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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers
    +1

    "Clarifying Questions: What age range are we looking at between 13-19? Any specific range we need to target? - Assume all teens Any demography we would target? - Worldwide Do they have access to phones/laptops or do we need to build an offline product? - Assume they have access to phones and laptops Are there any constraints around privacy or content moderation? - Yes What platform (Facebook core, Messenger, or another product) is this for? - Assume faceb"

    Kartik D. - "Clarifying Questions: What age range are we looking at between 13-19? Any specific range we need to target? - Assume all teens Any demography we would target? - Worldwide Do they have access to phones/laptops or do we need to build an offline product? - Assume they have access to phones and laptops Are there any constraints around privacy or content moderation? - Yes What platform (Facebook core, Messenger, or another product) is this for? - Assume faceb"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Stripe logoAsked at Stripe 
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    Product Design
  • Nubank logoAsked at Nubank 
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    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    3 answers

    "Questions: Is "Facebook Search" referring to the overall search bar at the top where users can search across multiple facebook products (people, events, groups, marketplace, etc.) Interview (I): Assume it is for the overall search experience What's the current goal for Facebook as a company? How does Facebook search fit into the current company goal? I: Your call **What's the goal for this improvement for Facebook Search? Are we aiming to drive engagement overall?"

    Mark - "Questions: Is "Facebook Search" referring to the overall search bar at the top where users can search across multiple facebook products (people, events, groups, marketplace, etc.) Interview (I): Assume it is for the overall search experience What's the current goal for Facebook as a company? How does Facebook search fit into the current company goal? I: Your call **What's the goal for this improvement for Facebook Search? Are we aiming to drive engagement overall?"See full answer

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  • Dropbox logoAsked at Dropbox 
    9 answers
    +6

    "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"

    P K. - "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
    1 answer

    "when were you asked this? during the product design interview in power day?"

    Pwea S. - "when were you asked this? during the product design interview in power day?"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    6 answers
    Video answer for 'Should Facebook build a tablet?'
    +3

    "I am not sure if I agree with the approach taken in the mock video. Should FB build a tablet? is not the same as "Design FB tablet." This is an analytical decision question, not a design question. I would have done strategic analysis using Porter's five forces or maybe SWOT and value chain analysis to decide rather than designing a product. My answer will be to examine critical factors to decide to build tablet vs. to build apps for existing non-FB tablets (ipads and android tablets) Users"

    Ammro H. - "I am not sure if I agree with the approach taken in the mock video. Should FB build a tablet? is not the same as "Design FB tablet." This is an analytical decision question, not a design question. I would have done strategic analysis using Porter's five forces or maybe SWOT and value chain analysis to decide rather than designing a product. My answer will be to examine critical factors to decide to build tablet vs. to build apps for existing non-FB tablets (ipads and android tablets) Users"See full answer

    Product Design
    Product Strategy
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    1 answer

    "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"

    Anonymous Dove - "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Imagine you're a PM for Mastercard. Design a product for restaurants to help them transition to a purchase order (PO) system that reduces their labor costs Mission & Vision : Mastercard is a payment processing fintech company, it has different payment service & products ex credit/debit cards etc. Mastercard vision and mission to to connect the world financially making payment process seamless across different industries. Clarifying questions : What type of restaurants on basis of revenue we"

    Ashutosh K. - "Imagine you're a PM for Mastercard. Design a product for restaurants to help them transition to a purchase order (PO) system that reduces their labor costs Mission & Vision : Mastercard is a payment processing fintech company, it has different payment service & products ex credit/debit cards etc. Mastercard vision and mission to to connect the world financially making payment process seamless across different industries. Clarifying questions : What type of restaurants on basis of revenue we"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Lyft logoAsked at Lyft 
    7 answers
    +4

    "I would like to ask a few clarifying questions Lyft for kids: Does this mean we want to design a ride sharing app for kids? (Assuming yes) Do we have any existing features catered to kids? (Assuming no) Lyft has a lot of features. I am going to assume basic table stake features which Lyft already has as: Ability to call for a ride Ride tracking Are there any goals that we would like to achieve with this feature? If we look at current market conditions, Lyft has biggest threat f"

    Unicorn 2. - "I would like to ask a few clarifying questions Lyft for kids: Does this mean we want to design a ride sharing app for kids? (Assuming yes) Do we have any existing features catered to kids? (Assuming no) Lyft has a lot of features. I am going to assume basic table stake features which Lyft already has as: Ability to call for a ride Ride tracking Are there any goals that we would like to achieve with this feature? If we look at current market conditions, Lyft has biggest threat f"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    2 answers

