Interview Questions

Anonymous Flamingo - "As a product manager, my first step in designing a free product would be to define the product's target audience and the problem it aims to solve. Once these factors are established, I can then determine the best way to monetize the product. One way to monetize a free product is through advertising. This involves displaying ads to users as they use the product, and earning revenue based on the number of clicks or impressions the ads receive. This model is commonly used by social media platforms,"See full answer

Jerry O. - "\# Definition for a binary tree node. class TreeNode: def init(self, val=0, left=None, right=None): self.val = val self.left = left self.right = right class Solution: def maxPathSum(self, root: TreeNode) -> int: self.max_sum = float('-inf')"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: First, let's design our product and then we will calculate the estimated amount of units sold. Before we begin, is there anything specific about this refrigerator, is this a 'smart refrigerator'? Interviewer: Yes, you can consider this is a smart refrigerator but the overall design is up to you. Me: Thank you, one more question, do we have a specific user in mind? Younger people? Retirees? Interviewer: No, you can select the user base based on your prioritization, but theoretically it cou"See full answer

Anjesh D. - "I had multiple RCA to complete and each one had a deadline but the process to complete them wasn't streamlined which cause some of them to miss SLA and point of contact felt frustrated as she has no information to give to customer. I received feedback that what blocked me to move forward on those and how can I do better next time?"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will use the following approach for this situation: Understand Current Status of the Program: Program Goals, Schedule, How many teams, what are their deliverables, dependencies between teams Team level view of progress: Through tools like Burn down charts, Gantt charts etc. Identify laggards (lagging teams). Trend analysis for lagging teams: Understand at what point, the decline started. If the decline has started around same time, then following may be the potential issues: -"See full answer

Pramod S. - "Engineering Managers (EMs) juggle multiple responsibilities, which can vary significantly depending on the company, team, and organizational needs. One of the most critical skills for an EM is strategic thinking. This includes setting a clear vision for the team, participating in roadmap planning meetings, and crafting actionable roadmaps to guide the team toward its goals. In addition to strategic thinking, an EM must excel in three key areas: People Management: This involves ensuring te"See full answer

Zacharias E. - "SELECT pro.id, pro.title, pro.budget, COUNT(employeeid) AS numemployees, SUM(e.salary) as total_salaries FROM projects pro JOIN employeesprojects ep ON ep.projectid = pro.id JOIN employees e ON e.id = ep.employee_id GROUP BY project_id; `"See full answer

Jaswanth P. - "Proposed Solution: Awareness and Control Features Algorithm Awareness Campaign Educational Content: Create short videos explaining how the algorithm works to enhance user experience. Transparency Reports: Regular updates on algorithm changes to keep users informed. User-Controlled Engagement Settings Customizable Feed Options: Allow users to adjust content preferences and limit certain types of videos. Time Management Tools: Introduce reminders for screen time limits an"See full answer

fuzzyicecream14 - "Situation: As a Product Manager at Cisco, I was leading the development of a new highly critical product for enterprise customers. Midway through the project, a key engineering team was reassigned due to an urgent security patch, leaving us understaffed with only six weeks left before a critical customer pilot. Task: I had to ensure the product launched on time without sacrificing key features, despite losing half of our engineering team. The challenge was to"See full answer

Darpan D. - "Clarifying and assumption When we say financial security, are we talking about authentication, fraud detection or money laundering? Assumption: Fraud detection. Focusing specifically on transaction-level fraud. Is this an internal AI implementation or an external third-party service we provide to multiple financial businesses? Assumption: External Third-party AI financial security product. Requirements Need to detect when fraudulent transactions happen. **Detection stra"See full answer

An D. - "Understanding the Basics Choosing Learning Resources Practicing and Applying Knowledge Seeking Help and Staying Updated Leveraging Modern Tools"See full answer

Judy W. - "Situation: COVID has impacted everyone's lives, especially small businesses. Earlier this year, during the second lockdown in Malaysia, it was estimated that 50%-70% of small businesses have closed. It got me thinking, beyond the existing training programmes, what can my company do to support small businesses? Task: So, I took the initiative to gather our Comms and Government Affairs team, to work together and explore how we can: 1) meaningfully demonstrate our company's commitment in"See full answer

Dan D. - "It would be nice if the final Google Docs link can be shared somewhere, so we can access it for reference with ease."See full answer

Shuchi A. - "A few months ago I joined a micro-services platform engineering team as their manager, at that time my team was struggling to deliver towards an upcoming production deadline for a customer facing product. Production date had been moved 5 times already and there were about 40% of product features which were remaining to be tested and signed off to move to production . I was made responsible to deliver the release of this product within the deadline and turnaround the software delivery throughput."See full answer