"Value of Moving All Customers to the Mobile App
Full Monitoring of User Behavior
Gain deeper insights into customer preferences and habits.
Use data analytics to identify trends, predict needs, and offer personalized solutions.
Better Engagement
Provide a more interactive and engaging experience compared to traditional channels.
Enable gamification, personalized notifications, and targeted campaigns to keep users active.
Enhanced Direct Interaction
_Leverage"
Hidayat E. - "Value of Moving All Customers to the Mobile App
Full Monitoring of User Behavior
Gain deeper insights into customer preferences and habits.
Use data analytics to identify trends, predict needs, and offer personalized solutions.
Better Engagement
Provide a more interactive and engaging experience compared to traditional channels.
Enable gamification, personalized notifications, and targeted campaigns to keep users active.
Enhanced Direct Interaction
_Leverage"See full answer
"To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers
Free Delivery on Amazon
Same-day delivery for a few locations
Additional discounts
Early Access & Exclusive Deals
Prime video subscription
Prime music subscription
Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription
Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month.
Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription.
Coming the E-com"
Aekagra S. - "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers
Free Delivery on Amazon
Same-day delivery for a few locations
Additional discounts
Early Access & Exclusive Deals
Prime video subscription
Prime music subscription
Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription
Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month.
Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription.
Coming the E-com"See full answer
"Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."
Meagan R. - "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."See full answer
"To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps:
1. Understand the problem deeply:
I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."
Aniruddha N. - "To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps:
1. Understand the problem deeply:
I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."See full answer
"The traffic congestion is said to be messedup by vehichles on road.While technically it is said to be a server issue or any other.By using some advanced tech I go to solve that."
Dheeraj sai P. - "The traffic congestion is said to be messedup by vehichles on road.While technically it is said to be a server issue or any other.By using some advanced tech I go to solve that."See full answer
"First of all, I’d like to identify what is Google’s business model and Google’s presence in the emerging market. I can categorize 3 main buckets. Consumer, developer, enterprise business.
Google mainly offers a free Android OS platform and several services; such as Gmail, Google Map, Youtube, and Search engine for consumers business. The consumer can use those free services in exchange for providing data. That is the main hook for the ads revenues.
For the developer’s segment, Google provides"
Takashi M. - "First of all, I’d like to identify what is Google’s business model and Google’s presence in the emerging market. I can categorize 3 main buckets. Consumer, developer, enterprise business.
Google mainly offers a free Android OS platform and several services; such as Gmail, Google Map, Youtube, and Search engine for consumers business. The consumer can use those free services in exchange for providing data. That is the main hook for the ads revenues.
For the developer’s segment, Google provides"See full answer
"The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos.
Why?
This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization.
Supporting Metrics:
User Engagement:
Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends.
"
Brandy L. - "The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos.
Why?
This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization.
Supporting Metrics:
User Engagement:
Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends.
"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective)
Pixel
The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software?
Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas
Best
Compared to other related phones on the market?
And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years.
Best means comparing to other phones out there.
Market
Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"
Kirubel D. - "Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective)
Pixel
The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software?
Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas
Best
Compared to other related phones on the market?
And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years.
Best means comparing to other phones out there.
Market
Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"See full answer
"
why do we want to improve the DMV? we’re a startup and we want to improve the experience at the DMV
what is the DMV? my assumption is that this is for the US only, and is the department of motor vehicles. and this is where folks go to get IDs, register their cars, etc. is that correct or am I missing anything about what the DMV is?
is there a timeframe to launch?
are there any other constraints that I should be aware of?
context:
what is the DMV - the DMV is a something of a"
Elle Z. - "
why do we want to improve the DMV? we’re a startup and we want to improve the experience at the DMV
what is the DMV? my assumption is that this is for the US only, and is the department of motor vehicles. and this is where folks go to get IDs, register their cars, etc. is that correct or am I missing anything about what the DMV is?
is there a timeframe to launch?
are there any other constraints that I should be aware of?
context:
what is the DMV - the DMV is a something of a"See full answer
"Would consider the following factors:
Customer demographic and preferences
Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends
Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products
Balance of volume and margin products
Supply chain consideration
Competition analysis
Inventory turn over rate
eCommerce aspects of the inventory
Plus the following types:
Essential and groceries
Electronic and entertainment
Apparel and footwear
Home and lifestyle
Seasonal and promo"
onering2ruleall - "Would consider the following factors:
Customer demographic and preferences
Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends
Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products
Balance of volume and margin products
Supply chain consideration
Competition analysis
Inventory turn over rate
eCommerce aspects of the inventory
Plus the following types:
Essential and groceries
Electronic and entertainment
Apparel and footwear
Home and lifestyle
Seasonal and promo"See full answer
"By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music.
First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here.
Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime.
In"
Priyansh J. - "By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music.
First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here.
Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime.
In"See full answer
"Assumptions:
LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content.
LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool,
encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves,
to facilitate Talent search by recruiters
in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"
Adaneir W. - "Assumptions:
LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content.
LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool,
encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves,
to facilitate Talent search by recruiters
in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer
"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"
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
"Clarifying Questions
Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve?
Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value
Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop?
Interviewer : Platform independent
Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point?
Interviewer : Not yet
Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries?
Interviewer : Yes
Candidate : A"
Sneha S. - "Clarifying Questions
Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve?
Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value
Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop?
Interviewer : Platform independent
Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point?
Interviewer : Not yet
Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries?
Interviewer : Yes
Candidate : A"See full answer
"This interviewee had a decent framework but the specifics weren't impressive. I wouldn't post this as an example and would appreciate if you could replace this video."
Anonymous Deer - "This interviewee had a decent framework but the specifics weren't impressive. I wouldn't post this as an example and would appreciate if you could replace this video."See full answer