    "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"

    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

    Product Design
    Behavioral
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    6 answers
    +3

    "I'm going to assume I'm the PM for Events. Clarifying Questions: Is there any reason why we're improving Events, perhaps any bugs or feature requests? I'll assume improvement is open-ended Are we scoped to Facebook mobile or web? I'll assume no I'd like to break this problem down into three areas: goals, users, and solutions. Let's talk about goals first. Higher-level goal for Facebook & Events The higher-level goal for Facebook is to bring people closer together and empower"

    Aryan B. - "I'm going to assume I'm the PM for Events. Clarifying Questions: Is there any reason why we're improving Events, perhaps any bugs or feature requests? I'll assume improvement is open-ended Are we scoped to Facebook mobile or web? I'll assume no I'd like to break this problem down into three areas: goals, users, and solutions. Let's talk about goals first. Higher-level goal for Facebook & Events The higher-level goal for Facebook is to bring people closer together and empower"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    5 answers
    +2

    "Clarifying questions: what exactly do we mean by travel product? Travel recommendation. Travel bookings( airlines/hotels) Itinerary planning etc. Is it going to be a completely new digital product or an extension of instagram? Assuming travel product here means recommendations/bookings, and it going to be an extension within instagram, lets dwell further: Meta's vision: To make the world a closer place by offering connections; build communities. Instagram's mission: To capture , c"

    Anonymous Boa - "Clarifying questions: what exactly do we mean by travel product? Travel recommendation. Travel bookings( airlines/hotels) Itinerary planning etc. Is it going to be a completely new digital product or an extension of instagram? Assuming travel product here means recommendations/bookings, and it going to be an extension within instagram, lets dwell further: Meta's vision: To make the world a closer place by offering connections; build communities. Instagram's mission: To capture , c"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers
    Video answer for 'Build a new feature for natural disaster response.'
    +1

    "Approach: 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. 2) communicate how solving for this will align to FB's mission. 3) define the user groups we are solving for 4) Define the user journey pre/during/after natural disasters 4.a) pick a user group we want to go with 5) identify the painpoints for this user groups user journey 6) think about solutions 7) prioritize and elaborate 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. Q: Can you tell me why FB is interesting in building"

    dan - "Approach: 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. 2) communicate how solving for this will align to FB's mission. 3) define the user groups we are solving for 4) Define the user journey pre/during/after natural disasters 4.a) pick a user group we want to go with 5) identify the painpoints for this user groups user journey 6) think about solutions 7) prioritize and elaborate 1) clarify and communicate baseline assumptions. Q: Can you tell me why FB is interesting in building"See full answer

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"

    Sofiya H. - "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"See full answer

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    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer
    Video answer for 'Design a fake news detection system.'

    " Functional Requirements Content Ingestion\: Ingest news articles from various sources (websites, social media, etc.). Handle different types of content (text, images, videos). Content Analysis\: Extract and preprocess text from articles. Analyze the content for potential indicators of fake news. Model Training and Prediction\: Use machine learning models to classify content as fake or real. Continuously improve models with new data and f"

    Scott S. - " Functional Requirements Content Ingestion\: Ingest news articles from various sources (websites, social media, etc.). Handle different types of content (text, images, videos). Content Analysis\: Extract and preprocess text from articles. Analyze the content for potential indicators of fake news. Model Training and Prediction\: Use machine learning models to classify content as fake or real. Continuously improve models with new data and f"See full answer

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    Product Design
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    3 answers

    "Clarifying Questions Improve Netflix; Geography? India Vision - Becoming the best global entertainment distribution service Objective: Growth Engagement Retention I would focus on Growth because Highly growing adoption of internet increasing purchasing power in T2&T3 Indian consumers are constantly in need of finding new content to watch aligned with Netflix strategy of producing content for indian masses I believe Netflix has a really good immersive viewing/wathcing"

    Sandeep K. - "Clarifying Questions Improve Netflix; Geography? India Vision - Becoming the best global entertainment distribution service Objective: Growth Engagement Retention I would focus on Growth because Highly growing adoption of internet increasing purchasing power in T2&T3 Indian consumers are constantly in need of finding new content to watch aligned with Netflix strategy of producing content for indian masses I believe Netflix has a really good immersive viewing/wathcing"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "Any more details about this can make it easy"

    Srinivasa R. - "Any more details about this can make it easy"See full answer

    Product Design
    System Design
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