Interview Questions

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

Rajeev K. - "Factors Affecting Latency-> Hash function efficiency: A good hash function minimizes collisions. Load factor: Higher load factors increase collisions, leading to higher latency. Collision resolution strategy:Chaining: Latency depends on the linked list/tree traversal. Open addressing: Latency depends on probing (linear, quadratic, or double hashing). Size of the hashmap: Larger hashmaps generally reduce collision chances but may involve additional memory latency. **"See full answer

Scott S. - " Situation In the derivatives trading domain, timely and accurate data is crucial for making informed trading decisions. Our existing data processing system was facing challenges with latency and scalability, which hindered our ability to react swiftly to market changes. To address these issues, we designed a new real-time market data processing platform. Task The task was to develop a low-latency data processing platform that could handle real-time market data ingestion, processing, an"See full answer

Smriti G. - "Product -> Self service Portal North Star Metric-> No. of proposal downloaded Problem-> 15% Decrease in Proposal downloads RCA-> System Health check-> Bugs, errors in pages during session, site crashed, server inavailability, new feature was introduced which made it difficult for user to navigate. If there was problem of server in-availability, is load balancer working fine/server is not available? If problem was with feature-> What feature was introduced? do an A/B test with older feature Fu"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

Product V. - "Clarifying Questions What is definition of blind - people who cannot see Is this also inclusive of partially blind - No Does this cater people who are blind naturally or got blind due to some illness or accident - Only natural Why do you want to build it - what is the intended goal Improve the smartphone experience Do we expect the users any kind of phone experience when we talk about this device - Yes, basic phone experience with accessibility features "See full answer

Kong - "App design experience which involved a new technology"See full answer

Vijay P. - "Explained in STAR format one of the project situation where I had to collect data points by deploying a minimum viable product due to unclear business requirements/dynamic nature of business. Emphasized on exact data points and how they strategically used to iteratively deploy improved version of product."See full answer

Pramod V. - "I would like to ask questions to the interviewer as to if the company or I as TPM have any success history handling this magnitude. Also, I will talk on my behalf to justify my experience and caliber to drive this magnitude of project to success. But, I always follow a flow-chart approach when meeting exec management where I do my home work studying the current state of the project/ pain points/ issues/ blockers and steps we have taken or planning to take next to mitigate it. Now w.r.t the flow"See full answer

Bik D. - "Clarification: Explain the product - Facebook marketplace is a platform that helps connect buyers with sellers, usually to purchase used products but not limited to the same How do you define improve - Improve discovery and engagement on the platform Geography - India Why would Meta want to invest here ? Commerce is a growing space, and can help monetized beyond ads Leverage social graph to seek user feedback on products / sellers Competitors - OLX, E-c"See full answer

Nithesh S. - "Before getting into the solution aspect, let us revisit Amazon's mission. Mission: Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Participants: Therefore any improvement in the marketplace should be in sync with this thought process. Participants in the marketplace have both buyers and sellers. We can improve the platform either of them or both of them. **Wh"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Here's the strategy for tackling these: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Without further ado, let's dive in! Ask"See full answer

M Q. - "1/cost 2/speed 3/unique value/use case 4/data governance and privacy"See full answer

Astro S. - "what is NUC? "See full answer