"Clarifying Questions:
When you say Language Learning app, you're referring to a user wanting to learn a new language through a Meta property - not NLP tech correct? -- Yes
Is this a stand-alone app, or part of Facebook or another Meta app? -- You choose
Are there any restrictions like budget, or time for this learning app? -- Nope.
Give me a moment to think about how I want to structure this answer:
Mission // Goal of Language Learning App
Competition
Audience Segments
Pain Points
"
Brody C. - "Clarifying Questions:
When you say Language Learning app, you're referring to a user wanting to learn a new language through a Meta property - not NLP tech correct? -- Yes
Is this a stand-alone app, or part of Facebook or another Meta app? -- You choose
Are there any restrictions like budget, or time for this learning app? -- Nope.
Give me a moment to think about how I want to structure this answer:
Mission // Goal of Language Learning App
Competition
Audience Segments
Pain Points
"See full answer
"First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe
Unable to book the reservation
Customers unable to cancel reservations
The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in
customers unable to interact or leave reviews.
I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence.
I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"
Lakshmi tejaswi S. - "First I would like to define what a negative experience might construe
Unable to book the reservation
Customers unable to cancel reservations
The customers unable to find restaurants in the location they are in
customers unable to interact or leave reviews.
I will try to solve for the first one. In this scenario, I would like to understand the frequency of the issue’s occurrence.
I will try to understand if there was a new feature rolled out that may have impacted it such as chang"See full answer
"I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution.
Why?
Mission: build communities and bring people closer together
Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities .
User:
Birthday person
Posts their birthday as public info
FB reminds friends and family about the day
On the day they get posts to"
Spring C. - "I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution.
Why?
Mission: build communities and bring people closer together
Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities .
User:
Birthday person
Posts their birthday as public info
FB reminds friends and family about the day
On the day they get posts to"See full answer
"Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences.
They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."
Patrick K. - "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences.
They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."See full answer
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Product Strategy
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"You should be able to identify this as a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Here are some ideas for risks to Airbnb:
Regulation
> I believe the biggest risk to Airbnb is regulation, both from local and foreign governments. Already, Airbnb is subject to onerous laws in foreign countries. For example, homes in London can only be booked for a total of 90 days in London, and in Japan hosts must apply and register their listing with the gov"
Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Here are some ideas for risks to Airbnb:
Regulation
> I believe the biggest risk to Airbnb is regulation, both from local and foreign governments. Already, Airbnb is subject to onerous laws in foreign countries. For example, homes in London can only be booked for a total of 90 days in London, and in Japan hosts must apply and register their listing with the gov"See full answer
"Let's start with understanding the objective. The assumed objective is to be able to optimize for ads revenue by showing optimal number of ads to users without reducing the user engagement metrics.
So, the approach I would take here is to perform experimentation with certain set of customers cohort based on different parameters.
The metrics I would keep track of
Customers average user engagement - time per session before and after the experiment over a week.
Number of ads shown per ses"
Vinayak A. - "Let's start with understanding the objective. The assumed objective is to be able to optimize for ads revenue by showing optimal number of ads to users without reducing the user engagement metrics.
So, the approach I would take here is to perform experimentation with certain set of customers cohort based on different parameters.
The metrics I would keep track of
Customers average user engagement - time per session before and after the experiment over a week.
Number of ads shown per ses"See full answer
"Clarifying question(s):
what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ?
Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account?
Which personas are likely to be targeted:
Journalists gathering more information for reporting
Doctors and SMEs
Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment
Pharmaceuticals orga"
RockyBalboa - "Clarifying question(s):
what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ?
Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account?
