Interview Questions

Mohammad shahid S. - " Not Setting up the right expectation with users so that they come prepared and plan for application. Users should be informed in advance about the document required, kind of questions they can expect and average time they are going to spend. Inform about the money too if there is an application fee. Too many questions where users are suppose to write paragraphs Seeking sensitive mandatory information Reality is different from expectation setting Too long to too much time consum"See full answer

Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer

Samuel S. - "Clarification questions: What is the time frame we want to build this? MVP 6 months What markets and geos are we targeting? e.g. developed markets and scope it to just US and canada Are we targeting any particular meta platform ? facebook, IG, whatsapp or i can pick ? Across mobile and web platforms. Yes Alignment with Meta's mission and vision and discusison on Product dynamics itself Meta's mission to empower people to build communities and bring the wo"See full answer

Maggie S. - "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"See full answer

Geet B. - "Prompt: Define success of reels How do I investigate if reels engagement is up by x, posts are down by y Clarification: What is reels: video experience on explore page, play page. Can have comments, likes etc. Why was it launched: to promote engagement on the app, 'addictive sessions back to back. Product goal: Increase in app time, drive stickiness. Big picture: Instagram launched reels post tiktok style success, way to saving market share Define success"See full answer

Bryan K. - "Did a quick 30 min writeup on this and I'm submitting before I review/edit. Success metrics for Spotify Podcasts Clarify Focus is on Spotify Podcasts, which are audio content posted by Spotify Content creators Spotify Podcasts exists across all devices Spotify as a company is at a mature state and is looking to enhance retention and revenue (monetization) Spotify makes money through ads, Spotify Podcasts too - Assuming that Spotify Podcasts has some sort of ad product where adv"See full answer

theproductguy - "Clarifying Questions and possible responses: both audio and video goals: increase engagement time among groups/communitites and not require another platform to do group call (be one-stop for communication) region-TBD ios/android only available to users in a group to call users within the group who can intitiate these calls?- only admin? or anyone? metrics:NSM: feature engagement (C), number of calls made in a week per user (C). PM: % of people joining the call in a group"See full answer

Bala G. - "WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM user_activity WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ), VideoCallUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM video_calls WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ) SELECT (CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users FROM ActiveUsersYesterday a LEFT JOIN VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"See full answer

KAI - "Answer: select fromcaller, count(DISTINCT tocallee) as num_calls from calls group by fromcaller having count(DISTINCT tocallee) >= 3 Setup: CREATE TABLE calls ( from_caller VARCHAR(20), to_callee VARCHAR(20) ); INSERT INTO calls (fromcaller, tocallee) VALUES ('Alice', 'Bob'), ('Charlie', 'Dave'), ('Alice', 'Frank'), ('Charlie', 'Heidi'), ('Charlie', 'Judy'); "See full answer

Josh L. - "I would define success by first figuring out what our goal is by building the reels feature. Are we trying to increase DAUs? Increase enagement? Etc... For the sake of this, I think to define success it makes most sense to see if there is an increase in the amount of time users are spending on instagram. If time spent per user increases, it is likely that ad spend can increase and in turn increases instagram's reveue. We need to be sure that there are guard rails in place and make sure that by"See full answer

Bharat D. - "Went through scenarios where a user Interviewer asked me to select a scenario, mostly outside of the control of the app. The interviewer saw me rattled and suggested the need to get to a venue as an experience. I designed a solution and suggested an MVP. The goal was to select a scenario, design MVP and suggest user journey/cohort selection and demonstrate measurement."See full answer

David E. - "Its enough that I shared the question. Im not going to tell you how I answered. If you dont know how to answer, then this isn't the job or company for you. Sorry."See full answer

Anni P. - "I firstly discuss the brute force approach in O(n^2) time complexity , than i moved to O(nlogn) tine complexity than i discussed the O(n) time complexity and O(n) space complexity . But interviewer want more optimised solution , in O(n) time complexity without using extra space , The solution wants O(1) space complexity i have to do changes in same array without using any space . This method is something like i have to place positive values to its original position by swapping and rest negativ"See full answer

Alice S. - "Clarify understanding of the problem space. What does success look like? How is it measured? Platform specific? Market specific? Time period? Business goals? Then perform a funnel analysis to understand user journey and look for problems or opportunities. Choose a user segment to focus on. Identify different user segments and prioritise one. Summarise the goal of the user and the friction point. Brainstorm solutions. Come up with a number of rough solutions. Balance the business n"See full answer

Alice S. - "Clarify the problem. Ask lots of questions to uncover the root cause of the problem. This could be related to internal factors like releasing buggy updates or external factors like market trends, infrastructure, regulation etc etc. Establish where in the user journey the problem might be happening, if it's happening for a subset of users or for everyone e.g. on iOS platform etc etc, what time period has the problem occurred? Gradually or suddenly? How is the metric (in this case revenue)"See full answer

Vipan K. - "As a postgraduate student of computer science, one of my weaknesses might be that I sometimes focus too much on theoretical concepts, which can lead to delays in practical implementation. I also find that while I’m strong in certain areas like algorithms and data structures, I need to spend more time refining my skills in newer technologies or languages that aren't part of the core curriculum. Additionally, balancing research, coursework, and any side projects can be challenging, occasionally le"See full answer

Aviran H. - "Product Overview: Instagram, a social network owned by Meta, allows users to create and share various types of content, including photos, videos, and Reels, which are short, TikTok-style videos. The platform serves different user segments, including content creators, viewers, and the platform itself as an ecosystem. User Segmentation: I segmented users into three primary categories: Content Creators: This includes businesses, public figures, influencers, and regular users who crea"See full answer