Interview Questions

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions By mutual follows, we mean that both of them follow each other on Tiktok, correct? : Yes We want to know an average number for the same, ie mean and not median or any other value, right? : Yes Shall we consider the global audience or that of a particular country? : Global Can we assume the time setting of this question as of 2025?: yes Here’s how I will tackle this question. > We will first estimate the total number of Tiktok users. Then we will try to"See full answer

R K. - "Assumptions and clarifying Questions 1 - This will be a feature within the existing FB App and would utilize existing features - YES 2 - What is the goal of this new feature - User acquisition & increase engagement 3 -Is this feature around playing sports or watching sports - Playing 4 - Any specific geography to target - US 5 - Both mobile and desktop platforms - YES 6 - Any specific demographic to target - You choose 7 - Any constraints around go to market - 6 months 8 - Any other"See full answer

Anonymous Porcupine - "Scope Clarification with Interviewer: Is it a standard civil 4-seater helicopter or a Military cargo carrier? Do we wish to calculate the balls in the passenger compartment only or do I consider the gas tank and other spaces in a helicopter? 3.Is the helicopter loaded with seats and passengers or do I assume that there are no seats and passengers/ pilot? Assumptions: The interviewer asked me to make assumptions. Its a standard 4-seater helicopter It is empty but has the standard seat"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Estimate the market size for Google Fi Market size -> total revenue/sales in a market = market share Google Fi -> telecommunication services by google. Only for US market Market size = (1)google fi customers / (2)total customers in the market (2)total customers in the market 300m ppl in the US 0-90 life expectancy Factor out 0-12,80-90 240m ~250m ppl in the US who are using phones and need a telecommunication service (1)google fi customers Version 40% - 110m AT&T 30% - 70m T-Mobil"See full answer

M N. - "To clarify, Lyft currently uses dynamic pricing which means the price of a ride is not constant and depends on multiple factors. Let's keep only the car rides on Lyft with driver-rider as customers in the current scope and ignore other product offerings such as bikes, scooters. Should we improve the current dynamic pricing model or design dynamic pricing assuming it doesn't exist? Let's assume latter. Let's assume this dynamic pricing applies to entire US market. Now let's see what factors I"See full answer

Mudit B. - "Clarifying question Why? Does booking.com have data on demand for this new feature? Let's say no Does booking.com have any specific goal with this new feature? Improve revenue or Improve user experience ( provide flexibility in payments or expand user base dealing with crypto, etc.) Let's say targetting new users who want to deal with crypto (I don't know if this is to be approached as a product design question) I would approach the introduction of cryptocurrency as a new payment method i"See full answer

Sri V. - "First, I'd like to ask some clarifying questions and try to narrow down the scope of this question. Among them I would like to ask: a) How is the behaviour of pricing today? b) Are we looking to optimize a specific goal or a metric ? Ex: Click thru rate, Conversions etc. c) Exactly when user is searching for a product. d) what is dynamic pricing? - Pricing based on demand, inventory availability, user behavior etc. I'd now like to go thru a five step process to answer: a) Hypothesis:"See full answer

Anonymous Koala - "Google mission==>organize world info and make it accessible to user Monetize from Ad revenue, enterprise productivity service, Developers Google glass provides==>smart  virtual screen , hands free voice commands activated glass for for $1000+. Fits in google mission If google is to launch google glass the key metrics of success would be Number of glasses purchase Usage in term of google search, texts, play video, take picture other activities performed Previous pitfalls "See full answer

Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 Reduce scope of product for the initial launch. Streamline the PRD to an actual MVP and use the current PRD (that takes 6 months to build) for the V1"See full answer

Shawn S. - "Context: As a people manager, my biggest thing is to foster psychological safety for my team members and the way I do that: building rapport between me and my direct reports, weekly team meetings I ensure all voices are heard, have people share about themselves and encourage them to get to know one another. Team members had a good understanding of each other’s working style. One of the recent projects my team was responsible for building out the espresso test framework on android. This was"See full answer

Calyan - "Hangouts 100k feedback gave 3* rating, in 2013. What to do next Clarify: Solving for 2013, should disregard changes made (Allo, Gchat, Gmeet) since then? [yes] Is this on any specific platform - App Store or Play store? [both] Consumer or Enterprise [consumer] Problem framing - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mission: org world info., be helpful. Hangouts role in this mission to help users stay connected, exchange info and content (via messages and calls) Biz/ Prod goals Growth/ acq Install ba"See full answer

Anonymous Elk - "User Interface: The target user here is the staff. Learning something new can be overwhelming, and having a simple and usable interface can help reduce feeling overwhelmed. Instead of a nested or complex learning system, a simple layout with training modules stored within a hamburger paradox and a media player in the center will make the system look cleaner. Gamification: Gamifying the learning content is another great way to keep the audience engaged. Bi-weekly quizzes, along with a sco"See full answer

Adarsh S. - "Hey, Thanks for the question - it’s a fantastic challenge with real-world impact. 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 as to why we are doing this and then some clarification questions and then probably try to segment users via single or different approaches, then will pick which permutation makes sense as the target segment, then ge"See full answer

Nouna J. - "If this question was for a product manager; I would approach it as I don't really know how actually these vehicles work. I will try to simplify the concept and answer questions like why autonomous vehicles are exists and what is the purpose of them. Autonomous vehicle is a vehicle can do some actions on behalf on a human and as main reason is to increase the safety, so to come up into how they work, I should identify the main actions that human does and prioritize it based on what they may"See full answer

Rishi G. - "Problem Statement: The Fibonacci sequence is defined as F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) with F(0) = 1 and F(1) = 1. The solution is given in the problem statement itself. If the value of n = 0, return 1. If the value of n = 1, return 1. Otherwise, return the sum of data at (n - 1) and (n - 2). Explanation: The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, typically starting with 0 and 1. Java Solution: public static int fib(int n"See full answer

Anonymous Kingfisher - "The interviewer focused on the data models and steered the conversation there from the beginning. He had a specific design in mind and I just wasn't hitting it. He also wanted details on how I would implement the logic for splitting users into variants. I would recommend reading the LinkedIn blog on their AB Test system design."See full answer

Anastasiia V. - "First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking: What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making? Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip": What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope? What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment? Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"See full answer