Interview Questions

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

Bhuvan D. - "DFD, data flow diagram or Information flow diagram helps a business user clearly understand technical concepts as it links use cases with technical concepts. While feature document along with user stories (with acceptance criteria) works best for technical user to understand business concepts."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

Yag S. - "I studied Exponent's TinyURL system design video. My interviewer was asking many detailed questions on API design, schema, as well as data required to store. I found system design questions are bit high level instead of depth. I think should have detail design of API, schema and some additional flavors."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

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

Vidhyadhar V. - "public class CircularBuffer { private T[] buffer; private int head; private int tail; private int size; private final int capacity; public CircularBuffer(int capacity) { this.capacity = capacity; this.buffer = (T[]) new Object[capacity]; this.head = 0; this.tail = 0; this.size = 0; } public void enqueue(T item) { if (isFull()) { throw new IllegalStateException("Buffer is full"); } buf"See full answer

onering2ruleall - "My leadership style is flexible and adaptive, it varies depending on the team members and the needs of the company. My leadership goal is to empower the team and inspire and grow leaders. In order to achieve that, I combine transformational, democratic and coaching leadership styles. Usually when we are facing a new type of challenge, or at the early stage of a project, I like to adapt the transformational leadership which allows me to listen to all the suggestions from the team members and sta"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

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

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

Rohit K. - "First, let's align the Airbnb homepage with Airbnb's mission. Airbnb's mission is to "create a world where anyone can belong anywhere by providing healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable." The homepage serves as the primary entry point for both potential guests and hosts, setting the stage for their journey and embodying this mission. Now, for the goals of Airbnb homepage, we can consider different aspects like awareness, engagement, and ultimately, driving bo"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