Interview Questions

Chetak C. - "Probability that one of the coupons is used = 1 - Probability that no coupon is used = 1 - nC0 p^0 * (1-p)^n = 1 -(1-p)^n"See full answer

Aarav G. - "Is there a reason a confidence interval was used to solve this problem over just using the mean/expected value directly?"See full answer

Ayush B. - "focus was on tradeoffs of diff object detection algorithms, data collection and labelling, foundational models, followup: not working well in production, retraining/active learning"See full answer

Anonymous Kingfisher - "Let's say you are given a use case where Github's co-pilot introduces an inline citation feature (which basically gives you insights into a given code - mentioning the functions and related components for the selected code). How will you market this feature? To make users aware, what would the campaign proposal look like for both existing and new users? How would you measure the success of this product? What are some ways you'd try to market it?"See full answer

Jimmy K. - "Awesome thanks for your question. Can I take a few seconds to write down some thoughts? - Sure Okay I’m ready. So the way I’ll work through this problem is that first I’ll ask some clarifying questions, then I’ll dig into the why, starting with Facebook’s mission and competition and try to end up with a why for this product to exist. Then we will talk about users and will pick a user to focus on. We will then figure out which need to solve for the user given the product's why and the context we"See full answer

Sahil A. - "Clarify: Zoom for business - we are referring to Zoom meetings for enterprise customers Are there any specific features or goals we want to track. Assumption - We are at overall zoom business for enterprise customers Is there any particular geography or demographics we want to look at - Assumption - we are looking at across the globe Goals: Zoom allows users to conduct meetings internally and externally with folks across the organization. Enterprise customers access Zoom with their cor"See full answer

Karthik T. - "Clarifying questions : I would like to confirm what type of parking spots we are talking about, should we assume cars ? Assumption : Cars Is it referring to only parking spots in non-residential complexes or public places or does it include residential too ?Assumption : both Assumptions : Places where we could see parking spots Shopping malls Parking in the park Residence spots Legal parking spots Variables in play Population = assuming a family of 4 => population / 4 (nu"See full answer

Sushil K. - "1. Assessment of Current Applications Architecture Review: Examine the underlying architecture of both applications. The 10-year-old application might be based on outdated technology, which could pose challenges in terms of scalability, performance, and maintainability. The 3-year-old application, on the other hand, might use more modern technologies, making it more adaptable to future needs. Codebase Quality: Assess the quality, structure, and documentation of the codebase."See full answer

Manas M. - "The correct answer as per the interviewer was since we have to exclude in build product engagement metrics and user feedback for the sake of this question, consulting firms/data analytics firms who do market research we rely on that data to determine how useful a competitor's feature is . again this is the answer provided by the interviewer."See full answer

Fahad K. - "Alright, let's think through this change of moving the 'like' button to a menu under three dots on photos I'll start by aligning this change with Facebook's mission, analyze key insights, define the product mission for this update, Identify the eco-system (n-sided marketplace) Look at the effects on the eco-systems, Effects on their needs and pain points. Identify the most important actors and most important actions Come up with some metrics that we may be using to"See full answer

Kirubel D. - "Clarifying Questions (Noun, verb, and adjective) Pixel The Pixel Phone or are we talking about ore on the software? Hardware or SoftwareINT: This can be applied to both areas Best Compared to other related phones on the market? And do we have a specific time frame in mind?INT: we don’t really have a specific time frame maybe within the next couple of years. Best means comparing to other phones out there. Market Best when it comes to a particular feature or overall the user experience within"See full answer

Rahul J. - "YouTube is a platform that lets users upload self generated content that's available for all other users to view, globally. It has a freemium model where unpaid users can watch unlimited content. However, the paid users get additional features that enhance the viewing experience. YouTube would like to move the unpaid users to a paid subscription model as it ensures higher ARPU for YT and gives users incentive to repeated come back to the platform to watch content. **Ways to increase conversion"See full answer

Rjj - "I tried solving this problem and here is the recorded video for the answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1tOkeQjyI4 And here is the link to Excalidraw board - https://excalidraw.com/#json=uabNFHcZm5qNh8CInMvyh,Wn9Vf1ZhGdl_iBCQYFkYdw"See full answer

Palak A. - "Designing a system to deny services to requests from banned IPs involves integrating real-time IP checking with your service architecture. Here’s a detailed outline of how you can design such a system: System Design Overview The goal is to ensure that your service can efficiently check incoming requests against a list of banned IPs and deny access when necessary. The system will leverage an external API, security.gov.x, to determine if an IP address is blocked or allowed. **Key Compone"See full answer

Anonymous Fox - "In what terms we need to improve the quality? Is there any focus on any particular host/customer experience? - Let’s consider that we need to improve the customer engagement on Airbnb platform. Airbnb has both - web interface as well as mobile interface. So, I am assuming the experience on both the platforms. I will brief about Airbnb - Airbnb provides homeowners to rent their spare rooms/properties to travelers/visitors and at the same time, travelers/visitors can get accommodation at budget"See full answer

Glados - "Clarifying questions 1/ Any other products in VC portfolio I need to be aware of - "no" 2/ Market focus? - "no" Started off by stating database marketing 1/ SQL 2/ NoSQL Data models mostly relational Database trends 1/ Vector databases 2/ Growth in cloud / fully managed databases 3/ Multi cloud is important to avoid vendor lock in Ultimately Price/performance is king Competition 1/ Large cloud providers - AWS/GCP/Azure 2/ Legacy databases - Oracle/SQL Server 3/ Niche players - Vitess, Coc"See full answer

Sahil A. - "Clarify: A new company that is coming up with a solution for garage door openers The door opener will be installed in houses. Confirm if offices, service centers etc are in the scope At this point, we are looking a specific demographic/market - India Users: People who own a car and a personal parking space. The distinction here : They have hired a watchman for the house They didnt hire a watch for the house For this problem, I will focus on those people who didnt hire a watchman"See full answer