Interview Questions

Amy M. - "Before we head into this - let's redefine this question to identify some objectives and key results: re-Design FB security privacy intimacy a few questions I want to clarify are: Is this for desktop, mobi web, or apps? Apps Is this for US only? Yes May I assume some resources available for me? Such as Designers, Data Scientists, Developers? Sure ----- Okay let me think about this for a min ---- I'd like to start off by: Thinking about th"See full answer

DM - "The key approach in this situation is to practice the model of Collaborate, Mentor, Coach, and Care. First, Collaborate with the co-worker to Identify the situation. Listen Listen Listen. understand the issues that the respective co-worker is going through and identify the root cause if it's internal or external. In case the issue is not real or just a misunderstanding or it's the case of employee morale then I would mentor the co-worker and try to motivate him/her. Provide examples (if poss"See full answer

SG - "Clarifying questions - Alexa HW, Alexa SW, Alexa particular feature? Assumption - Pick any. Picking HW due to relevance with my background. Any particular pain point that we are trying to address, or any specific goal that I should be aware of? Assumption - None. Mine to pick. Goal for Amazon is to be the most customer centric company. To extend the same vision - With Alexa HW our goal is to provide the best customer experience possible. **Restating problem state"See full answer

Adib M. - "Useful article on API migration https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tips-successful-api-migration-pooja-nihalani/"See full answer

Madhu K. - "Define success for Youtube search I would start with clarifying questions / assumptions, followed by mission of YouTube (YT). I would then list down a few metrics that would be guided by the goal of YouTube and which user actions link to that goal and finally which of them should be used to define success. Clarifying questions: When you say YouTube search, can I assume only text search for now and exclude voice search ? Interviewer: Thats fine. We can stick to text search for now. "See full answer

Pm P. - "Since success metrics is a very broad term, to dive deep into WCS - What constitutes success. What is the objective of the company/product, north star/mission of the organization or product? Dependent on the company, market, the industry they play in. As an example: Facebook's mission is now empowerment, bringing the people together and giving them the power to build communities. Every part of its product aligns in one way or other with this goal. Be it, its Web/Mobile platform, Instagram,"See full answer

Surbhi G. - "Goal - Use latest technology to efficiently drive DMV processes User landscape - DMV Employees Public Clarify if we designing for employee productivity, employee shifts, automate internal processes for DMV OR for Public who uses DMV services Lets assume it is for Public. So My prompt and new goal becomes: DMV app to reduce foot traffic to DMV by automating processes online Is that correct to assume? User Journey today: User walkins to DMV -> A User takes online appointment -> Fill sin"See full answer

P D. - "Clarifying questions Define relevant? Google should keep progressing in solving customer usecases / increasing revenue and profitability over next 10 yrs Since we are discussing about 10 yr period, can i assume that we need not have any constraints in mind? Yes, do not consider any constraints Just to be clear this is about Google in specific and not about Alphabet and various companies within the group. Yes, let's focus on google Last assumption, can we assume that the overall goal / vi"See full answer

BePostive - "· How well the team is self-motivated and contributing overall success of the company by releasing high quality bug prone releases · Growth of their team members · Does the manager encouraging and supporting career switch based on the individual desire or passion"See full answer

Faraz A. - "Describe basics of web browser and http request. Then go into Google's search engine. For follow-up questions, talked about http vs https (encryption), sql vs nosql data store, s3 blob storage, encryption policies, retention policies."See full answer