Analytical Interview Questions

Brit L. - "Question #1 Imagine you were in charge of Facebook Watch, what metric would you want to measure? Clarify: Facebook Watch offers users video content including news, sports, live stream shopping and gaming, etc. it works on both desktops and mobiles. It's a fairly recent feature. Mission: Facebook's overall mission is to connect people and help them build communities, and Facebook Watch can help Facebook achieve this by keeping users up to date with local news, or conn"See full answer

Shyla R. - "Questions Couple of questions to make sure we are on the same page with respect to my overall product understanding and its positioning in the market. Product understanding: FB Pay is a Payment/ Wallet offering using which customers can securely make peer-to-peer payments using Messenger/WhatsApp or even make purchases on FB / Instagram etc. Also, competitors with similar offerings are Apple Pay, Google Pay (to name a few). Is this a fair understanding of the product? Ans: Yes. Cu"See full answer

Darpan D. - "Clarifying questions and Assumptions ChatGPT search means the search function inside the chat app? OR ChatGPT search Chrome extension? Assumption: Search inside the chat app. Is there any location restriction in this analysis? Assumption: USA only. Is there any user segment restriction in this analysis? Assumption: All user segments. Are we assuming the ChatGPT search already exists or going back in time before the ChatGPT search existed? Assumption: Go back in time"See full answer

Greg L. - "From chatGPT: If Coinbase's net income is 10% less than it was last month, several actions can be considered to address the decrease in profitability. Here are some steps that might be taken: Conduct a Detailed Analysis:Investigate the reasons behind the decrease in net income. Analyze key financial metrics, transaction volumes, fee structures, market conditions, and any external factors impacting revenue. Expense Review:Review and analyze operating expenses. Identify areas where"See full answer

Anonymous Amphibian - "Part 1 - Initial diagnostic questions Question: To start, I want to confirm that this is actually an issue. Have we changed any logging related to DAU in past couple of months? Answer: No Question: Ok, now I'm wondering if this could be a seasonal issue. In the past 6 months, have we seen a similar trend where DAU is down by 10%? Answer: No Question: Ok, to zoom out for a second, let's think about any macro-level factors that may have impacted DAU. Is there any negative public sent"See full answer

Leonardo F. - "1) Product Just to make sure we are on the same page. Facebook Groups is a functionality/feature inside Facebook App where people can create and interact within specific groups. These groups are managed by admins, who define the rules. Is my understanding correct? 2) Clarification Do we want to measure success for a specific user segment? Are we looking at specific types of groups? What about location? What about devices, have you any in mind, web, android, iOS? _I will assume tha"See full answer

Srilaxmi C. - "Step 1: Clarify Before delving into the metrics, should I consider the current state of Google or when it just launched? Here, I am assuming the current state of Google. Google is currently a company that makes approx $15) billion in Revenue and 90 % of the revenue comes from Ads. Ads are core for Google's business and Google is the major player in the market Step 2: Goals: The main goal is to maximize revenue through effective Google Ads campaigns. This means ensuring that the campaign"See full answer

Takashi M. - "My approach is try to narrow down by 4W1H. When - When this happened? Still continuously happen the problem? Where - Is this happen specific region or entire customers? What - What kind of problem? One time big error or any data show the curve? Who - Is it all platform or specific platform (Web, iOS, Android) How - How serious problem? How many customer affected? Next step is to narrow down the causes is from internal factors or external factors. For internal factors: Any recent up"See full answer

Christopher W. - "Stripe Connect is the backbone for marketplaces and platforms like think Shopify, DoorDash, or Lyft, that need to send money to multiple sellers or service providers. Its core promise is simple but vital: enable platforms to pay their users quickly, reliably, and compliantly. If we step back, a good North Star Metric should reflect the real value the product delivers to its users, and it should scale as that value grows. For Connect, that value is the flow of money from platforms to their conne"See full answer

