Interview Questions

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

Emanuele M. - "Did it just jump at some point? Missed a lot of steps."See full answer

Kwabena B. - "Assumptions This estimation will not take into consideration service fees, delivery fees, or tips we are specifically interested in consumer purchases of fruits and vegetables from local grocers (i.e. instacart, peapod, wholefoods/primenow, etc.) Fresh and frozen produce are in scope Equation NYC annual online produce purchases = (Num NYC households) x (% pop. that purchase produce online) x ($ spent on online produce purchases) (NYC HH) = 300M Americans --> 100M HH"See full answer

Manu G. - "I have a few clarifying questions before diving into designing a fridge for kids. What is this company in? - Startup exploring ideas to design fridge, or an already established fridge company - Startup Kids = which age group is referred to her or I can define the user segments? -* You can define it* Where is the refrigerator being used (household/school/daycare)? - Household Assumption: I am assuming Fridge's basic function is to freeze meats/ice cream/veggies etc and stor"See full answer

Salome L. - "SELECT MIN(id) AS id, TRIM(LOWER(email)) AS cleaned_email FROM users GROUP BY cleaned_email ORDER BY id `"See full answer

Priya T. - "INTERVIEWER: Design a communication app for children ME: GOAL: What are the business goals for this initiative? INTERVIEWER: Please assume. ME: Goals could be to* *improve communication skills/ communicate with classmates/friends better/enter a new market/empower children with disability to communicate better/etc. I’ll assume that the goal here is to enable children to communicate and engage better with their classmates since I have personally seen my niece and nephew (17 a"See full answer

Anjali P. - "Question and video tagged not same. "See full answer

Shen W. - "For self achievement, The product manager builds useful products for users and makes the world better. For the team, The product manager can work with the team, and leverage the team resources to make things happen, which is more impactful. For the company, Pm are usually problem solvers, help companies to solve problems and grow better "See full answer

Zhi C. - "The opening of people spending a lot time on Facebook is way too long. Almost half time of the video. The analysis of Facebook business model should be very brief. People know Facebook business model. Maximize the ads display while balancing the user experience is the key. She can drive to this point much faster. Segmentation of user group feels irrelevant to the question. I would answer the question in a different way. Ads revenue is the single most revenue stream for Facebook. So we c"See full answer

Anonymous Crab - "Super helpful video on metrics and experimentation design! However, I did not see any discussion on the actual algorithm improvement ideas. So it left me with these questions: 1) How would you actually improve the algorithm? (e.g. sorting based on amenities preferences, miles from airport, etc.). Of course, totally makes sense that we would test how that improvement moved our chosen success metrics. 2) Should we be choosing one metric or one set of metrics we want to optimize for when we impro"See full answer

P K. - "Clarifying/Assumptions: Assuming improvement refers to lift in engagement in this case. Youtube refers to the WWW and mobile platforms. Key User Segments: Creators Influencers/Celebrities Video bloggers Regular users Viewers Power watchers Casual watchers Churned watchers Selecting the Influencer segment from the above list since it is a smaller volume of users and will have a big impact on viewers. Also, it is easier to understand"See full answer

LateArriver - "A mature manager. Great conversational answer. I wish more sessions with him"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Great question. As a Product Manager, it is common to have to have difficult conversations with clients, stakeholders, or co-workers. This question actually reminds me of a time that I was faced with having to tell a client that the original estimate we gave them was much lower than it should have been and would, therefore, take much longer and cost a lot more as well. In this scenario, we had to work within a client's legacy codebase and didn't realize the limitations, roadblocks, and barrie"See full answer

Mohit G. - "5 reasons Gmail search is real time Gmail search needs to be 100% accurate Does not have significant caching / hot searches Less hardware used as user info cant be sprayed across machines Gmail storage is different, as needs decryption on every"See full answer

Ritu G. - "In order to earn team members trust you need to show - 1- You need to show them you trust them. Treat others the way you wanted to be treated. 2- Do what you say. Keep commitments. 3- Listen 4- Admit when you make mistakes 5- Consistently make good decisions "See full answer

San S. - "How might the system design change if it is limited specifically to a web/mobile use case?"See full answer

M N. - "What is rider cancellation? Is it a rider requesting a ride but hitting the cancel button after the driver is on their way? Yes. I can see why it's concerning since that affects our # of completed rides and driver earnings. Let's try to understand the root cause. Rider cancellations have increased in what time period? We noticed it last week. Was it slowly dropping for a while or did we notice it only last week? It was a sudden drop last week How did other metrics behave last week? For eg,"See full answer

Izzy K. - "Clarifying questions (since there is no interviewer to clarify, I will state and make my assumptions below): Is this an app for park-goers, Six Flags employees, or some other stakeholder? Assumption: this is an app for park-goers Is there an age-limit on the app? Assumption: There is no specific age-limit, but it should be family friendly Will this app be standardized across all Six Flags locations? Assumption: yes To design this product, I will explain my thought proces"See full answer

Sandy L. - "Clarify Functionality: Watch is a tab in FB app where people can upload and view Videos. What's the redesign? We collapsed the reaction and comment bar so people can see more videos and spend more time watching videos. What's the objective of the redesign? To help people discover and watch more videos they'll enjoy._ Structure To decide whether or not to ship this redesign, i'd like to go over. How does the Watch Tab fit into FB's mission and what's its goal? What's the long-"See full answer

Kanwarpreet S. - "Credibility is very important for success of any team. And it is something that takes time to build, but if i am inheriting a team that i did not build, i would spend dedicated time to understand team structure, dynamics and skill levels for every team member. Domain knowledge and experience are other important factors i would learn about each team member. In regular meetings i would introduce the culture of openness and respect where team members feel free to bring in ideas and constructive fee"See full answer