are so many factors involved in it. However, if a system is highly responsive then this time might be less than 1 second. For example, any google search responds in less than 1 sec. It is an interesting question and I am eager t"

    Rashmi T. - "It depends on how computers are distributed. Are they located within same network (behind same switch or router) or distributed across globally? Also, it depends upon if there are any security related encryption or decryption algorithms being executed. Similarly, there are so many factors involved in it. However, if a system is highly responsive then this time might be less than 1 second. For example, any google search responds in less than 1 sec. It is an interesting question and I am eager t"See full answer

    Technical
    System Design
  • "Simplify a technical concept for a business user :- Explain the technical concept by concentrating on the impact of the methodologies implemented , stress on the value addition [Data Inflow/ Outflow Diagrams ] Simplify a business concept to a technical user :- Explain a business concept to a technical user by expanding on the tools and technologies used for highlighting the results in a certain report / dashboard/ data transformation method employed to achieve Feature documentation along with"

    Aishwarya J. - "Simplify a technical concept for a business user :- Explain the technical concept by concentrating on the impact of the methodologies implemented , stress on the value addition [Data Inflow/ Outflow Diagrams ] Simplify a business concept to a technical user :- Explain a business concept to a technical user by expanding on the tools and technologies used for highlighting the results in a certain report / dashboard/ data transformation method employed to achieve Feature documentation along with"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Technical
    +1 more
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers
    +1

    " import lombok.*; import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j; import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository; import org.springframework.stereotype.Service; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap; import java."

    Yash G. - " import lombok.*; import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j; import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository; import org.springframework.stereotype.Service; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap; import java."See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
    2 answers
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a project where you had to clean and organize a large dataset.'

    "After cleaning and organizing the data the dataset become retable and ready for analysis. This helped the tame make accurate decision based on clean data"

    Kusheta K. - "After cleaning and organizing the data the dataset become retable and ready for analysis. This helped the tame make accurate decision based on clean data"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Technical
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Clarifying questions: is this a brand new product, or are we improving an existing one? (i.e. are we going to have to migrate an existing codebase or are we starting from scratch?). are we resource-strapped (e.g. # engineers, time)? are there any specific priorities for the product, or should i leave it open-ended? Assume: brand new product, well-resourced, no specific priorities. It seems that there are two sides to this question: 1) technical evaluation of different languages, and 2)"

    Laura S. - "Clarifying questions: is this a brand new product, or are we improving an existing one? (i.e. are we going to have to migrate an existing codebase or are we starting from scratch?). are we resource-strapped (e.g. # engineers, time)? are there any specific priorities for the product, or should i leave it open-ended? Assume: brand new product, well-resourced, no specific priorities. It seems that there are two sides to this question: 1) technical evaluation of different languages, and 2)"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Technical
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    3 answers

    " I have told about the challenge I have faced while designing the Automation Framework for Angular and React website and why we have to use 1 library puppeteer sharp over selenium e.g. we need to handle the asynch calls correctly when an object is selected in the UI and result is awaited for it."

    Kanwal jeet singh L. - " I have told about the challenge I have faced while designing the Automation Framework for Angular and React website and why we have to use 1 library puppeteer sharp over selenium e.g. we need to handle the asynch calls correctly when an object is selected in the UI and result is awaited for it."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "Functional Requirement Monitor health, metrics Alert in case of failure/anomaly Visualize the live health Analyse machines on periodic basis Non Functional Should not exert load on machines low latency Highly scalable Logs/Metrics Gathering push - machine gather and send to system and low priority background thread along with batching pull - heart beat check (for offline machines) Processing Real time streaming using Kafka/kinesis + Flink TimeSeries database for stor"

    Sourabh G. - "Functional Requirement Monitor health, metrics Alert in case of failure/anomaly Visualize the live health Analyse machines on periodic basis Non Functional Should not exert load on machines low latency Highly scalable Logs/Metrics Gathering push - machine gather and send to system and low priority background thread along with batching pull - heart beat check (for offline machines) Processing Real time streaming using Kafka/kinesis + Flink TimeSeries database for stor"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
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