Interview Questions

Anonymous Giraffe - "this is not a helpful interview, she seems so unprepared, confusing, unable to netting it out :("See full answer

Alemayehu m G. - "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."See full answer

Cesar F. - "Outliers are data points that significantly deviate from the majority of the data distribution. They can arise due to various reasons, such as measurement errors, natural variability, or rare events. Outliers can distort statistical analyses and machine learning models, making it crucial to detect and handle them properly."See full answer

Atharv S. - "Assumptions / Questions: tech inclinations: AI induced Painpoints: helps me get up early, but no cues for my morning rituals. Goal: Comprehensive morning exp and not limited to just getting up but also aiding in the morining rituals. Get up early and fresh, set the tone for the day. User Segment/cat: Biz: parents Schools. Geo: India? Prod: students: >= 12, 13-18. School, Boarding school kids. Solution: Workflows like clock: Aesthically apealling and more engag"See full answer

Kirit K. - "Had to refactor code at recent startup after having it fully deployed and working. This was due to us hitting some performance and UX issues. What I did was refactor the core engine first myself, and then line up a work team to progressively refactor the edges and exception flows that sit around the core. Completed in 4 weeks."See full answer

Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Datavibe Insights, I was initially brought on to assist with routine data cleaning and Excel reporting for the procurement team. My main task was to support weekly report generation, but I noticed inefficiencies in how data from multiple vendors was being manually compiled and formatted each week. Without being asked, I took the initiative to build an automated reporting tool using Excel Power Query and macros. It cleaned, merged, and visualized the data with a few clicks"See full answer

Adesegun K. - "While all branches should ideally be tested, some are more critical than others based on the following factors: A. High-Risk or Business-Critical Logic Branches that handle authentication & authorization (e.g., login, role-based access control) Financial transactions or payment processing logic (e.g., tax calculations, refunds, invoice generation) Security-related branches (e.g., encryption/decryption, token verification) B. Error Handling & Exception Paths Branches that deal with error conditi"See full answer

Adib M. - "Clarifying question: Do I know of this other team? Have i worked with them before? Do i know the TPM of this team B? 1) Schedule 1-1 TPM of this other team (Team B) with the agenda to better understand Team B project 2) State that you came to know that Team B is working on what sounds like a project similar to your team and you want to understand more about it to see what is common /what is different, what are the objectives and who the stakeholders are and so on. Also, important to know how f"See full answer

Tamil selvan R. - "May I know which tool is being used to draw flow diagram?"See full answer

Exponent - "Let's first identify the type of problem we're solving. This is an Improve a product question. Let's go over the Improve a Product formula once more: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Okay great. Now that we have the formula, it's time to execute on it! Ask clarifying questions Before we start iden"See full answer

Gomathi S. - "I product manage customer care - while I belong to the ecommerce platform team. customer care is not a direct contributor for revenue and the feedback i received during my career progression was unless i contribute to revenue i cannot be on promotion track. this is difficult feedback to act on as its not by job responsibility. worked with my manager on 2 fronts - 1) create a succession plan so i can take on additional responsibility that contributes to revenue and 2) create a plan on how care ca"See full answer

Rika S. - "Let's start by understanding Google's goals with Search. Google Search is by far the #1 search engine, capturing 70% of the search market. There are probably two reasons why Google would bid to maintain its place as the default search engine on Firefox: the first, Firefox is a popular web browser, with many users, and Google wants to retain the large user base who search on Firefox. Second, Firefox users tend to be more privacy oriented than users of other browsers, therefore Google wants to c"See full answer

Karthik T. - "It's mainly an experimentation technique for testing new features while the rest of the users are using the old product version of your product. In our case, we were using it for pre-release or announced release features for a specific group of users. We could at any point revert the experience or stop the feature and render the old product version of the product. Based on the success of the feature, we will then do a full rollout of the feature into production. How does it work ? Enable"See full answer

Anna H. - "Assumptions: Table name : "Table" 02 columns ("City" and "Distance") "City" column contains distinct variables No "Null" values in Table SELECT City, AVG(Distance) AS Avg_distance FROM ( SELECT City, Distance, ROW NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY City ORDER BY Distance ASC ) RowAsc , ROW NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY City ORDER BY Distance DESC ) RowDesc FROM Table ) x WHERE RowAsc IN (RowDesc, RowDesc - 1, RowDesc + 1) GROUP BY City ORDER BY City ;"See full answer

Anuradha T. - " I will attempt to answer this. Barnes and Nobles Nook, although Amazon had an advantage in terms of being early to market (2007) with the Kindle, B&N Nook could have been marketed Nook more creatively, given that B&N has access to massive inventories of books in digital format. It fell short of: Focusing on the differentiation in marketing Being aggressive in marketing tactics by promoting the Nook at events, webinars, out-of-store marketing Attracting the user base by highlighting the m"See full answer

Sukriti C. - "Why is this important? Human capital is the core competitive advantage for technology companies, especially Google. Making the best hire for a given position vs not at scale can mean hours of lost productivity with significant monetary implications. The corollary to a false negative is also a false positive. Assuming that the goal is to hire the best candidate for a given job, the fact that the right person was not hired means the less than the right person for the job was. Impact : Delta"See full answer

Hustle - "What does Netflix do? Netflix is a global entertainment company that produces and streams movies, TV shows, and documentaries. In recent years, it has also expanded into games and short-form content to increase engagement and strengthen its ecosystem. Why introduce podcasts? Netflix’s mission is to entertain the world. Podcasts offer a new, low-effort way for users to engage with Netflix’s stories and creators, especially during non-screen moments like commuting, exercising, or cooking. In"See full answer