"Define the feature
A virtual card number is a temporary or disposable card number generated by your credit card issuer or financial institution. It is designed to protect your actual credit card information during online transactions. Its main purpose is the security of your actual credit card.
Clarification questions
No questions
What is the purpose of the feature?
Enhanced Security: Using a virtual card number protects your actual credit card details from being exposed to potentia"
Ekta M. - "Define the feature
A virtual card number is a temporary or disposable card number generated by your credit card issuer or financial institution. It is designed to protect your actual credit card information during online transactions. Its main purpose is the security of your actual credit card.
Clarification questions
No questions
What is the purpose of the feature?
Enhanced Security: Using a virtual card number protects your actual credit card details from being exposed to potentia"See full answer
" are we considering ride sharing app or also Uber Eats?
If we are considering Ride sharing app
Uber is successful when a Customer is safely dropped at its selected destination and Uber driver is paid for the drive.
For Uber to be successful in a new city we want to track
Number of completed rides per day/week
Number of customers who came back to the app for another ride after first one was completed.
Number of active drivers per day.
Number of drivers completing at least 1 ride"
Sanjana G. - " are we considering ride sharing app or also Uber Eats?
If we are considering Ride sharing app
Uber is successful when a Customer is safely dropped at its selected destination and Uber driver is paid for the drive.
For Uber to be successful in a new city we want to track
Number of completed rides per day/week
Number of customers who came back to the app for another ride after first one was completed.
Number of active drivers per day.
Number of drivers completing at least 1 ride"See full answer
"Time taken: 25 minutes
My approach:
I would start by listing the use cases, what could be the length of cable needed, quantifying each and weight average those.
The % make the assumption that it is what it represents the share in the total nb of iphone recharges. In fact total should be more than 100% because it not exclusive but for sake of simplicity let’s say it tops at 100%.
\# In details:
charging next to bed: 50%generally speaking there is a bedside table that is 80 cm high and the"
Adaneir W. - "Time taken: 25 minutes
My approach:
I would start by listing the use cases, what could be the length of cable needed, quantifying each and weight average those.
The % make the assumption that it is what it represents the share in the total nb of iphone recharges. In fact total should be more than 100% because it not exclusive but for sake of simplicity let’s say it tops at 100%.
\# In details:
charging next to bed: 50%generally speaking there is a bedside table that is 80 cm high and the"See full answer
"You can ask some clarifying questions like
1) Ask if the list is already sorted or not
2) is zero included in the list ?
3) Natural numbers are usually positive numbers ( clarify they are non negatives)
Solution :
1) If sorted use two pointers and sort them in O(N)
2) if not sorted , -ve / only +ve numbers in the list doesn't matter - the easiest solution is
Use a priority queue and push the number and its square in each iteration
Finally return the list returned by the priority Queue. N"
Bless M. - "You can ask some clarifying questions like
1) Ask if the list is already sorted or not
2) is zero included in the list ?
3) Natural numbers are usually positive numbers ( clarify they are non negatives)
Solution :
1) If sorted use two pointers and sort them in O(N)
2) if not sorted , -ve / only +ve numbers in the list doesn't matter - the easiest solution is
Use a priority queue and push the number and its square in each iteration
Finally return the list returned by the priority Queue. N"See full answer
"1. Sales & Revenue Metrics
Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume.
Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time.
Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships.
Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts.
Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"
fuzzyicecream14 - "1. Sales & Revenue Metrics
Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume.
Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time.
Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships.
Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts.
Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"See full answer
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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"Product and Mission
To allow users to create events and host on FB pages. It can be one time or recurring. It can include FB users through feeds or referrals or can be shared out with a link. Product objective is to build strong online and offline bonding through connecting people with common interests and ensure continued engagements. Aligns with the core Meta mission.
User Journey and Value + Metrics
Organizers: Finds the value when the many participants share interest or"
Soodong P. - "Product and Mission
To allow users to create events and host on FB pages. It can be one time or recurring. It can include FB users through feeds or referrals or can be shared out with a link. Product objective is to build strong online and offline bonding through connecting people with common interests and ensure continued engagements. Aligns with the core Meta mission.
User Journey and Value + Metrics
Organizers: Finds the value when the many participants share interest or"See full answer
"Agile processes have been a game changer for Software development projects from last 2 decades.
But there are situations where Agile practices don't work very well and demand a workaround. Some of those scenarios are mentioned below:
No Project Plan or Status reports: Agile Project team does not produce formal project plans or status reports unlike Traditional SDLC Projects. Sometimes it is hard to represent project status to senior executives who are interested in the overall status and risk"
Saket S. - "Agile processes have been a game changer for Software development projects from last 2 decades.
