Interview Questions

Anonymous Mackerel - "Could ask them to scan an ID before they join"See full answer

Gaurav C. - "Understand what the underlying pain point is, the context behind the question See if there is something we can say in the short term that answers a part of the question and reduces anxiety Take this feedback to the team to improve how we communicate to customers in future."See full answer

Sanjanaa S. - "Clarification questions: 1) Is this a physical or digital product? 2) Are we enhancing an existing product or designing a brand new product? 3) Is this a product in the physical world or in the Metaverse? (I know Meta has recently expanded in virtual fashion space with partnerships with designer brands) 4) Competition with other fashion products [Depop, Nuuly, Rent the Runway, Pickle, Poshmark, Instagram Shopping) 5) Are there any time constraints on when MVP should be launched? 6) What market"See full answer

Anuradha T. - "Clarifying questions: What kind of users are we talking about? Internal or external ? (Assumption: External) When was this issue discovered? (Not so long ago) Is this specific to a particular geographical location ? (Answer: No) External: Geography, time ? Internal: Pain points: Technical - latency, lag Engagement - Less engagement available on website , users are bored while waiting for their search results to appear Review - Explore platform options for users to review their experie"See full answer

Ben G. - "In my time as a product designer, I’ve seen a transition of growth from something that is visually appealing to what is actually useful / functional / scalable. I think as designers, we are afraid to let things go such as the visual fidelity of design and how something could be useful but not necessarily have the flash of a more consumer based product. I think when we learn to let that go, we can see the scale of our impact and that we aren’t just people who make something look good/pretty but t"See full answer

Aniket B. - "Firstly lets note down the ways of monetization - Promotional Ads Paid Filters and AR effects Influencer promotional fee Instagram Additional Tools for Creators - subscription basis (analytics and management) > many influencers also run their own promotional campaigns to gain more and more followers on their handles - Instagram can use this opportunity (e-commerce sites ranking algorithm of different items/sellers) > promotional ads can affect slightly on user engagement but accord"See full answer

Anonymous Hawk - "To answer this I'd like to think through Facebook's mission, how a dating app aligns with that mission, whether or not a dating app would drive towards Facebook's success as a company, and then the market fit for Facebook moving into the space. Mission Facebook's mission is something to the effect of "bringing the world closer together by giving individuals the tools to build community." Any generic dating app's mission would be something to the effect of "bringing people together and formi"See full answer

Rishabh R. - "if decreasing arr, start from end and keep checking if next element increases by 1 or not. wherever not, put that value there."See full answer

Jonah J. - "When faced with a pressing customer request I will prioritize it over planned projects if is possible."See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "An operating system like Android Go for low-powered devices. Slimming of application like Google Go or Gmail Go which is focused on the emerging markets. Strategic partnership with local telecom companies to provide free wifi to emerging or markets with low data. For example -> Facebook partnered with JIO in India to make the internet penetration more deep. "See full answer

Krishnan S. - "I would start with few clarifying questions for the investigation and diagnosis of the problem. Timing and volume: For how long is the peak surge being noticed? Past few days / weeks / months? Clarify about 'certain times'. Is it weekday Morning (Peak), Morning (off peak), Afternoon, Afternoon (peak), Evening (peak), Evening (off peak) or weekend? Do we info on vehicle type that have the most volume? Cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, etc., Location and convenience of the gas st"See full answer

Aiden L. - "clarification define a handyman: someone who's paid to do minor renovations or domestic repairs. define the app: standalone or within facebook or meta's app family? why are we designing this? should I come up with a goal (engagement, monetization)? constraints (financials/timeline)? goal: adoption. since it's a new app, i want ppl to adopt first and then monetize the users. I'd define a handyman as someone who's paid by app users to do minor fixes, such as unc"See full answer

Krutarth S. - "Hi, is this question part of the Powerday interview or the Mini-case interview?"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "We will use online prediction instead of batch prediction because we can't compute beforehand. We have to do real-time image processing. For model deployment, we will use the model in service because we would want minimum latency and model in service to make sure that there are local network call rather than remote procedural calls."See full answer

Kiran M. - "I started off with developing microservices for the game and then incorporating kafka to make it scalable"See full answer