Interview Questions

Jiale L. - "will design remote two-player Tic Tac Toe: players see the same authoritative 3×3 board, take turns as X and O, and get instant updates when the other moves. I will assume mobile and web clients, spotty networks, and that cheating must be prevented by never trusting the client board state. Clarifications. Are users logged in or guest with a link? Is matchmaking random or invite-only? What happens on disconnect—forfeit, pause, or async completion? D"See full answer

Ananya M. - "I am assuming goal is to improve driving experience for seniors and not solve for transportation between point A to B. A in ananya loves road trips and long drives but when ananya is old and grey she misses going on long drives and road trips . goal : user experience user : physical disability hinders them from getting in and out of car seniors have joint and back pains, they can sit at the same position for longer time eye sight is weak for driving low energy to walk to parking and"See full answer

Logan S. - "Clarify the Goal (What Does Success Look Like?) Asked: Why is DoorDash launching bikes for Dashers? Is it to: Expand Dasher availability in dense urban areas? Lower delivery times or costs? Increase access to work for those without cars? Each possible goal shapes the metrics differently. Broke Metrics into Categories: Operational Metrics Measure how well bikes are functioning as a delivery method. Average delivery time (bike vs car/walk) Order completion rate for bike Dashers On-t"See full answer

Jonathan O. - "Clarify: Is this an app that we want to house within the FB ecosystem, or will this be a standalone app? When we say food delivery, do we mean meals that are ready to eat? Groceries? Convenience store items? Assumptions: Let's make some assumptions here: App will not be housed in with FB ecosystem. This is not even an app associated with FB. Food delivery will be defined as delivering meal(s) that are ready to eat when you receive them **Goal: Take on the incumbents by addressi"See full answer

Himant G. - "Opentable is integrated with google maps and can be used to book tables at restaurants. The idea is to extend the services for desks and offices. Market Opportunity With recent work from home and hybrid work structure, 2 days office etc. Many companies are moving to hotelling offices and reservation systems for the desk. Assigning a permanent/dedicated desk to the employees will not be most efficient use of the real estate. So a shared structure will be more efficient where employees can shar"See full answer

Joshua B. - "reaching my goal and going to the limits"See full answer

Pratik H. - "Clarify- 1) How much time do we have to do this?- 2 years 2) Is there a goal for this product?- We are looking toward engagement towards the Olympics 3) Are we building this for a global auidience or just the US- Up to you 4) Should I keep Meta's mission in mind here? Not necessarily...thinking through the Olympic committee lens Lets understand the Olympics. Its the games that are hosted once every 4 years. Its a global event that hosts many different athletes from various countries. There a"See full answer

Anonymous Impala - "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"See full answer

Minakshi J. - "Product requirements, roadmap, wireframes, product health metrics"See full answer

Ayan H. - "Let's define the term "everybody" to start with. I can think of a few things: business users want it for certain feature Blackberry had consumers (non-business) users want to use or keep using Blackberry for certain features Interviewer: Business users wanted it. Okay. My assumption would be that business users wanted it for the security features that Blackberry so famously promoted. Here, business users could be the organization buying the phone (such as HP or Google) or the actual e"See full answer

Andrea M. - "Asked clarifying questions to understand why we want to do this. Said building is too labor intensive and AirBnB has years of experience in this. Said buying a company is probably too expensive and doesn't address why we're doing this to begin with. I said partnering with a travel company might be the best move."See full answer

Vinayak A. - "First thing I would do is dig deeper into the problem. Starting off with the data source suggesting the drop of 10%. Next is investigating - what does drop in traffic mean? For example - 10% drop in logins, email traffic, email creation. Next, once I identify the its for example an issue with logins, I would like to drill a deeper into further isolating the problem based on geography, operating platform (mobile/desktop), specific time of day, any other information I could get. At this point,"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 - "Clarification Question What kind of product is a software product or hardware product? Who are we a tech company or Google, how does it is fit into google's mission? Constraint or something? The goal is of adoption User persona Parents of kIds who don't want to eat fruits Young working professional who is busy in their life and they don't have the habit or they forget to eat fruits and vegetables Health enthusiast and Yoga teacher who is very keen to see different kinds of fruits"See full answer

Zakery K. - "I told a story about having good intentions to help out a superior with a problem but I did so without seeking buy-in (permission) first. While I did solve the problem and provided value to him and my other colleagues, I was reprimanded for crossing boundaries and not respecting his privacy (I accessed his computer without his permission to deliver a resolution to a problem). While I had good intentions and the outcome was good, my approach left me with a negative mark and a life long lesson r"See full answer