Interview Questions

Nid P. - "I explained the story of trying to help the engineer to improve the performance and after it is failed, the steps I have taken to move the eng to PIP."See full answer

Tracy C. - "Before I walk you through my thought process, I want to align you with the definition of discovery. I assume discovery is the journey before a guest adds a property or experience to the cart, which can be broken down into the discovery of listings pre-search bar on the homepage and discovery post-search bar on the search results page. Are we talking about both touch points as discovery, or would you like me to focus specifically on one? Is this for a specific platform, mobile or desktop web? Bec"See full answer

Rutuja A. - "Lyft is a ride hailing platform where the users can request the rides on the app and the drivers can fulfill the rides based on their availability and willingness Goal: So here we want to design a ride hailing platform for college students for there commute From home to college College -> Home Inside campus Why do we want to concentrate specially on students? Data analysis of existing ride pickup and drop location and time analysis Hypothesis: A good share of rides are originating from"See full answer

Ishita S. - "We know that Meta’s mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that enables it. In line with this, we aim to build a product that enables knowledge and skill sharing within communities. User Segments A skill-sharing platform typically serves two broad segments. Creators are people who create content, share resources, and moderate communities. They include: Peer educators such as college seniors and teaching assistants Hobby experts Semi-professional c"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

Tracy C. - "CQ: TikTok is a short-form video platform Elderly here means older than 65 years age? Retire folks with more leisure time. Do we currently have elderly viewers and or creators on our current platform? Mission: TikTok's mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Strategy: For elderly, they are retired with more free time to enjoy life and consume entertainment content. The elderly also have lost creativity as they age and we see higher levels of creativity with younger folk"See full answer

Soodong P. - "Product and Mission To allow users to create events and host on FB pages. It can be one time or recurring. It can include FB users through feeds or referrals or can be shared out with a link. Product objective is to build strong online and offline bonding through connecting people with common interests and ensure continued engagements. Aligns with the core Meta mission. User Journey and Value + Metrics Organizers: Finds the value when the many participants share interest or"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Measure Success of FB rooms. First I would like to clarify my understanding of the product: FB Rooms is a video call product similar to zoom in which a user can create a room and then invite people to join either with Facebook, if they are already friends or with a link or invite. Able to use filters and virtual backgrounds Now that we have aligned on the understanding of the product, I would like to think about the goals for the product. Goals: Business goals: Rooms was FB’s"See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs: Uber - which business? → Ride hailing Business - B2B or B2C? → B2C Geo - India Revenue/profit → revenue Revenue sources Rides - bike, car, shuttle Ads Partnerships Rides revenue = number of rides x average price Ads revenue = ad impressions x conversion rate x CPC Partnerships = number of partnerships x average income Considering I am a PM, do you want me to focus on tech focused enablement only? No, assume you are a VP of product *"See full answer

Guilherme M. - "Question: An array of n integers is given, and a positive integer k, where k << n. k indicates that the absolute difference between each element's current index (icurrent) and the index in the sorted array (isorted) is less than k (|icurr - isorted| < k). Sort the given array. The most common solution is with a Heap: def solution(arr, k): min_heap = [] result = [] for i in range(len(arr)) heapq.heappush(min_heap, arr[i]) "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

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

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

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

fuzzyicecream14 - "1. Sales & Revenue Metrics Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume. Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time. Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships. Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts. Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"See full answer