Interview Questions

Abdurhman M. - "Even after a successful launch and long-term performance locally, app developers will need to develop a rigorous expansion strategy to succeed on a global scale. And although users are more connected than ever before, each region will present new challenges and considerations that must be solved by data-driven insights and research into the target market. This guide outlines everything you need to consider when expanding into new territories and localizing your app for new audiences."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

Sarabjeet S. - "Goal of YT search is to enable quick access to a video of interest to user. So success for YT search would mean access to videos that interest, and user actually clicks on one or more searched videos to watch them. It also means reduced time searching overall, with high relevance results shown for search string. Actions performed by users are: Goes to the YT site or Mobile app Clicks on the Search window to type Enters search string and presses enter Browses the list, scrolls"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

Anonymous Minnow - "Goals (Prod & Safeway) User Groups: Shoppers: College Students Professionals Families Elderly New customers (not already in the store) I selected elderly due to trends on the aging population being a significant population in the next decade and it being a group we have the most opportunity as Safeway to support. Pain Points **Most likely these customers are buying things in person or someone is purchasing items for them and gettin"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

Amit T. - "Question Design a product for P2P borrowing & lending money Clarifications Is this only P2P borrowing/lending or can financial entities participate too? - P2P only Is it to borrow/lend physical cash/digital money/cryptocurrency? - digital fiat money Are we focusing on specific geography? - US What’s the goal of this product? - Retention Are there any resource constraints? - No What’s the timeline to launch MVP? - 6 months FB Mission Empower people to build commun"See full answer

Anonymous Hummingbird - "Q: should this be part of FB or a standalone product? A: no hard requirements, it just has to be something that FB would launch Q: is there a specific region we should be designing for? is it ok that we focus on the US as its the current epiccenter of the pandemic? A: Yes that's fine Q: fighting covid-19 is a very broad goal, what if we translated this into decrease the spread of covid-19 - there's multiple ways we could do that but it makes it a bit more concrete. A: Yes that sounds good "See full answer

Nilanjan D. - "Amazon Prime will generally have a limited group of uploaders rather than a million of them. This should influence the design of the Uploader service as it doesn't need to scale that much. Also the Encoding service role was not too clear"See full answer

Michael B. - "Problem: Given an input string txt consisting of alphanumeric characters and the parentheses characters '(' & ')', write a function which removes the minimum number of characters to return a version of the string with properly balanced parenthesis. Answer: You can do this with a counter. Psuedo-Python Start with counter = 0 output = [] Iterate through the string, every time you encounter a '(', increment the counter. Add the character to the output. If you encounter a ')', decrement the coun"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for the question. I have a clarifying question, how the actionable data points are arriving? Is it based on direct user feedback or from the iPhone integrated with the Airpod Pro? Interviewer: You can consider both. Me: Ok, let me take a minute to structure my approach. Me: First, I would begin by establishing the types of users of Airpod Pros, and I come up with two: 1) the casual user that goes for a run once in a while or listen to music 1-2 hours a day. 2) the pretty intense"See full answer

Stanislav I. - "I want to work at Stripe because Stripe has become the industry standard for many businesses and startups in the world. As a CFO I would be proud to work with a leader on a processing market, improving it position with my skills and experience. I will be happy to be a part of this great Team and learn from them."See full answer

Harish K. - "Swiggy could implement to increase the average order value (AOV) on its platform: 1. Smart Recommendations and Upselling: Personalized suggestions: Leverage data to recommend items based on past orders, popular choices, and trending items in the user's area. Upselling prompts: When a user adds an item to their cart, suggest related or higher-value items (e.g., "Would you like to add a side of fries with that?" or "Upgrade to a large for just ₹X more"). Bundle deals: Offer c"See full answer

Anirudh G. - "Initial Questions: 1.How many patients do you think you will have in the next 5 years? Interviewer: Max 1000 In that case we don't have to build a highly scalable system. 2.Will you be carrying out some procedures like xrays, ct scans or will only be doing consultations? Interviewer: We will be doing minor procedures. Will refer to hospitals for anything major. 3.I see that you mentioned 2 locations. Are there any special billing requirements for each of them? Interviewer: No Users: Fo"See full answer

Salome L. - "SELECT items.item_category, SUM(orders.orderquantity) AS totalunitsorderedlast7days FROM orders JOIN items ON orders.itemid = items.itemid WHERE orders.order_date BETWEEN DATE('now', '-6 days') AND DATE('now') GROUP BY items.item_category `"See full answer

Rohan S. - "I got to play with a VR for the first time a few weeks ago at my friend’s house and I loved it, so this is a really fun question. Clarifying Questions Is this something we are looking to create Microsoft or are we a startup company etc? > Education can refer to elementary, high school, university, or even self-learning (e.g. Udemy). Is there a specific area we want to focus on? << What do y"See full answer