But there are situations where Agile practices don't work very well and demand a workaround. Some of those scenarios are mentioned below:
No Project Plan or Status reports: Agile Project team does not produce formal project plans or status reports unlike Traditional SDLC Projects. Sometimes it is hard to represent project status to senior executives who are interested in the overall status and risk"See full answer
"STAR story weaved around the project 0 to 1 execution with all the technical tradeoffs, issues, and success metrics involved."
Push S. - "STAR story weaved around the project 0 to 1 execution with all the technical tradeoffs, issues, and success metrics involved."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
"Clarify:
Product: physical/ digital? - digital
chefs as a profession? what kind of restaurant setting do they work in?
speed up cooking why/ objective? - serve customers quickly? reduce their fatigue? help them spend time on other important activities?
what is cooking process - getting order - knowing recipe - executing - placing in dish - should I consider serving or that will be including in the waitor's job?
By how much do we want to speed up?
who are we?
any constraints?"
Rev - "Clarify:
Product: physical/ digital? - digital
chefs as a profession? what kind of restaurant setting do they work in?
speed up cooking why/ objective? - serve customers quickly? reduce their fatigue? help them spend time on other important activities?
what is cooking process - getting order - knowing recipe - executing - placing in dish - should I consider serving or that will be including in the waitor's job?
By how much do we want to speed up?
who are we?
any constraints?"See full answer
"Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be?
Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths:
If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business.
Material benefits:
XX Million active users
$$ in Annual revenue
$$ in subscription revenue
$$ monetization through influencers
Non-material benefits that align to google core values:
Democracy on the web works"
Aditi N. - "Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be?
Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths:
If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business.
Material benefits:
XX Million active users
$$ in Annual revenue
$$ in subscription revenue
$$ monetization through influencers
Non-material benefits that align to google core values:
Democracy on the web works"See full answer
"Start with FB vision
What are local awareness ad. Ad content that is shown to people when they are in proximity to a brick and mortal stores.
Why did fb start local awareness ads. They are very effective in helping businesses acquire customers, or create top of mind recall. Drive business revenue and visibility. Helps FB monetize and enables users discover local businesses.
Goal – [secondary] is to ensure that we build visibility for the businesses. [Primary ] Customer engagement. engage the c"
Neha A. - "Start with FB vision
What are local awareness ad. Ad content that is shown to people when they are in proximity to a brick and mortal stores.
Why did fb start local awareness ads. They are very effective in helping businesses acquire customers, or create top of mind recall. Drive business revenue and visibility. Helps FB monetize and enables users discover local businesses.
Goal – [secondary] is to ensure that we build visibility for the businesses. [Primary ] Customer engagement. engage the c"See full answer
"Clarifying questions
Target market: parents
Geo: USA
Key value proposition: help people in parenting
Target market assessment
Reach: Every year, millions of people become parents and they need to take majority of decisions for their children till the child is 18.
Frequency: The decision making and guidance is needed on almost every aspect of the child's life - so the frequency is high
Importance: Making decision and managing children is one of the most important aspect of people"
Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions
Target market: parents
Geo: USA
Key value proposition: help people in parenting
Target market assessment
Reach: Every year, millions of people become parents and they need to take majority of decisions for their children till the child is 18.
Frequency: The decision making and guidance is needed on almost every aspect of the child's life - so the frequency is high
Importance: Making decision and managing children is one of the most important aspect of people"See full answer
"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"
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
"The customer's business needs and requirements.
The technical aspects of their legacy system.
The budget and timeline constraints.
The risks and mitigation strategies.
The customer's specific concerns.
Assess the feasibility of migrating their legacy system to the cloud - This will involve evaluating the technical aspects of their legacy system, as well as the business impact of the migration.
Develop a migration plan -This plan should outline the steps involved in migrat"
Praful B. - "The customer's business needs and requirements.
The technical aspects of their legacy system.
The budget and timeline constraints.
The risks and mitigation strategies.
The customer's specific concerns.
Assess the feasibility of migrating their legacy system to the cloud - This will involve evaluating the technical aspects of their legacy system, as well as the business impact of the migration.
Develop a migration plan -This plan should outline the steps involved in migrat"See full answer
"As a Software Engineering Manager, one of the biggest mistakes I encountered early in my role involved underestimating the importance of aligning team goals with individual career aspirations and professional growth opportunities. This oversight became evident through a project that initially seemed successful but later revealed deeper issues within the team dynamics and morale.
I was leading a software development team on a major project aimed at revamping a critical trading platform. The proj"
Scott S. - "As a Software Engineering Manager, one of the biggest mistakes I encountered early in my role involved underestimating the importance of aligning team goals with individual career aspirations and professional growth opportunities. This oversight became evident through a project that initially seemed successful but later revealed deeper issues within the team dynamics and morale.
I was leading a software development team on a major project aimed at revamping a critical trading platform. The proj"See full answer