Interview Questions

Viet H. - "Estimate how much it costs Google to store a year free of storage of photos for new Pixel Phones Clarify with Questions Know the Basic Numbers Decide on and Lay Down Your Structure Write Down the Equations Crunch Numbers Sanity Check Clarify with Questions Are we talking about cost per person? Whole user base? What do you mean when you are talking costs? Cost to build the facility? Cost to just store the data as a result o"See full answer

Hl M. - "Would love to have transcripts posted below videos with timestamps to help us browse the video when video lengths are typically longer"See full answer

S S. - "To answer this question, I’d like to first start with clarifying my understanding of FB stories and key elements that are essential towards setting the success goal. FB Stories : Very similar to IG stories and infact based on the success seen from IG Stories, FB stories allows users to create ephemeral/disappearing content lasting 24 hours . The content could be a video, collection of pictures or even text with added animations and other enrichment - emulating a storytelling style. Stor"See full answer

stash - "To answer this question, I will first summarize the product and its use case. Thereafter, I will lay down the goals of the Company (LinkedIN) and the users with this product followed by going over user flows and determining what metrics we should use to measure success. We will go over a handful of metrics as a part of brainstorming but will only choose 2 or 3 to track overall success. Product Overview LinkedIn Events is a product will allows users to create online or offline events on Lin"See full answer

Vikas T. - "Too much talk nothing concrete to know about the person that I am interviewing."See full answer

Yogi S. - "Might be good to have also explained how the engineer wasn't aware of th expedition process that you as a PM were able to identify when you spoke to the PM from the team that was providing the API, was it just a simple of case of not having access to information that you were able to help surface ?"See full answer

Rahul G. - "50% of users spending money on play store at a global level sounds off I would factor this to maybe 20% of play store users I'd go about solving for it as follows: Play store revenue has multiple revenue sources and in my view all are significant contributors, they are as follows: Ads Subscription revenue from app In app purchases I'll start with TAM(user count) for google play store = (population x internet penetration rate x smart phone share of internet users MINUS china user ba"See full answer

Tiffany A. - "SELECT employees.first_name, managers.salary AS manager_salary FROM employees LEFT JOIN employees AS managers ON employees.manager_id = managers.id WHERE employees.salary > managers.salary `"See full answer

Prateek G. - "I will first start with listing down the GOALS of Google Sheets as a product GOALS: Enable better collaboration amongst employees in an organisation Make edits parallel Share with co-workers so that the team can work seamlessly Increase user engagement, activity and make more users aware about the functionality and usefulness of Google Sheets Next, i will try and list the broader ACTIONS a user might take ACTIONS: Create a new Google Sheet Share with co-workers M"See full answer

Ahna R. - " I would start by making sure we agree on what "improving Stripe Payments" means. What specifically are we looking to improve or are we focusing on improving the experience for a particular user group? Do we mean improving the experience for the developers building on Stripe or for the users checking out using Stripe? Once I got clarity I would share my proposed outline for a brainstorm: I would start by revisiting Stripe's mission and defining how Payments fit into that goal. I would then t"See full answer

Anonymous Grasshopper - "I'd like to start by understanding the basic scope of the change we've observed. Who is the user? Lyft is a two-sided marketplace so it could be the driver or rider. -Driver When did the change happen? Was it slow or a sharp drop-off? - sharp, 2 weeks ago Was there a specific geographic region? Urban v suburban? - no trends Cancelling can happen at several points in ride acceptance, is there a particular point where we see most cancellations? - just after accepting a ride"See full answer

Shiva S. - "Clarification: Believe no constraints such as for specific market or for specific device, No specific goal , can explore what improve means. Goal: can I assume improve user experience and resolve pain points, and not around monetization So goal could be to improve engagement and higher customer satisfaction with google news as a product, so basically more usage, and lower churn So more DAU Users: Consumers based on how they consume: Deep dive into news reports in a specific area of the"See full answer

Vasanth M. - "The question is about the decision to show the right # of photos in Facebook. Clarifying questions : Is this specific to Consumers or Business users ? Is there an drop or impact to the current metrics in terms of user engagement or the time spent on the post Are there any pain points to solve in terms of technical details like page loads etc.? Let's start with the users. There are 2 categories of users - Creators and Consumers. This can be further classified to say creators - Indiv"See full answer

Vivek S. - "Let me tell you about the time where I pivoted strategies and we launched a paid loyalty program Instead of a free one. This was a time at Reddoorz when we were gearing up to launch a loyalty program to drive sustainable business by creating a loyal user base. Initially , we had decided to launch a program where users can Opt-In for free. The idea was to get On-Board at least 40% of repeat user base into the loyalty program to drive retention. Competitive bench marking also led to our inclinat"See full answer

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Dhruv M. - "While interning at Numerix Analytics, I was working on a campaign analysis project where I used customer engagement data to recommend which email subject lines performed best. Based on open rate data from the past two campaigns, I concluded that short, curiosity-based subject lines were outperforming more direct ones. I recommended using that style for the next major campaign. The marketing team followed my recommendation. However, the open and click-through rates for the next campaign dropped s"See full answer

Anonymous Warbler - "ATTEMPT 2: Facebook Dating Sign up for a dating profile if you have FB account You see profiles of others who signed up It’s presented in a form browse cards Like or Not like profile Like + Like = Match = Unlocks to exchange messages Meetup + Date Facebook Dating - Helping people meet to date -> potential connections or long-term partner or marriage Users Just to date / meet new people Look for a meaningful relationship Look for marriage or partners"See full answer

Noe L. - "First, I’d want to clarify what’s driving the lack of adoption. I’d ask:What does “unclear roadmap” mean? Is this an internal issue where we’re not addressing customer pain points, or is it a matter of customers not understanding how to use the product? Is this feedback coming from all enterprise customers across verticals, or is it isolated to a specific group? How long has this been going on? Has it been over a quarter? Assuming this is a widespread issue impacting all customers"See full answer

Nikita C. - "Smart shoe: Q1) Is there any definition in mind/ thought process in terms of what this smart shoe will do? Interviewer: Its open to assumption Q2) Any specific user segments? Interviewer: Its open to assumption Q3) Any specific geographies? Interviewer: Its open to assumption Any specific user pain points? Interviewer: Its open to assumption I will structure the answer in following manner - 1) Clearly stating the assumptions 2) User segments 3) Pain points 4) Solutions 5) Key concerns 6) Metr"See full answer

TurboPM - "Assumptions: Geo: US Channels: Both Mobile/Web Includes Stocks and other kinds of tradable financial instruments Product for end users and not for FB employees to trade stocks or financial Instruments Separate App or integrated within the FB Blue App? Integrated within the Blue App Constraints:None Why might this make sense for FB? Recently with the advent of free retail trading platforms like Robinhood stock trading has been democratized and common people, young and old, hav"See full answer