Interview Questions

Sneha S. - "Clarifying questions and assumptions: Personalised news feed is the culmination of curated posts, events, ads , videos, etc that is unique to each user. potentially this means that no 2 feeds are the same. I am assuming we are talking about the Facebook Blue app, since the term Newsfeed is generally associated with this app although the feed on Insta too is personalised. Thank you for this question. here is how i would structure my thoughts on arriving at success metrics for Personalised Ne"See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "Clarifying questions like what is the end goal that we are trying to achieve ? Is it revenue Improving user experience Improving current state - load times / find times / web page rendering / images ? External API consideration Introduction of a new feature in Google Maps Branding related ? Introducing a lite version of Google maps , say for emerging markets ? Based on the above, calculate : What are the positives of the algos ? "See full answer

Aditya G. - "We would like the interviewer to call out bad interviews too. I understand that these guest interviewees are spending their time for Exponent and are probably compensated. Exponent's customers are paying members and they need to know that bad answers are called out as bad answers and why. Telling everyone they are awesome at the end of the PM interview doesn't send the right message to paying subscribers who are spending valuable time training for interviews."See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Akash D. - "Investigation clear understanding the true cause"See full answer

Anjaly J. - "Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus By working on the below -ves: What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ? Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ? Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone. Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve) Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI What"See full answer

pmpractice - "I would structure my answer in the following way: What's the situational context? Mission of Uber Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast What would feed into the decision-making? The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"See full answer

R K. - "Some clarifying questions: Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic. What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"See full answer

DM - "Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager. I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a pretty straightforward Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewe"See full answer

Abinash S. - "I checked the unittest is giving a False assertion as you can see in the colab notebook below. F FAIL: testsimple (main_.Conv2dTest) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 19, in test_simple self.assertTrue(torch.equal(output, torch.tensor([[[[ 5., 1.], [ -2., -10.]]]]))) AssertionError: False is not true"See full answer

Rohit B. - "class Solution: def missingNumber(self, nums: list[int]) -> int: Sorting approach n = len(nums) s = n*(n+1)//2 r = s - sum(nums) return self.r l = [3,0,1] print(missingNumber(l))"See full answer

Adarsh R. - "Back in the day, my grandma was like a walking encyclopedia. Whether we were strolling in the park or chilling at a picnic, she'd point out every pigeon, golden retriever, and grape in sight & help me learn stuff. But let's be real, it took me a few tries to get those correct. And more than once, I confused a golden retriever for a labrador Computers are just like us. You show them a bunch of examples, they make some mistakes, and then you give them a little feedback in the right direction. Be"See full answer