Interview Questions

Adarsh S. - "Hey, Thanks for the question - it’s an interesting real-life existing problem wherein a few of my friends and colleagues who have tried to work and travel have faced these issues at their respective airBnBs. Cool so this is the rough backbone structure that we can follow and ofcourse we can add meat later on to it and pivot if required. So here it goes: First would like to lay out the broader mission of Airbnb + WHY this is needed as to why we are doing this and then some clarific"See full answer

Disha - "TikTok → short-form video platform where users share, post, comment, and like each other’s videos Clarifying Questions Define Active → Users who are opening the app at least once a day for a particular duration say 1 min Geography? Consider India for this case Is the source/BI Tool where we saw the drop valid enough? TikTok is both on the app as well as browser - Where are we seeing the drop? Is there a particular platform wherein we are seeing the drop? Android or iOS New"See full answer

Ekta M. - "Some clarification questions On a very top layer these are the building blocks of the Quick Commerce companies. Let me know if you wanna deep dive in any specific. Users - browses the catalogue and selects the items that they wanna buy. Dark Store - This is where the catalogue is stored i.e. the items to be ordered. Imagine this to be a huge super store but only the delivery executives are allowed to shop in their. There are multiple of these dark stores, when you enter your address you get"See full answer

K v K. - "Not my response, just the Points noted, : Show passion for the work - certifications, competitions, etc., Show the contribution to the Org Has relevant work experience Has the resume been crafted for the job opening and aligns with the job opening Resumes typically get 15-20 seconds for review "See full answer

Prabhav G. - "Assumptions and Clarification! What kind of blind person are we talking about ? Are they partially blind? Color Blind? Can Detect Light ? Can See blurry Images? Is the Blind person an adult, elderly or a teenager? Do they have any additional disabilities? Where will this Iron be used? At home? or perhaps one for travel? Do we have any limitation of resources? Assumptions- We are talking about a Complete Blind person who cannot see anything at all i.e Zero ability to se"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "If you effectively listen and understand their point of view, then take action to address the issue quickly. Don't let too much time slip between the conflict and the resolution. If resolving the concern will take more time, communicate the current status and next steps with the stakeholder."See full answer

Bhavna S. - " with youngsuccrate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as yascrate from post where userid in (select userid from post_user where age between 0 and 18) group by post_month ), nonyoungsucc_rate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as nonyasc_rate from post where user_id in (select"See full answer

Pree M. - "Let's split the experience in four parts: Time between order is placed and order is waiting to be prepped by the shopper. Time between order is prepped by the shopper and ready to be picked by the driver. Time when it's out for delivery. Post delivery experience. Now lets think through what can do wrong? How do we define wrong? A wrong would be anything where a customer has a negative experience. Let's dive into the when things could potentially go wrong. **order is placed and"See full answer

Prashant S. - "To improve the passenger experience at a major metropolitan airport, I would focus on streamlining the pre-arrival, arrival, and post-flight stages of their journey. Pre-arrival, we could integrate flight details into the Uber app and provide predictive ETAs to help passengers plan better. At the airport, we could partner with authorities to create dedicated drop-off and pickup zones, along with clear in-app navigation to reduce confusion. Post-flight, we could implement dynamic pickup zones, vi"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

Anonymous Jellyfish - "Microservices for resolving diffs, storage S3 for keeping files"See full answer

Saurabh K. - "Goals : Determine if the TV series should be renewed If it should be renewed, how much should Netflix be willing to pay for this series Let's assume that the goal is to maximize subscriber retention and engagement while paying a reasonable amount for the licensing costs that is justified by the value added by the series. Assumptions : The show is exclusive to Netflix for a particular region (for eg. US) It has been on the platform for an year Netflix has subscriber level data around"See full answer

Joel A. - "Clarify: User experience improvements or revenue based improvements for the company? (Assumed UX) Can it be hardware or must it be software? (assumed I have the choice) Position: My favorite product is Airbnb. It's an app that let's people list their home for short term rental and then let's guests book those homes (or rooms) to stay in. It's used primarily for vacations but people all over the world now use it for business or even longer term stays. It's idea was pretty revolutionary a"See full answer

Saran V. - "Understanding: Understand the reason for the pushback? Is the pushback related to any program constraints such as schedule, cost, quality, or scope? Is this pushback from a single stakeholder or a majority of the stakeholders? Working towards overall program goal: Explain how your idea is tied to the overall program's success metric or the goal Bring in data points to echo the above point Bring in examples of how this approach has helped in the past or with other competitors "See full answer