Dinesh K. - "i dont know"See full answer

Marie E. - "Trying to decide on if they should include a step to upload a profile picture in the onboarding flow or not? Why does facebook have a profile picture? What value does it add? User value - Connections: having a picture on your profile, help drive friending and follows. Because users can put a face with the name. And they cna also recongize people they may not immediately know from a name (or a common name) and want to friend them. Business value - Integrity: maki"See full answer

Ekta M. - "Define the feature A virtual card number is a temporary or disposable card number generated by your credit card issuer or financial institution. It is designed to protect your actual credit card information during online transactions. Its main purpose is the security of your actual credit card. Clarification questions No questions What is the purpose of the feature? Enhanced Security: Using a virtual card number protects your actual credit card details from being exposed to potentia"See full answer

Adib M. - "(1) Discovery: Get to know the stakeholders, PM, Engg team via 1-1. Attend project status meeting where either you are introduced to the stakeholders or actually run it with the goal being to introduce yourself and that you will be catching up on the state of the project in time of the next meeting Understand the Goals of the project and its impact on team and enterprise (2) Planning: Based on current velocity/ burn-rate, estimate what % of the project would be complete at 100% resource uti"See full answer

Neha A. - "Start with FB vision What are local awareness ad. Ad content that is shown to people when they are in proximity to a brick and mortal stores. Why did fb start local awareness ads. They are very effective in helping businesses acquire customers, or create top of mind recall. Drive business revenue and visibility. Helps FB monetize and enables users discover local businesses. Goal – [secondary] is to ensure that we build visibility for the businesses. [Primary ] Customer engagement. engage the c"See full answer

Robert H. - "I use ChatGPT a lot to either refine my own answers or stories and make them better, or to answer questions which I would then refine to be more personal to me. Here's what ChatGPT says about this question: This question is testing your analytical thinking, data-driven decision-making, and product sense—especially in the context of Meta’s focus on engagement and content ranking. The best approach is to **define key engagement metrics, outline an experiment design, and consider trade-of"See full answer

Anonymous Crab - "Clarify: IG shops is the marketplace on IG, where users can view items listed for sale by creators/businesses and also search for specific items or categories. Users can actually buy through shops instead of getting navigated to the original business website. Correct? Clarify: Can only sellers/businesses which own their inventory have a "shop"? Or can a social media influencer (different IG account) sell on behalf of a business? Structure: In order to figure out what success looks like, I'd fi"See full answer

Rahul R. - "I would first call out the two types of Google Doodles that are published. First would be the static doodle which just shows a picture, and users can get more information on it by hovering on it or clicking on it. Second would be the dynamic google doodles which are either short videos or games through which users engage a bit more. My top 3 metrics that covers both would be: Click-through rate and post-click CTR - Although different metrics, I clubbed them since they fall under similar"See full answer

Manish E. - "Clarifying questions: US-based? And All year including holidays? First, what is the goal? Grow user base of Prime? Add revenue? I'd imagine it's to grow Prime base, as it's sticky and I imagine the Lifetime Value is higher as people will shop more if they have Prime. Then, I would look at the users. What are they trying to do? They're purchasing gifts, and looking to gift wrap. Take a look at the number of gift purchases total with gift receipt and no gift wrap. Call this X. Break thi"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will look at the % of overspend. If we are within 10%, I would not worry about it too much as most budgets factor in 10% contingency. If Budget has exceeded 10% Threshold, I will use the following approach: Deep dive on current status: Understand % work completed/accepted Analyse Schedule/Time progress Understand Project Priority: P1/P2/P3 Resourcing: Internal/External Complexity: Technical design (Number of Applications involved/ Number of Interfaces to be build e"See full answer

Anu S. - "what is a task rabbit? marketplace connecting users with freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find help with everyday tasks, including furniture assembly, moving, delivery, and handy person work Explain the User Flow in short: User logs in, searches for the services, sorts, picks and books the service the gig worker gets 24 hours to pick the request, accepted or declined In case it is accepted then it is considered a "BOOKed"gig what is the post booking experience? -"See full answer