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What metrics will you use to measure the success of YouTube Search? [Google PM Question]

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Interviewer: How would you measure the success of YouTube search? Shailesh: So let’s first understand YouTube search and its functionality so that we are on the same page. Basically, YouTube Search is an inbuilt search engine inside YouTube right? And it helps the user to find videos and channels related to their intent. We can do text-based search, we can do voice-based search etc. YouTube Search can understand our intent and based on that, it gives the most relevant and personalised results to us. This is what a YouTube Search does. Interviewer: This is well-defined. Book PM / Consulting Mock Interview Resume Review My IIM Bangalore and IIT Kanpur Resume Subscribe to our YouTube channel Shailesh: I will also briefly touch upon the goal of YouTube Search for different stakeholders and for overall YouTube, why it is important because it will help us to pinpoint the responsibilities of YouTube Search for the different stakeholders involved. For Users: The goal of YouTube search is t...

Number of Emails sent via Gmail has reduced by 7%. How would you solve it? - PM Interview Question

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Interviewer:  The question is Number of Emails sent via Gmail has reduced by 7%, How would you solve it? Shailesh:  This sounds interesting. I will start with the clarifying questions so that we have a better understanding of the problem statement. Interviewer:  Yes, please go ahead. Shailesh:   The first thing I would like to ask is about the metric, when we say that the number of Emails sent out via Gmail has reduced by 7% then is it a daily or monthly number of Emails? Also, is there any seasonality involved? Interviewer:  We are measuring the Average Number of emails sent per day. And there is no seasonality involved in this. Shailesh:   The second question which I would like to ask is about the type of email we have seen this issue. There are different types of Emails like Primary Emails, Social Emails or Promotional Emails. Interviewer:  We are seeing this issue in Promotional Emails. Gmail has bifurcated the emails into Primary, Social and Promotional. So, Promotional ...

Master Root Cause Analysis for Product Management Interview

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8 Product Management Interview Questions you can't miss  YouTube Watch Time is down by 5%. How would you go about this? The number of Trips on Uber has reduced by 10%. How would you go about this? Open Rate of Amazon Notifications was down by 20%. How would you go about this? Engagement on Netflix is down by 5%, How would you go about this? The response rate of LinkedIn Messages is Down by 5%, How would you go about this? Amazon Marketplace Orders are down by 6% Week on Week on the Platform. Diagnose this? Google Pay has seen a 15% drop in Rewards Redemption on the Platform, Diagnose this? Zomato has seen a 10% drop in engagement in User Generated Content on the Platform, Diagnose this? Common Job Interview Questions with Answers Question 1: Tell me about yourself. Question 2: What are your strengths? Question 3: What is your weakness? Question 4: Why should we hire you? Question 5: Why do you want to join this company? Question 6: Tell me about a time you showed leadership . Quest...

Management Consulting Interview Question - Profit for a Beverage Manufacturer

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  This is a Business Interview Question. This question is useful for anyone preparing for the consultant, business analyst, program manager, or category manager role. Watch the Complete Video — Here Profit for a Beverage Manufacturer Interviewer: Your client is a Beverage Manufacturer in India, observing a decline in profits. You have to analyze the problem and help them to solve it. Priyanka: I will start with the clarifying questions so that we have a better understanding of our client's problem. I will take a few seconds and make a note of all the questions that I want to ask. Interviewer: Sure, please go ahead. Priyanka: Firstly I would like to understand - What are the product categories that our client deals with? And have we seen a decline across a certain product category?   Interviewer: The client manufactures Beer/Soft drinks and the Decline is across all categories. Priyanka: To understand the client even better I would like to know In which part of the value chain...

Management Consulting Interview Question - Market Entry Strategy for Businesses catering to Senior Citizens

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Management Consulting Interview Question - Market Entry Strategy for Businesses Catering to Senior Citizens   Resume Mistakes to Avoid — Click Here   Interviewer:   Our client is a real estate company . They want to venture into businesses that cater to senior citizen s as they believe it is a lucrative target segment . Please h elp them with a few business ideas .   Market Entry Strategy for Businesses catering to Senior Citizens Priyanka:  To understand the problem better , I would like to start by asking a few clarifying questions .   Interviewer :   Sure , please go ahead.     Priyanka:   What type of real estate business is our client currently in?   Interviewer:     Our client owns several real estate residential properties . H e has also created a complex only for senior citizens where there are multiple amenities for seni or citizens.     Priyanka:   In w hich geography does our client operate ? I am asking this questio...