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How would you design a product for moving cities? [Product Design Question]

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Photo by  Ján Jakub Naništa  on  Unsplash Interviewer:  How would you design a product for moving cities? Shailesh:  Okay, as I understand the problem, moving cities means people are moving into a different city for a long period, like recent graduates joining the company. Interviewer:  Yes Shailesh:  Okay, before moving on to the solution, I have so m e questions that I want to clarify. When we are thinking of designing products for people moving into the new cities, what is our prime focus? There are a lot of use cases like searching for a home, information about necessary services like schools, hospitals, etc. It can be entertainment like socialising with others. According to my standpoint, house hunting is the first thing we look out for, so we can target that; what do you think? Interviewer:  Yeah, absolutely, that’s the first thing we look out for. Go ahead. Shailesh:  Also, I am assuming that we are the platform that is facilitating both the parties, the ones who are listing the

Design a Library for the Future? [Product Interview Experience]

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 Photo by  Alfons Morales  on  Unsplash Interviewer:   Design a library for the future? Shailesh:  Okay, let me first clarify my understanding of the library; the library is the place where one can find a lot of resources which he wants to read, he can rent the book, and it also gives the kind of environment which is suitable for reading books and networking with other people. Is there any other thing in your mind that you want me to add to this? Interviewer:  This seems okay. Shailesh:  I have a f e w questions which I want to get clarified. When we are designing the library for the future, I am assuming that we are using advanced digital technologies, which may have a prominent impact on the social and economic well being, something like high tech library. Are we aligned on this? Interviewer:  Yes, we are designing something technologically advanced. Shailesh:  Alright, since libraries can be of different types, like physical, virtual, or hybrid ones. What are we currently focusing o

Design Uber for specially-abled people? [Uber PM Interview]

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Photo by  Austin Distel  on  Unsplash Interviewer:   Design Uber for specially-abled people Shailesh:   Thank you for the question. Let me clarify my understanding of Uber. Uber is a platform that facilitates riders and drivers. The rider requests a cab on the platform to a specific destination. The driver picks up the rider and drops him at the location, and charges are paid to the platform. Uber takes a commission out of what the driver charges from the rider. Interviewer:  Yes. Shailesh:   A lright, let me clarify some questions regarding the problem statement. There are different types of disabilities like physically disabled, blind or deaf. Are we focusing on a specific disability? Interviewer:  For this, you can assume that we are building Uber for physically challenged people. Shailesh:  It makes sense since many people are physically disabled, and transportation is a huge problem. So I am assuming the goal of the product is to make transportation convenient for the ones who are