Interview Questions

John F. - "While working as a consultant, I was assigned to a project to design and build a solution for accessing and managing documents on deepwater drilling wells with limited connectivity. I and the developer assigned to the project conducted interviews with various engineers and team members on the rigs. We worked with the client's IT group to analyze options for getting content to and from the rig. Together, we came up with a solution that would leverage their existing SharePoint infrastructure (avai"See full answer

Vihari K. - "First, let me clarify a few points to ensure I understand the scope of the case study correctly: • Scope of Resources and Timeline: Are there any constraints on resources or timeline we should consider, or can we assume unlimited resources for this project? • Target Market: Is this tool aimed at a global market or specific regions? • Integration: Should the tool integrate with existing TikTok Shop features, or are we developing a standalone solution? • Technological Capabilities: Are there s"See full answer

Saurabh G. - " Company Goal: Make quality service at competitive price available for customers and enable contractor to maximize income sources Clarification: Post Booking Experience is the user flow from the point a booking is confirmed to the time the service is delivered to the customer. Metric: CSAT and Orders successfully completed Personas: Customer, service provider, business USER JOURNEY Customer (User Journey) Booking confirmed on portal Add to calendar Email / text con"See full answer

Nimish J. - "The health of the product backlog can be determined by considering the following factors - Is the product backlog prioritized? Will each backlog be easily picked up by the engineering team i.e. does it have all the required details such as user story, acceptance criteria, and effort estimates? No items coming back to the product backlog from the sprint backlog due to incomplete development or bugs No of items moving to the "Done" state from the product backlog in each sprint A"See full answer

Sanjay V. - "Determining the need of a product, starts with the Problem or challenge we are trying to solve hence identifying a clear problem statement would kickoff the further analysis to find the answers of WHY... any product needed? WHAT... will it bring to the table? There are various techniques which can be used here like SWOT, Feedback, brainstorming workshop with stakeholders etc."See full answer

Vihari K. - "At RTI while working on content-based recommender system on our ecommerce site, we received request from one of our distributor clients to make the system not only suggest products based on their purchasing history but also exclusively push higher priced items, regardless of their actual needs or demand patterns, it was challenging situation because it contradicted the primary purpose of our system, which was value based, patient centric product recommendations. To understand in this situation i"See full answer

Natalia N. - "Clarifying questions: How much is the decline? Since when have sales been declining? Make sure that it has correlation with competition and not a premature assumption that can come from something internal (not external competition). Is it all the stores? What is the variation in the dicline? If you have stores that have 20% less sales vs some that are steady, it might be something related to the store experience specifically. How does the decrease in sales compare to cities that ha"See full answer

Philip C. - "Assumptions Assume that the functionality of Meta Pay is the ability to send and receive payments to other Meta account holders. Payment infrastructure connects to bank accounts Assume users can maintain a balance in Meta Pay Assume life cycle of the product is post launch adoption phase Clarifying questions Can I send or receive payments to a meta user from a different platform? e.g., fb to IG > assume the answers is “yes” Where is it available? > Assume answer is “US” "See full answer

Anonymous Moth - "As a Business Analyst, I would employ a cross-functional approach for implementing virtual debit and credit cards by collaborating closely with various departments. Initially, I would work with the market research team to understand customer needs and industry trends. With the IT and security teams, I would focus on designing a robust, user-friendly, and secure virtual card system. Collaboration with the legal department would ensure compliance with financial regulations. Partnering with the mar"See full answer

Nikita C. - "WhatsApp is a free messaging platform, that introduces new and amazing features frequently to leverage its user data and vast user base. I assume the goal is to get revenue from the services without affecting user satisfaction. For that, I am listing a few ideas using which we can monetize WhatsApp. Whatsaap has recently introduced channels, for verified channels WhatsApp can start a subscription model. WhatsApp can introduce in-app ads in the stories section showing relevant ads. What"See full answer

Scott S. - " To clarify on what we are trying to solve for and get the definition of a distributed scheduler straight . So A Distributed Scheduler refers to a system that can handle job scheduling and execution in a scalable and fault-tolerant manner by distributing the workload across multiple servers or nodes. we will make some assumptions with the design , as follows: we will assume 10,000 QPS for job submissions and should be able query for jobs status . Job execution should have minimal latency"See full answer

Shiva K. - "Increasing a development team's productivity by 25% requires a multifaceted approach that addresses various aspects of team dynamics, processes, and individual performance. Here's a structured approach to tackle this challenge: Assess Current Productivity Levels: Before implementing any changes, it's crucial to understand the current productivity levels of the team. This can be measured through metrics such as velocity (for Agile teams), time-to-market, defect rates, etc. **Identify Bo"See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs Restaurants - brick and mortar only, cloud kitchens are not included Movable/unorganized ones are also not included. Bangalore city only, suburbans are not included. Approaches Demand - N number of people eats out Y types of food Z times a week - how many restaurants are required to fulfill their need. Supply/Positioning - There are X type of zones where there are A,B,C number of restaurants (∑ Popular brands x avg # of outlets) x 100 / % mar"See full answer

R K. - "As a Product Manager for Instagram Reels, understanding Meta's investment in this product requires considering the broader competitive landscape, primarily TikTok, and Instagram's monetization strategy through ads. The focus on Reels is a strategic move to capture a share of the short-form video market, increase user engagement, and drive ad revenue. Lets start with why Meta invested in Instagram reels 1. Competing with TikTok: TikTok's explosive growth in the short-form video space pose"See full answer

Shivam B. - "The Critical Rendering Path (CRP) refers to the sequence of steps that a web browser takes to convert HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into a fully rendered webpage. CRP highlights the processes that can slow down the time it takes for a webpage to become interactive for users."See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Product: physical/ digital? - digital chefs as a profession? what kind of restaurant setting do they work in? speed up cooking why/ objective? - serve customers quickly? reduce their fatigue? help them spend time on other important activities? what is cooking process - getting order - knowing recipe - executing - placing in dish - should I consider serving or that will be including in the waitor's job? By how much do we want to speed up? who are we? any constraints?"See full answer