Interview Questions

Indranil G. - "The first clarification question which I will ask that if there is any goal. Specific objective? Is there any key result here targeting for? Let's assume the answer is no. Then will look for creating the overall vision of apple music. I will ask to understand if there is any geographic area considered for this improvement and if there is any customer segment this improvement is targetted for. So we do not have such parameters. Now let's talk to the customers and see what we hear from them. "See full answer

Graig - "I faced twice and it always slows down the career trajectory of engineers with complete context loss of previous hard earned projects"See full answer

Vishwanshi J. - "Summary of the Situation We'll design a video streaming app for toddlers, focusing primarily on creating a safe, engaging, and educational environment. The goal is to foster early learning and provide entertainment that's appropriate for this age group. This will be a brand-new app, designed to use existing hardware like tablets and smartphones that are common in households with young children. Identify Users Primary Users: Toddlers (ages 1-4): direct consumers of the content. Seco"See full answer

Sarabjeet S. - "Clarifications: Who are we? Google, US context, no constraints, no specific type of mw, at home or work? home Vision: Enable healthy and happy living through delicious, healthy and safe food quickly & easily Goal: Engagement (repeated use) User Segments (JTBD): Prepare food at home regularly Prepare food at home occasionally Make/eat food at home rarely/never Pain points: Don’t know how to cook Don’t have time to get ingredients **Don’t have time to"See full answer

Teeba A. - "Having a clear process of developing a product is important to 1) chart the best path to the desired product and thus business outcome. 2) It keeps the team aligned as we manage the cycles of continuous discovery and delivery. My process entails 3 key areas: Opportunity solution tree HOKR (Hypothesis led OKR) Experimentation & delivery Opportunity Solution Tree: I use Teresa Torres's (producttalk.org)'s tree that helps me visualize and thus a) translate the business outcome into a pr"See full answer

Gaurav K. - "I think sliding window will work here and it is the most optimized approach to solve this question."See full answer

Howard H. - "We have to work with the c-suite to understood the direct quartly outcomes or goals. This could be our epic and then we try to break that down into business value and complexity . This will allow us to prioritize whats next. From there we can structure a mvp to cover maybe some of these areas to understand the estimation of this work. After the first couple weeks we can structure a roadmap and then define when"See full answer

Soutrik M. - "Applying the STAR method to explain a time when I had to teach myself certain skills to meet project demands. Situation : I was working for a medical devices company that didn't have CI-CD setup for its embedded software Task : Build the entire CI-CD pipeline from scratch using the tools available within a month Action : I had to learn Docker and other basic DevOps technologies to build this Result : We were able to reduce build time by 70% and create a process for package manage"See full answer

Bulent K. - "I said we could always revert the production issues. Solve it at DEV environment and then publish again. Interviewer gave me an example of it like a database schema change that may not be possible to revert. I said that we always used SQL scripts to upgrade and downgrade the database schema for each production deployment. So it would not be a problem for us. I guess my answer was not accepted."See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "Improving the parking experience as a Google Maps PM is a challenging and interesting task that requires understanding the user needs, pain points, and goals. Here are some of my ideas for how to improve the parking experience on Google Maps: Provide real-time parking availability and prices: One of the main challenges for drivers is finding a parking spot that is available, convenient, and affordable. Google Maps could use data from various sources, such as sensors, cameras, or crowdsourc"See full answer

Umaira K. - "If I get to live my life again I will try to be more confident, it took me a life time to get some confidence and to be what I am today, I ll try to be less dependent on others, I ll work for women empowerment."See full answer

Kanika - "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"See full answer

Sarvesh G. - "def calc(expr): ans = eval(expr) return ans your code goes debug your code below print(calc("1 + 1")) `"See full answer

Anchal V. - "supervised learning: model is trained on the labeled data unsupervised learning: no labels provided - model learns by finding patterns , structure and groupings in the data. Semi-supervised learning: use small set of labels to guide learning for the larger pool of unlabeled data. reinforcement learning: leans by interacting with students the environment, receives reward and penalties based on actions self supervised: no labelled data . The model makes its own practice problems by"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

Jessie Y. - "Instagram Reels: Instagram's answer to TikTok, Reels allows users to create and share short-form videos within the Instagram app. It leverages Instagram's existing user base and social features. YouTube Shorts: YouTube introduced Shorts as a feature within its platform to enable users to create short, catchy videos. It capitalizes on YouTube's extensive content creator community and viewer base. Snapchat Spotlight: Snapchat's Spotlight feature highlights short-form videos in"See full answer

Priya J. - "User groups - Elderly People People with physical disabilities Blind people Hikers The cane required for each group is different. Elderly and People with physical disabilities are using it for support, and hence their cane has to be more stable and static. The cane for blind people is very lightweight because they use it to find any hurdle on their way The cane for hikers is mostly for support but lightweight because they cannot carry heavyweights cane while hiking. Thinking about the blind"See full answer