Interview Questions

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

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

David P. - "delete"See full answer

Manas M. - "I'd ask Clarification questions here before proceeding with designing a CDN. The questions would be. What is the Use Case with multiple questions in it What sort of Content do you want to serve - Static files or Streaming Media or trending content? How many regions do you want to cover Do you want to prioritize speed and the Latest file availability or do you want to prioritize time-based caching per region? Budget constraints(push cdn's can be cheaper). Whether"See full answer

Mehdi K. - "It would be good to talk about the impacts on costs as well"See full answer

DM - "Clarifying my assumptions first, i.e. "Technical contributions are not just writing or reviewing code". Answer : My contributions to any program I lead as a TPM are as follows : Inputs towards design, architecture review, mapping requirements to the proposed design, reviewing the implementation strategy w.r.t scalable solution, Writing core user-centric test scenarios, Validating proposed design vs implementation estimates vs initial planning. etc... Example : Situation: We are a"See full answer

Nagi E. - "Comprehend the situation: “When we say video streaming, do we mean watching videos such as movies and TV shows from devices using the internet?” Yes “Is it a fair assumption calling 65+ as seniors?” Yes “Any specific goal in mind?” Up to you “Timeline? constraints? “ None “Is this an extension of one of the existing streaming apps or a brand new one?” Brand new “Is there hardware needed for this app or will we be using the existing hardware and only developing the app?” You decide I’l"See full answer

coolkid1 - "wasn't aware of ticketmaster thus asked time from interviewer to glance through the portal, also cross-checked any other value prop from the interviewer that i couldn't infer from website, for ex. providing assurance of confirmed tickets. clarifying questions - who am i? do we want to partner with another player or provide services on our own? any specific goal - monetization, engagement, retention etc. in mind? any particular geo? "See full answer

Janakiram P. - "goal of whatsapp: to connect people at no cost associated to it, over internet, with complete privacy and 100% encryption clarify improve means? increase # of users increase revenues? increase # of countries its used in ? increase features ? who are the customer personas of whatsapp: students working professionals families individuals SMEs current features of whatsapp : communication: video/audio calls, messages document sh"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: More about google online tutoring service? - content type, is it recorded/ live, certified/ at own pace/ paid, unpaid, etc.? Objective of this service? Organise world's info & make it accessible & useful, any other objective? What is the revenue model? Competition? Region/ geography? Constraints? Approach: Awareness about the product & job openings: Print & Digital media, ads via google products Accessibility to apply LinkedIn/ Google careers page, post"See full answer

Evan R. - "The user table no longer exists as expected - I get an error that user does not contain user_id. Note that querying the table results in only user:swuoevkivrjfta select * FROM user `"See full answer

Anonymous Amphibian - "Part 1 - Initial diagnostic questions Question: To start, I want to confirm that this is actually an issue. Have we changed any logging related to DAU in past couple of months? Answer: No Question: Ok, now I'm wondering if this could be a seasonal issue. In the past 6 months, have we seen a similar trend where DAU is down by 10%? Answer: No Question: Ok, to zoom out for a second, let's think about any macro-level factors that may have impacted DAU. Is there any negative public sent"See full answer

Michael N. - "The pain points articulated (no contextual recs, isolating experience, etc.) are pain points in the broader audio listening industry - there's no existing audio product at Meta already and assuming this is a net new product, wouldn't it have made more sense to have pain points specific to Meta? E.g. "there's no sense of real-time community in FB Groups" or "the barrier to engage in FB groups feels high" It almost feels like she just regurgitated things she's learned from her time working on Alex"See full answer

Leonardo F. - "1) Product Just to make sure we are on the same page. Facebook Groups is a functionality/feature inside Facebook App where people can create and interact within specific groups. These groups are managed by admins, who define the rules. Is my understanding correct? 2) Clarification Do we want to measure success for a specific user segment? Are we looking at specific types of groups? What about location? What about devices, have you any in mind, web, android, iOS? _I will assume tha"See full answer