Behavioral Interview Questions

Anonymous Dingo - "I look at a product’s quality through a combination of user impact, business outcomes, and technical robustness. 1) A good product solves a real user problem effectively and intuitively—usability, performance, and accessibility. I look at user feedback, behavioral data, and adoption metrics to validate this. 2) A good product aligns with strategic business goals Growing engagement, generating revenue, or supporting long-term scalability. 3) I assess how maintainable and"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. There's no set formula, but we recommend proposing at least three different reasons to answer the question. Let's go over one possible solution: > I think there's three major ways Uber was impacted:Hiring uncertainty > A focus on Eats > Assisting local restaurants > Hiring uncertainty > I think one of the major ways Uber, and any tech business, was affected is in hiring new talent. I've hea"See full answer

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I learnt the craft of writing and sending emails. I worked at an early stage startup that does voice recording and transcription and one of my primary responsibilities was to engage with existing customers. At that time, there were a around 10k users in total. I decided to split the entire user base into cohorts. Users who've recorded and transcribed atleast 10 words within 3 months Users who've recorded and transcribed atleast 10 words within 3- 6 month"See full answer

Jr H. - "for one time i was working as a receptionist in a hotel and one of the rooms that the customer needed was not available but rather we had diffrent room with the same quality i had to convince the customer to use the room we had and i would personally transfer him to the room he desires when its available"See full answer

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > Great question! There's so many reasons, but I'll keep it to the three biggest so that I don't just go on and on. Those reasons are:Building an impactful pr"See full answer

Indupriya S. - "This was during a Production VM Migration and the the DB crashed.We had to rollback the migration and after a 22 hour migration window present to the customer. At that point, I did not have answers to the WHY very clearly but had to present to the customer. I walked them through the situation and what had happened when the customer responded that they knew what happened but would like to know the why if we are asking for another migration window. I had to walk out of the meeting but on the hind"See full answer

Shivam S. - "I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to gain a comprehensive understanding of the target market. Quantitative Methods: • Conducting surveys • Utilizing data analysis techniques such as segmentation Qualitative Methods: • Focus groups • Interviews with current and potential customers Additional Considerations: • Competitive landscape • Industry trends to ensure that my research is relevant and actionable."See full answer

Alex S. - "A lot of things..."See full answer

Anonymous Fish - "Some of the best practices I found in the best PMs is Structure - Often times the problems we are dealing with in corporate are going to be ambiguous. Best PMs will try to scope it down and bring a clarity to the ambiguous problem statement. This can be observed in simple things like planning a day, planning a trip or planning a house hunt. They will approach problems with some structure in place Getting the buy in from people - I found that often times PMs are the people who doesn't have"See full answer

Scott S. - "• Leadership and Team Management: • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development sessions with team members. • Facilitate effective communication and collaboration within the team and with other departments. • Project Management: • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, w"See full answer

Rahul J. - "LinkedIn as a platform is targeted primarily towards professionals who use it to search for and apply to jobs. Professionals can also share content like career updates, thought leadership, achievements etc. The business model of LinkedIn is twofold: Ads revenue in the content section Promoted job posts from recruiters Evaluate the business model of competitor and which customer unmet needs are they solving. Evaluate what impact is it having on our business - are DAU / WAU going down / job p"See full answer