Interview Questions

Anonymous Sparrow - "Before I jump in, will this product be part of the FB ecosystem? If it's up to me, although I think wine has a great social element and is shared when people are connecting...I would hesitate to create a product that promotes alcohol consumption on FB. So I would choose to have it live outside of FB. With that, let me start by making sure I understand the product correctly, talk about some metrics we can target. Then we can think through who our users are and outline some of their needs. Final"See full answer

Anonymous Crab - "Clarify: IG shops is the marketplace on IG, where users can view items listed for sale by creators/businesses and also search for specific items or categories. Users can actually buy through shops instead of getting navigated to the original business website. Correct? Clarify: Can only sellers/businesses which own their inventory have a "shop"? Or can a social media influencer (different IG account) sell on behalf of a business? Structure: In order to figure out what success looks like, I'd fi"See full answer

Glados - "Clarifying questions 1/ Any other products in VC portfolio I need to be aware of - "no" 2/ Market focus? - "no" Started off by stating database marketing 1/ SQL 2/ NoSQL Data models mostly relational Database trends 1/ Vector databases 2/ Growth in cloud / fully managed databases 3/ Multi cloud is important to avoid vendor lock in Ultimately Price/performance is king Competition 1/ Large cloud providers - AWS/GCP/Azure 2/ Legacy databases - Oracle/SQL Server 3/ Niche players - Vitess, Coc"See full answer

C 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

Nikita C. - "WhatsApp is a free messaging platform, that introduces new and amazing features frequently to leverage its user data and vast user base. I assume the goal is to get revenue from the services without affecting user satisfaction. For that, I am listing a few ideas using which we can monetize WhatsApp. Whatsaap has recently introduced channels, for verified channels WhatsApp can start a subscription model. WhatsApp can introduce in-app ads in the stories section showing relevant ads. What"See full answer

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

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

Agnes D. - "Clarify: What is the objective? Grow user base of Prime or add revenue? Hypothesis: I believe it would be to grow user base of Prime. In that case, I would look at the target users for this – which will be mostly Non-Prime members whom we are trying to convert to Prime users. If I analyze who would be interested in purchasing gifts and having them gift-wrapped, user segmentation would not really add value as age, gender or geographical segmentation will not provide much differentiatio"See full answer

Yashasvi V. - "WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci_series AS ( SELECT 1 AS n, 0 AS fib1, 1 AS fib2 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 AS n, fib2 AS fib1, fib1 + fib2 AS fib2 FROM fibonacci_series WHERE n < 20 -- Limit the series to 20 numbers ) SELECT n, fib1 AS fib FROM fibonacci_series ORDER BY n; `"See full answer

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

Robert H. - "Looking up stats, it says 1 billion swipes per day. I would infer that is not just matches. A swipe could be left or right."See full answer

Jatan P. - "Step 1 - clarifying question: Are we just focusing on the customer who rented a car or both who has given a car? (Assumed only a customer who rented a car) Are we just focusing on the mobile or web apps? (Assumed only the mobile app) Step 2 -Define users: customer who rented a car. Step 3 - pain points: unclear communication between both parties. lack of support if needed. hassle-full car drop experience. No survey or complaint channel about how the experienc"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will look at the % of overspend. If we are within 10%, I would not worry about it too much as most budgets factor in 10% contingency. If Budget has exceeded 10% Threshold, I will use the following approach: Deep dive on current status: Understand % work completed/accepted Analyse Schedule/Time progress Understand Project Priority: P1/P2/P3 Resourcing: Internal/External Complexity: Technical design (Number of Applications involved/ Number of Interfaces to be build e"See full answer

Justine C. - "Answered out loud and summarized the transcription with AI \\*\ If I noticed a 10% drop in conversion rate, I wouldn’t treat it as just restoring a metric I’d frame it as protecting the customer experience and do my level best to maintain stakeholder trust. I’d approach it in five steps: First, confirm the signal. Is this a real issue or broken tracking? I’d segment the data and check if it’s isolated or systemic. _Happy to go deeper on how I’d break down those segments if that’s u"See full answer

Christopher K. - "Clarifying/Requirements House hunting is something I'm familiar with as someone who has rented, owned, and invested in the past. When I was looking for a place to live, the stage of where my life plays an important factor in determining how I look for a place. Before I start, I would like to ask some clarifying questions for better context and understanding. Did FB release any app related to house hunting - No, this would be a completely new feature. Will this be a stand-alone or"See full answer

Anu S. - "what is a task rabbit? marketplace connecting users with freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find help with everyday tasks, including furniture assembly, moving, delivery, and handy person work Explain the User Flow in short: User logs in, searches for the services, sorts, picks and books the service the gig worker gets 24 hours to pick the request, accepted or declined In case it is accepted then it is considered a "BOOKed"gig what is the post booking experience? -"See full answer