Interview Questions

Louisa C. - "I think AI such as ChatGPT seemed to spit out its answers fast and instinctively, hence proving its efficiency but in the recent versions it seems to have acquired reasoning skills which was revealed 'transparently' to users. This new, reasoning skills introduce a small delay in its response and explains what it does during the delay but I do not really think that it is "thinking" any differently than before, except that it is constrained by some purported rules when asked to summarise certain b"See full answer

Chris C. - "Here are the key entities to design a relational schema for a calendar application: User - userid, email, firstname, lastname Calendar - calendarID, calendarName, caledanUserID, defaultUIView, created, updated, status Event - eventID, eventName, eventUserID, isRecurrence, startDateTime, endDatetime EventReminder - eventID, reminderMethod(email, notification), reminderTime, reminderTimeUnit(min, hr, day) Event guest - eventID, userID, isRequired, acceptStatus"See full answer

Gabriele G. - "this assumes that the dependency among courses is in a growing order: 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> ... if not, then the code will not work"See full answer

Farhan I. - "What software is being used to draw the design?"See full answer

Avi G. - "Clarifying Questions: Will this feature be rolled out to the Facebook App or will it be a stand-alone app like Messenger? -- Assume it will be another feature like Marketplace embedded in the Facebook App What is the goal of this feature? How will it be used? Similar to Marketplace where you might see job listings and employer's company pages linked for reviews Will this be rolled out to a specific geographic region or a specific industry? - Lets assume all industries in US **Assump"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Target customers: users who want to book flights, hotel etc. Geo: USA Form factor: web and mobile app About the company Agoda wants its users to 'see the world for less' i.e. they are targeting users who want to travel (for business or pleasure) and their key value proposition is price i.e. lowest cost hotels, flights and other services. Business model: Agoda is an online market place where vendors like airlines, hotels etc. are displayed and user can search for a"See full answer

John F. - "Building data centers in outer space is a concept that has been talked about for a few years now. However, to my knowledge, no one has yet succeeded in building one. In order to simplify this case, I am going to only investigate putting Azure Disk Storage into the cloud. To determine if this is a viable scenario for Azure, I will examine why Azure may want to pursue building a data center in outer space, the technological feasibility, and finally, a potential market for this service. Business D"See full answer

Puneet A. - "I recently had an experience with the Chipotle mobile app where I accidentally placed an extra order. Realizing my mistake within seconds, I tried to edit or cancel the order but found no option to do so in the app. Despite searching FAQs and attempting to contact the local store, I couldn't resolve the issue in time. This experience highlighted the importance of user-friendly design and clear communication in apps. If I were managing such a product, I would advocate for features like a grace pe"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

Andrew M. - "Users: Creators We can segment by category of videos made (ie. beauty, entertainment, etc.) We could also segment by age range. Let's just choose self-development channels Pain points: Want to bring you to their website Solution. Portal to their website. Whenever you click on the video, a tab pops up for their website. But, this could be annoying for viewers. Back to the drawing board. What if we made creators into viewers. I am a FinTech Product Manager"See full answer

Kurt K. - "Why skip defining the data model? Or did I just miss it?"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Key value proposition of the product: targeted search engine for kids to search the internet Target users: kids below 18 years of age Target geography: USA Form factor: web app Target market Kids (largely school students) are now increasingly using the internet for educational purposes to perform assignments, collaborate on projects etc. A search engine is a core need to access the internet for this audience and is needed quite frequently - almost every time a"See full answer

Brit L. - "Question #1 Imagine you were in charge of Facebook Watch, what metric would you want to measure? Clarify: Facebook Watch offers users video content including news, sports, live stream shopping and gaming, etc. it works on both desktops and mobiles. It's a fairly recent feature. Mission: Facebook's overall mission is to connect people and help them build communities, and Facebook Watch can help Facebook achieve this by keeping users up to date with local news, or conn"See full answer

Aakanksha R. - "My answer- A. Clarifying questions- External factors- Timelines, Geography, Competition Internal factors- Meta's goals for entering into fitness space, full-fledged app or part of any existing Meta app Goals- Will go after engagement, since it is a new app. B. Identifying users- Heavily/ Professionally into fitness Casual fitness enthusiasts Not interested in fitness C. Prioritizing user segments- I will prioritize #2. Segment #1 does not really need external motivati"See full answer

Personal W. - "Payment system requirement assumption: Need to be ACID Amount limitation - some validation for max input size can be done at client level/ API level. Need to store historic info - GDPR The information to be stored for database assumed can be structured so RDBMS like mysql or Postgres Notification requirement - if fail or success need to be text or email to user and or caller Scalable - Assumption that it deals with critical transaction so Availability and Scalability requirement i"See full answer

John N. - "There are several factors that I can employ to come up with a dynamic pricing system that has capability and capacity to adjust product or service prices based on the various parameters or factors that affect market prices such as demand and supply. This will be built on customer behaviours, competitors, demographics, and other relevant variables at my disposal. First, I will define the Requirements and Goals of the system. what is the business needs that this dynamic system will cater. Here fa"See full answer