Behavioral Interview Questions

Shen A. - "I will interpret the question as "focus on the next 5 years". I will also give a high-level helicopter view since I’m supposed to imagine I’m CEO of Shopify. The mission of Shopify has always been to enable merchants and lessen the frictions in conducting commerce. Shopify is not an eCommerce company like Amazon, but a Tools and Infrastructure company like Stripe. Building tools and services for merchants are our core competencies. When we think about the main problems that Merchants have"See full answer

Ilnur I. - "I really appreciate how he clearly explains every term he uses!"See full answer

Shahrukh K. - "When I transitioned from the Analytics team to the Product team, I faced challenges in gaining the trust of the engineering team. Having previously worked with them in a role where I provided insights rather than defining their priorities, they were initially hesitant to accept my inputs in my new role. This led to some misalignment, as they chose to focus on tasks independently rather than incorporating my recommendations. Recognizing the need to build credibility, I took a proactive approach."See full answer

Amparo L. - "The reason I want to work at Apple Company is because I have great communication skills"See full answer

Snehangsu B. - "In a recent implementation of a large core banking project where we were breaking away from monolithic architecture to microservice based one we faced a situation where customer wanted to have a single repository of user and role management. Since Micro service based architecture talks about individual entities for multiple product suite it was mandatory to maintain individual user base. Based on the customer feedback, we had to come up with an unique design of single user base and replicating"See full answer

Amparo L. - "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."See full answer

Anonymous Stork - "Roadblocks or obstacles are common when working on projects. It's essential to navigate them and quickly find solutions to ensure timely delivery and success of your projects. Steps to handle roadblocks or obstacles: Gauge the potential imapct and decide if it's something that needs immediate solution or something that can be handled later. If it needs urgent solutions, try to understand the rootcause of the roadblock or obstacle and dig deep. If it's a already seen problem before, try"See full answer

Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A time where I had to collaborate with a team member in another department was while I was at Google working on my hotel project and had to work with the legal department for our OOBE flow. Task - I was tasked to work cross functionally with the legal department to lead the design of the out of box experience for our product to ensure our guest users were sure of policies around data and privacy. Action - In order to establish cadence and effective relationship building, I set up a t"See full answer

Sam T. - "demonstrate your ability to recognize and nurture talent, provide growth opportunities, and create an environment that supports and challenges high-performing individuals. Use a real-life example to illustrate your approach and showcase your leadership skills. Managing high performers is an exciting and rewarding aspect of being an engineering manager. These individuals are often the driving force behind innovation, productivity, and success within a team. As a manager, it's crucial to recogni"See full answer

Kinjal S. - "Shopping funnel and engagement: Global search brings up food items from multiple restaurants but results don't directly lead users to the item in the restaurant. Retention and repeat: Users are not able to earn and burn store-specific rewards. Similarly stores/restaurants can't build direct relationship w/ the customers and provide custom offers Multi-store cart and checkout. Currently DD supports cart and checkout from a single restaurant at a time. Many times customers want to order f"See full answer

Dewansh Z. - "It's fair to assume a tech lead is an experienced person, especially in bigger organizations like Google. How we shape our thought process is part of our past experiences of default nature. I will first give it some time before I react/respond. I will try to understand the pattern where the tech lead is being devil's advocate. Eg. If he is being negative about PRD everytime, that means he had past experiences where the PRD was incomplete or scope was change; if is negative about testing scena"See full answer

Reach G. - "What is Facebook Live? Facebook Live is the posting of a live video -> Virtual events, QA, conversation, presentation/performance. It can be on your Facebook page, event, or group. Mission Facebook's mission is to connect people and bring the world closer together. The mission of Facebook Live, from my perspective, is to enable individuals to engage ( message), discuss, and learn in real-time with their role models, influencers, and others to discover and establish stronger connect"See full answer

Scott S. - " The Situation A few months ago, our trading platform started experiencing significant latency issues during peak trading hours. This latency was affecting our ability to process real-time market data and execute trades efficiently, potentially leading to substantial financial losses and missed opportunities. Identifying the Problem The first step was to identify the root cause of the latency. I organized a team meeting with our data engineers, DevOps, and network specialists to gather"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

Anonymous Krill - "I wish there were more real-life examples, more practical information that actually demonstrates the wealth of experience. In the beginning, we are introduced to 3 pillars: trust, high productivity, and growth mindset. It would have been nice to see 1 example for each of these pillars in practice. the interview response was very theoretical and diplomatic. Very shy in providing even small real-life examples e.g. question what are the example guidelines teams would set by themselves to identify w"See full answer

Shivam G. - "My Favourite music application - YT Music YT music is a music streaming service for individuals. YT Music is exclusive for YT Premium members. Users : Listeners Creator Ops (internal to Youtube) Business Goal : Improve Listener engagement by 20% in the next 6 months. Listener Engagement - DAU (Activity is defined as listened to music for at-least 10 mins) Listener User Segments : Music Enthusiasts Music for relaxation Which segment has the opportunity? List Pain"See full answer