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Asked at Motorola • 4 years ago
How would you prioritize features and develop detailed user stories for the selected features?
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
Design a wedding registry.
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"This was a fun question asked recently by Amazon. Let's get to it! This is a Design Question so let's follow the formula: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify user behaviors, types, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate and select solution Measure success Summarize Ask clarifying questions Here we want to clarify scope and make sure we are on the same page as the interview"
Exponent - "This was a fun question asked recently by Amazon. Let's get to it! This is a Design Question so let's follow the formula: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify user behaviors, types, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate and select solution Measure success Summarize Ask clarifying questions Here we want to clarify scope and make sure we are on the same page as the interview"See full answer
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You are a product manager at Facebook working on the news feed. Design a system to determine if Facebook should display an ad or a friend recommendation after every 20 posts in the feed for the users.
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"Objective: Primary Goal: Maximize long-term user engagement and retention while balancing monetization. Secondary Goal: Improve relevance of content, ensuring users enjoy their feed. Key Metrics User Engagement → Session Length Ad Revenue → conversion rates, revenue per user. Friend Network Growth → New connections, follow-up engagement with new friends. Retention Rate → How often users return after seeing either an ad or recommendation. Inputs & Signals for the Sy"
Arindam G. - "Objective: Primary Goal: Maximize long-term user engagement and retention while balancing monetization. Secondary Goal: Improve relevance of content, ensuring users enjoy their feed. Key Metrics User Engagement → Session Length Ad Revenue → conversion rates, revenue per user. Friend Network Growth → New connections, follow-up engagement with new friends. Retention Rate → How often users return after seeing either an ad or recommendation. Inputs & Signals for the Sy"See full answer
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Asked at Waymo • 4 years ago
What is a website you frequently use? How would you improve it?
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Asked at Uber • 4 years ago
How could Uber Eats be integrated into the core Uber app?
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Asked at Microsoft • 4 years ago
Design a mobile phone for tweens.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How would you build a system on a ticketing website to manage high traffic during simultaneous ticket purchases?
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"Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking) User logs in User enters details User selects seats User adds meal options User enters payment method User completes payment Scenarios Which can happen agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end Money gets stuck and will be refunded later Load at the server and server crashes Multiple users get t"
P D. - "Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking) User logs in User enters details User selects seats User adds meal options User enters payment method User completes payment Scenarios Which can happen agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end Money gets stuck and will be refunded later Load at the server and server crashes Multiple users get t"See full answer
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Asked at Lyft • 4 years ago
Design a web interface for Lyft.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
How would you improve LinkedIn for Gen-Y and Gen-Z users?
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"Clarifying questions Why do we want to improve? Do we have anything specific in mind? Any constraints? Professional networking only or do we want to expand our horizons? Linkedin mission - To help users form networks professionally and know about the world and opportunites out there. LinkedIn has become a social media platform to showcase your professional skills. Focus on acquiring and keep this audience engaged on the platform How does it fit with GenZ and GenY - This is the generation"
Namrata L. - "Clarifying questions Why do we want to improve? Do we have anything specific in mind? Any constraints? Professional networking only or do we want to expand our horizons? Linkedin mission - To help users form networks professionally and know about the world and opportunites out there. LinkedIn has become a social media platform to showcase your professional skills. Focus on acquiring and keep this audience engaged on the platform How does it fit with GenZ and GenY - This is the generation"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design the US flag.
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Asked at Disney • 2 years ago
How would you redesign Crunchyroll's landing page to improve free trial sign-ups?
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Design a search engine for Instagram.
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Asked at Microsoft, Excel Impact • 10 months ago
Question related to data architecture.
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"I don't have relevant experience so I gave an approach according to my understanding. feedback: understanding how to define a semantic model. ( My answer and approach mentioned didn't indicate that) i am working on all the constructive feedback provided. hoping this feedback helps someone else"
Praniti S. - "I don't have relevant experience so I gave an approach according to my understanding. feedback: understanding how to define a semantic model. ( My answer and approach mentioned didn't indicate that) i am working on all the constructive feedback provided. hoping this feedback helps someone else"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design a product for people with food restrictions.
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Asked at Meta (Facebook) • 4 years ago
Design a product to help Facebook employees enhance their learning.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Redesign the in-flight experience.
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Asked at Jio • 4 years ago
Design drones for Amazon.
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Design an online marketplace for fruits and vegetables.
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"Clarifying Questions: Platforms - Is it a web-based, mobile-based, or both? = Picking both For payment are we partnering with other providers like paypal, stripe? = assuming yes Partnering with shipping companies for shipment ? Is it online delivery? or just pick up within local markets? Expected number of daily users? Users: Sellers: People who sell fruits or vegetables or both Buyers: People who buy fruits and vegetables Note: For product design, I would just focu"
Anjan - "Clarifying Questions: Platforms - Is it a web-based, mobile-based, or both? = Picking both For payment are we partnering with other providers like paypal, stripe? = assuming yes Partnering with shipping companies for shipment ? Is it online delivery? or just pick up within local markets? Expected number of daily users? Users: Sellers: People who sell fruits or vegetables or both Buyers: People who buy fruits and vegetables Note: For product design, I would just focu"See full answer
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Asked at LendingClub • 4 years ago
What is the most creative product you have seen?
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"Pinterest. It's easy to use, visually aesthetic and has an amazing algorithm to keep you hooked."
Disha K. - "Pinterest. It's easy to use, visually aesthetic and has an amazing algorithm to keep you hooked."See full answer
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Asked at Meta (Facebook) • 4 years ago
What would you suggest to make the iPhone the safest cellphone in the market?
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