"First I would like to ask you some clarifying questions.
Timeframe: do we consider a single given day? YES
What is the definition of jogger? Running, not walking
Is there a minimum distance? NO
Do you count only the distance within the perimeter of central park or also the miles getting in and out of CP to my start location? ONLY CP
Great, I would like to structure the problem this way.
\# of aggregated miles run by jogger in a day in CP = # of joggers per day * av"
Fabio E. - "First I would like to ask you some clarifying questions.
Timeframe: do we consider a single given day? YES
What is the definition of jogger? Running, not walking
Is there a minimum distance? NO
Do you count only the distance within the perimeter of central park or also the miles getting in and out of CP to my start location? ONLY CP
Great, I would like to structure the problem this way.
\# of aggregated miles run by jogger in a day in CP = # of joggers per day * av"See full answer
"Facebook is a social media platform containing many types of content to engage users: user posts, groups, events, video, reels etc.
Clarifying questions (assumptions):
Drop in user engagement = Time spent on app has come down by 20% per day
Geography = worldwide
Form factor: drop consistent on mobile app and web app across browsers and OSs
Drop if common across the entire platform, and not on any specific feature
Common across user age groups
External factors:
Any new regulation"
Rahul J. - "Facebook is a social media platform containing many types of content to engage users: user posts, groups, events, video, reels etc.
Clarifying questions (assumptions):
Drop in user engagement = Time spent on app has come down by 20% per day
Geography = worldwide
Form factor: drop consistent on mobile app and web app across browsers and OSs
Drop if common across the entire platform, and not on any specific feature
Common across user age groups
External factors:
Any new regulation"See full answer
"Step - 1 Ask any clarifying questions you'd have
Is there any particular reality show that we are talking about? (Assuming "The Great Indian Kapil Sharma Show" for this answer that there is no particular reality show that we are going with rather a general answer)
Are we talking about any particular demographics? (Assuming we are going to launch this game globally and for any specific country or city).
Step - 2 Apply a Product Design Framework (let's go with CIRCLES)
C(Com"
Pankhuri T. - "Step - 1 Ask any clarifying questions you'd have
Is there any particular reality show that we are talking about? (Assuming "The Great Indian Kapil Sharma Show" for this answer that there is no particular reality show that we are going with rather a general answer)
Are we talking about any particular demographics? (Assuming we are going to launch this game globally and for any specific country or city).
Step - 2 Apply a Product Design Framework (let's go with CIRCLES)
C(Com"See full answer
"Mock interview 2/3/2025
Google Wallet
User Needs (pain points):
At physical store:
understand the price tag
proceed the transaction
Audio cue to pick one credit card
read the payment machine
transaction confirmation
(optional) balance
hear transaction summary
At home:
check balance
make payment
send money
receive money
understand statement
Prioritization
Understand the price tag"
Chloe T. - "Mock interview 2/3/2025
Google Wallet
User Needs (pain points):
At physical store:
understand the price tag
proceed the transaction
Audio cue to pick one credit card
read the payment machine
transaction confirmation
(optional) balance
hear transaction summary
At home:
check balance
make payment
send money
receive money
understand statement
Prioritization
Understand the price tag"See full answer
"Define the goal of the experiment. What do you want to test? Are you trying to improve conversion rates, increase engagement, or something else?
Identify the variables to test. What are the different options that you want to test? For example, if you are testing different call-to-action buttons, your variables would be the different button text and colors.
Set up the experiment. This involves creating two versions of the app or website, one for each variation of the variable that you are testi"
Praful B. - "Define the goal of the experiment. What do you want to test? Are you trying to improve conversion rates, increase engagement, or something else?
Identify the variables to test. What are the different options that you want to test? For example, if you are testing different call-to-action buttons, your variables would be the different button text and colors.
Set up the experiment. This involves creating two versions of the app or website, one for each variation of the variable that you are testi"See full answer
"Are we talking about Uber app? or generic app?
if it is a Uber app, I will proceed further.
Uber is a platform where a rider can book a ride from the Uber app. The rider puts their current location or location where they want to take ride from and enters destination address. The Uber app searches for appropriate driver ( based on distance and vehicle) and assigns a driver to the rider. After finishing the ride, the rider and driver were asked to rate each other and on the ride quality . This"
Hari priya K. - "Are we talking about Uber app? or generic app?
if it is a Uber app, I will proceed further.
Uber is a platform where a rider can book a ride from the Uber app. The rider puts their current location or location where they want to take ride from and enters destination address. The Uber app searches for appropriate driver ( based on distance and vehicle) and assigns a driver to the rider. After finishing the ride, the rider and driver were asked to rate each other and on the ride quality . This"See full answer
"Depends on what the ML model. If it's computationally heavy server side is best. If it's not, client side could be feasible, think of Apple Photos doing object recognition of photos on device, in this instance, the photos are on the device a long time and users are fine with waiting. So the use case important to consider. However broadly speaking, server side is most likely the best solution especially for this many users.
Easier architecture to implement
Example - client side you take"
AnonymousAxolotl - "Depends on what the ML model. If it's computationally heavy server side is best. If it's not, client side could be feasible, think of Apple Photos doing object recognition of photos on device, in this instance, the photos are on the device a long time and users are fine with waiting. So the use case important to consider. However broadly speaking, server side is most likely the best solution especially for this many users.
