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Difficulty
Action

Preparing user stories for the upcoming sprint

How do you ensure the backlog is ready for developers?

Product Execution
Backlog Refinement
Easy

How do you deliver bad news to key stakeholders?

Detail your approach to transparency and managing expectations effectively.

Behavioral
Communication
Medium

Design a better reading experience

for Wikipedia.

Product Design
Improvement
Easy

Design a scheduling system

for a hospital with multiple branches.

System Design
Two-Sided Marketplaces
Easy

Design a system to automatically generate PDF invoices

after the user completes the payment.

System Design
Asynchronous & Communication
Easy

Design Airbnb

for solo female travelers.

Product Design
New Product
Easy

Design an automated email marketing system

to send emails to a target audience of 1 million people without slowing down user login processes.

System Design
Asynchronous & Communication
Easy

Design an URL shortener system

that allows individual users to create and track clicks.

System Design
User-Facing Platforms
Easy

Design Netflix for users in rural Southeast Asia

where internet connectivity is unreliable and data costs are high.

Product Design
New Product
Medium

Design Spotify

for commuters.

Product Design
New Product
Easy

App store ratings for Grab dropped from 4.4 to 3.9 over the past month.

How do you diagnose the cause?

Product Execution
Root Cause Analysis
Easy

You've just launched Facebook Jobs, a marketplace for employees and employers.

Job listings are up 20%, but employer response time for applicants is down 20%. How would you approach this?

Product Execution
Root Cause Analysis
Medium

Estimate the number of active Spotify users in Vietnam.

Product Execution
Estimation
Easy

What is your favorite product and why do you love it?

Behavioral
Motivation
Easy

Conduct a gap analysis for a B2B CRM software.

Identify missing features compared to industry leaders like Salesforce or HubSpot.

Product Strategy
Gap Analysis
Medium