Interview Questions

Lee J. - "Assumption: the revenue is on a yearly basis. Revenue = No. of users x price of product x frequency of purchase x size of purchase Product of Google Map = Ads by the merchants To double the revenue, Boost the number of merchants by reaching out to them Increase the price of ads (which is not ideal since it will disincentivise some merchants) Increase the frequency of their purchase in a year (Eg. previously merchants just put ads in Google Map for 6 years and now we can encourage"See full answer

Lewis G. - "Firstly, I would need to ask some clarifying questions: What is the goal for this app? Is it for purely education purposes or it is for improving grades? What age of kids are we talking about? Assuming most parts of the world kids go to kindergarten at age of 5. I am assuming we can have a few segments here. From ages 3-6 or ages 7-12. What country is this for, or it is for global? I would assume the following since nobody is replying in this case: The goal is for improving grades"See full answer

Yulia D. - "First, I would like to ask some clarifying questions. Are we talking about the business metrics dashboard or health metrics(like response time)? - it is up to you Do I understand right that Netflix is a subscription-based video streaming service for watchers? So I know that they create original content for Netflix, but it is out of the scope of this question. - right My approach will be to: Define the business goal from Netflix’s mission Break down the actions taken by users at each stage of the"See full answer

Junk J. - "Plot a stacked bar chart with Insta and FB numbers to see the effectiveness over the given period."See full answer

Nikita C. - "WhatsApp is a free messaging platform, that introduces new and amazing features frequently to leverage its user data and vast user base. I assume the goal is to get revenue from the services without affecting user satisfaction. For that, I am listing a few ideas using which we can monetize WhatsApp. Whatsaap has recently introduced channels, for verified channels WhatsApp can start a subscription model. WhatsApp can introduce in-app ads in the stories section showing relevant ads. What"See full answer

Pradeep S. - "Communication to stakeholders and replan with the early delay identified and also ensure the root cause is done as to why delay has happened."See full answer

Scott S. - "Situation Our data engineering team was growing rapidly, and we needed to establish a more structured management layer to support this growth. One of our senior engineers, Sarah, had consistently demonstrated leadership qualities and technical expertise. The team was working on a critical project to enhance our real-time analytics capabilities, and it became clear that we needed additional management support to ensure the project's success. Task My task was to evaluate Sarah’s potential"See full answer

BePostive - "· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills · Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"See full answer

P D. - "FB Vision: To empower users to build communities and bring the world closer together Reactions Product Goal: To enable users to express them in a quick and easy manner on posts / comments / videos / photos etc. and hence bringing the world closer. Currently only "Like" option is there which indicates to the creators that users like your posts. User Personas Content Creators Pain Points Single Reaction Option: Only users who like the content are able to use the reactions f"See full answer

Exponent - "This is an interesting Favorite Product question. Normally when we're asked this question we pick technology products, but this time the interviewer wanted to throw us a curveball by asking about a non-technical product. Don't worry - it still follows the same approach: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? **How does this product address these pain points differe"See full answer

Nikitha G. - "Clarify → Mission / Landscape / Why → Users → Pain Points → Solutions → Evaluate Clarifying Questions / Assumptions: What kind of art are we focused on (Photography, digital art, physical art, sculpture, etc)? Assume we’re focused on physical paintings or sketches Is the goal of the product to allow users to view and interact with others art or create their own art? Enjoying art can come through both experiencing it and creating it so I want to clarify. **Let’s focus on experiencing a"See full answer

Atharva P. - "Problem: Facebook Jobs has seen a 20% increase in job listings, but employer response time to applicants has decreased by 20%. Goal: Investigate and address the decrease in employer response time. Assumptions and Clarifying Questions: Scope: Is this issue internal to Facebook or affecting external users? Timeline: Analyzing data from the past 6 months is assumed to be sufficient. Response Time Definition: Clarify the precise definition of "response time" (e.g."See full answer

Anna H. - "Clarifying questions: How to define “price” in this interview question? Price is defined as the market value of a crypto asset (bitcoin, Ethereum, tether, BNB etc.). Due to the characteristic of crypto assets which is time-sensitive, is this designed for a particular period of time? 1H, 1D, 1W, 1M, 1Y? No Do we know the target customer segment given geographic location or demographic? Not specific. Is it designed across devices? Mobile app. Assumptions: There are 03 cu"See full answer

Calyan - "Launch p2p payments on a chat application Clarify - - - - - - - - - - - any specific chat app in mind? [no] Is there a 3rd party vendor tech we can incorporate [no, build grounds-up] Markets [US] Framing - - - - - - - - - - - Messaging apps mission: be the go-to destination for 1:1, n:n info sharing and comms. Use network effects to gain market share Biz/product goals: Growth, gain more market share Engagement: time spent, instances of interaction and sharing Revenue: ads,"See full answer

Spring C. - "I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution. Why? Mission: build communities and bring people closer together Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities . User: Birthday person Posts their birthday as public info FB reminds friends and family about the day On the day they get posts to"See full answer

Nagi E. - "Comprehend the situation: “When we say video streaming, do we mean watching videos such as movies and TV shows from devices using the internet?” Yes “Is it a fair assumption calling 65+ as seniors?” Yes “Any specific goal in mind?” Up to you “Timeline? constraints? “ None “Is this an extension of one of the existing streaming apps or a brand new one?” Brand new “Is there hardware needed for this app or will we be using the existing hardware and only developing the app?” You decide I’l"See full answer

Shiv C. - "Clarifying Questions What is meant by art-related product? Is it a product where art can be shared by creators and viewed by viewers? Yes What is art? It can be painting, song, video creators etc. Meta Mission: To form a worldwide community Goals: Brings creators and viewers worldwide To strengthen the Meta community Strengths Social network Users Creators (L, L, L) Viewers (L, L, L) User Journey 1."See full answer

Aditi N. - "Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be? Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths: If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business. Material benefits: XX Million active users $$ in Annual revenue $$ in subscription revenue $$ monetization through influencers Non-material benefits that align to google core values: Democracy on the web works"See full answer