Easier architecture to implement
Example - client side you take"See full answer
"Clarify
What do we mean by memorialize?
Are we aiming to launch a physical or software product?
What is our goal with this product?
Are there specific types of pets we have in mind?
Assumption
Memorialize means to remind ourselves about our loved pets who passed away. We would like to launch a software product. The goal is to help users cope with the lose of their beloved pets. We also focus on house pets, keeping it for dogs and cats as the biggest market for pets.
User"
Tomer B. - "Clarify
What do we mean by memorialize?
Are we aiming to launch a physical or software product?
What is our goal with this product?
Are there specific types of pets we have in mind?
Assumption
Memorialize means to remind ourselves about our loved pets who passed away. We would like to launch a software product. The goal is to help users cope with the lose of their beloved pets. We also focus on house pets, keeping it for dogs and cats as the biggest market for pets.
User"See full answer
"Q. Why is a promotional tool required?
Swiggy vision is to provide unparalleled convenience to customers.
There are a number of newer restaurants launching everyday all over India and swiggy is a place not just for order but also for customer acquisition and feedback.
And in India one of the most tried and tested ways to acquire is by giving discounts on all orders or special items if one wants to try newer items with customers or even cross sell.
I myself have used Swiggy trynew code multiple t"
Vishal S. - "Q. Why is a promotional tool required?
Swiggy vision is to provide unparalleled convenience to customers.
There are a number of newer restaurants launching everyday all over India and swiggy is a place not just for order but also for customer acquisition and feedback.
And in India one of the most tried and tested ways to acquire is by giving discounts on all orders or special items if one wants to try newer items with customers or even cross sell.
I myself have used Swiggy trynew code multiple t"See full answer
"Clarifying questions:
What is a roofer?
A: A person who constructs and repairs roofs.
Should this include construction companies or the actual people who construct it, like masons, labourers?
A. you can define the segment
Any specific geography to operate in? No, any geography or worldwide can be chosen
Does the company have a goal in mind? New product creation to capture a market.
Can the product be a physical product? Yes.
In terms of constructing roofs, there is generally no separate company"
Upasana S. - "Clarifying questions:
What is a roofer?
A: A person who constructs and repairs roofs.
Should this include construction companies or the actual people who construct it, like masons, labourers?
A. you can define the segment
Any specific geography to operate in? No, any geography or worldwide can be chosen
Does the company have a goal in mind? New product creation to capture a market.
Can the product be a physical product? Yes.
In terms of constructing roofs, there is generally no separate company"See full answer
"👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇
Clarifying Questions
Bookshelf: how is this bookshelf going to be used? at home? in a library?
Elderly People: do we have more precisions on this elderly population? are they sick?disabled?
[Interviewer: this bookshelf will be for home purposes. You'll have to specify.]
Here's what we gonna do:
Users & Pain Points: let's try to better understand who we are designing this bookshelf for
Solutions: we'll brainstorm a few solutions and"
Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇
Clarifying Questions
Bookshelf: how is this bookshelf going to be used? at home? in a library?
Elderly People: do we have more precisions on this elderly population? are they sick?disabled?
[Interviewer: this bookshelf will be for home purposes. You'll have to specify.]
Here's what we gonna do:
Users & Pain Points: let's try to better understand who we are designing this bookshelf for
Solutions: we'll brainstorm a few solutions and"See full answer
"The interviewer was curious to understand my transition from a core development profile to an NGO and then to an MBA program. He was trying to understand my thoughts behind the journey and what convinced me about going for a PM role.
What helped me answer this was -
Having spent some time by myself mapping out the good and not-so-great experiences at each part of my journey
What exactly motivated me to take the next step each time
How it all connected
What moments in the journey hi"
Yashaswini K. - "The interviewer was curious to understand my transition from a core development profile to an NGO and then to an MBA program. He was trying to understand my thoughts behind the journey and what convinced me about going for a PM role.
What helped me answer this was -
Having spent some time by myself mapping out the good and not-so-great experiences at each part of my journey
What exactly motivated me to take the next step each time
How it all connected
What moments in the journey hi"See full answer
"Clarifying
Slack is a mature product in markets with millions of users B2B platform
Expand customer base to school boards
SWOT
Technology is mature and well reputed
Good privacy practices
Threats
Google school
Microsoft learning education
Zoom
Journeys User
Users for slack - for - school
School boards 12 school boards
Primary
Secondary
High
Universities -
Remote learning / Distant educations - Incumbents
MooCs - Existing platform
End Users:
Students
Teachers
Administrators
Ed"
Hl M. - "Clarifying
Slack is a mature product in markets with millions of users B2B platform
Expand customer base to school boards
SWOT
Technology is mature and well reputed
Good privacy practices
Threats
Google school
Microsoft learning education
Zoom
Journeys User
Users for slack - for - school
School boards 12 school boards
Primary
Secondary
High
Universities -
Remote learning / Distant educations - Incumbents
MooCs - Existing platform
End Users:
Students
Teachers
Administrators
Ed"See full answer