BizOps & Strategy Product Strategy Interview Questions

S G. - "Clarification questions: How are these metrics calculated? Get context on why these metrics are important? Are we looking at any specific role? Benchmarking: What is the current time to hire? How does this compare to competitors? Do we have a desired goal/target for these metrics? Problem Solving: I began by analyzing the various steps in the hiring process and the number of days taken at each stage. Soon realised that the bulk of the time is taken in a few steps (80/20). Drilled down further"See full answer

Rahul D. - "Clarifying questions: Revolut aim is to be one stop financial shop (super app) the cross border payments is yet another feature which makes cutomers come to revolut again and again to pay across borders, correct? If so, cross border payments is an important solution for Rev's overall mission and as a principal I would like to agree that whatever feature improvement we suggest should Not take customer outside of Rev App Should continue making Rev's cros border payments best in"See full answer

Manohar A. - "Some follow-up questions to correctly understand what "improve" means here? Is it to have: more riders, better user experience, monetization, more/new market penetration. Let's assume interviewer requested to choose whatever I prefer. I choose better user experience which might trigger other areas of improvement as well. Some more probing questions: To I need to consider USA only or any other country/region or global? Can I consider only popular on demand taxi service for this question? One wa"See full answer

Sameer A. - "Google’s Mission: Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. Google offers perhaps the most consequential set services available on the internet today - Search, Maps, Gmail, Drive, Docs, etc. These services reach billions of users across the world and they are all available for free. Google is able to give away these services for free because of how their business model works. Google’s Business Model: Google makes money from Ads. They offer perhaps the most"See full answer

Takashi M. - "First of all, I’d like to identify what is Google’s business model and Google’s presence in the emerging market. I can categorize 3 main buckets. Consumer, developer, enterprise business. Google mainly offers a free Android OS platform and several services; such as Gmail, Google Map, Youtube, and Search engine for consumers business. The consumer can use those free services in exchange for providing data. That is the main hook for the ads revenues. For the developer’s segment, Google provides"See full answer

Asish B. - "The supply and demand for Uber Eats may be greatly impacted in the near future by the two macroeconomic factors listed here. Each trend links to large alterations in consumer behavior, labor markets, and cost structures that can cascade across the delivery ecosystem. Changes in Consumer Spending and Inflation Growing Costs and Fees for Food: Customers may order fewer deliveries or choose less expensive goods if food prices, restaurant running costs, or delivery fees increase as a result of"See full answer

Sonam S. - "Are support tickets % an increase or an absolute increase? (Assuming absolute increase) Is the dashboard showing an increase in tickets accurate? Categories tickets Geographic area? Product area? Operational area? Seasonality? Type of ticket - Debug tickets or Help me how to do x (Did we have an influx of new customers joining? ) What type of customers ( new or existing, age with the company, history) 3"See full answer

jantheman88 - "Company Mission: To Organize the World's Information Clarify: What type of product are we looking to build? Software, Hardware? -> Hardware Makes sense since Google has a strong software stack including Android TV, which is a huge business by Firestick & Nvidia Shield, as well as Chinese based hardware implementations. Is there any restrictions for this type of approach, or are we free to go around any way we'd like? -> You're free to take any approach you'd like. Google has a strong c"See full answer

Arista V. - "Assumption: Considering the launch of a product r a service based company in a new market: 1) Need of the product / service - consumer needs 2) Presence of competitor and their market share 3) Consumer behaviour - can this be changed if such need doesn't exist explicitly( ex: ride hailing) 4) Existing price of the product 5) Marketing spend to launch in that market and opportunity to make revenue"See full answer

Anonymous Sheep - "Would be great to order the answer by Pirate Metrics and prioritize recommendations by the leakiest part of the funnel: Awareness - Advertising the existence of the restaurant in the local community. Acquisition - Getting tables booked. Can you book online? Do we have a phone number? Activation - Food orders. What's the average size of an order? Can we change the menu a bit? Payment options. Retention - Maybe we can create a loyalty club for patrons? Referral - Maybe we can give coupon"See full answer