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Interviewer: How would you measure the success of Google Calendar? Shailesh: First I would like to discuss what is Google Calendar, what’s the value proposition of Google Calendar and what is the business model of Google Calendar so that we have clarity about the product. Interviewer: Sounds good. Shailesh: Google Calendar is a Productivity tool for anyone who wants to stay organized, manage their time effectively and collaborate with other people.  To clarify, we are thinking about the Google Calendar as a standalone product, not as a part of Google Suite. Interviewer: Aligned. Book PM / Consulting Mock Interview Resume Review Shailesh: Now that we know what’s the goal of Google Calendar. It’s important for us to know about its main stakeholders and what the value Google Calendar is providing to them. Until and unless we are not able to identify the value provided to the stakeholders, it’s very difficult to define the metrics for the success. So there are two stakeholders Us...

  Interviewer: How would you measure the success of Airbnb? Shailesh: I will start by asking a few clarifying questions. First I would like to clarify my understanding of Airbnb. Then we will discuss what the value proposition of Airbnb is and what is the business model of Airbnb so that we are on the same page about the product. Interviewer: Sounds good. Book PM / Consulting Mock Interview Resume Review Shailesh: Airbnb is a Marketplace that connects people who want to rent out their property with people who are looking for some accommodation for a shorter duration. Airbnb aims to provide a homelike and local experience to the people so that they get a flavour of the place. Interviewer: That’s well explained. Shailesh: Now that we know what’s the goal of Airbnb, it’s important for us to know about its main stakeholders and what’s the value Airbnb is providing to them. Unless we are not able to identify the value provided to the stakeholders, it’s very difficult to define the me...

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...

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 ...