Which personas are likely to be targeted:
Journalists gathering more information for reporting
Doctors and SMEs
Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment
Pharmaceuticals orga"See full answer
"Clarifying questions / Assumptions:
Scope: US market
Constraints: none
Limiting to UberX, Uberpool, UberXL services
On-the-ground operations: event operations, things going on as people arrive or leave the event
Defining 'events': scoping it down to concerts or large-scale events (that typically have a lot of traffic)
Defining 'better experience': easier to get to and leave events
Goal: I will optimize for greater user satisfaction with our service, which should translate in"
Daniel M. - "Clarifying questions / Assumptions:
Scope: US market
Constraints: none
Limiting to UberX, Uberpool, UberXL services
On-the-ground operations: event operations, things going on as people arrive or leave the event
Defining 'events': scoping it down to concerts or large-scale events (that typically have a lot of traffic)
Defining 'better experience': easier to get to and leave events
Goal: I will optimize for greater user satisfaction with our service, which should translate in"See full answer
"Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement)
Age:
0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents)
5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings
School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day)
52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs
15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs
Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days
Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins)
30 x 8 ="
Rev - "Narrow down on a person (born in city childhood - school - college - work - retirement)
Age:
0-5 = ignoring travel for this part (might travel with parents)
5-19 = weekdays school, weekends outings
School distance 5 km , total = 10km (to & fro) (4 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 4 min/ day)
52 x 5 x 4 = 1040 mins ~ 15 hrs
15 * 14 yrs = 210 hrs
Weekends 52 x 2 = 104 days * 0.3 = 30 days
Trips = 10 km (8 intersections * 1min(time spent) = 8 mins)
30 x 8 ="See full answer
"As engineering managers, it’s our obligation to prioritize and manage technical debt properly. However, achieving the correct mix between reducing technical debt and providing new features while meeting deadlines can be fairly tough.To manage technical debt efficiently, it’s vital to first understand how to detect it inside your projects. One way to do this is by doing regular code reviews and encouraging your team to share any concerns or areas where they feel the codebase may be improved. This"
Scott S. - "As engineering managers, it’s our obligation to prioritize and manage technical debt properly. However, achieving the correct mix between reducing technical debt and providing new features while meeting deadlines can be fairly tough.To manage technical debt efficiently, it’s vital to first understand how to detect it inside your projects. One way to do this is by doing regular code reviews and encouraging your team to share any concerns or areas where they feel the codebase may be improved. This"See full answer
"One feature I launched was a construction draw process enhancement for loans ranging from $15MM to $60MM In response to the need for improved efficiency and accuracy in managing construction loan disbursements, I led the development and implementation of a streamlined process within our banking platform.
Working closely with stakeholders, including borrowers and internal teams, I gathered requirements and identified pain points in the existing process. Leveraging my expertise in data analysis a"
Jack F. - "One feature I launched was a construction draw process enhancement for loans ranging from $15MM to $60MM In response to the need for improved efficiency and accuracy in managing construction loan disbursements, I led the development and implementation of a streamlined process within our banking platform.
Working closely with stakeholders, including borrowers and internal teams, I gathered requirements and identified pain points in the existing process. Leveraging my expertise in data analysis a"See full answer
"Draft: Interview on the Goal of Airbnb Hosts
Interviewer: What is the goal of Airbnb hosts?
Abhishek: Clarifying question - By goal, what exactly do you mean? Are we talking about the business goal, product roadmap, expansion goal, growth, or marketing? And are we just talking about hosts, not Airbnb as a whole, right? Also, is it the website, mobile app, or the whole hosts business vertical?
Interviewer: Good clarifying questions! By "goal," I mean the business goal of Airbnb ho"
Abhishek S. - "Draft: Interview on the Goal of Airbnb Hosts
Interviewer: What is the goal of Airbnb hosts?
Abhishek: Clarifying question - By goal, what exactly do you mean? Are we talking about the business goal, product roadmap, expansion goal, growth, or marketing? And are we just talking about hosts, not Airbnb as a whole, right? Also, is it the website, mobile app, or the whole hosts business vertical?
Interviewer: Good clarifying questions! By "goal," I mean the business goal of Airbnb ho"See full answer