How would you evaluate the success of Pinterest’s advertising features for businesses?
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You’re the PM for Pinterest’s sharing features and are deciding between a few potential features. What metrics would you care most about?
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Stickiness (DAUs/MAUs) decreased 25% month-over-month. What went wrong? What would you do about it?
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The local bakery tells you that their Instagram and Facebook ads are doing great, but their Pinterest ads aren’t seeing good CTRs. What would you do?
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Design Pinterest for the blind.
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Small businesses want to make digital storefronts on Pinterest. What do you think these should look like?
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How would you design a smartwatch app for Pinterest?
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Pinterest is successful in many domains (cooking, beauty, etc). What are some new domains that Pinterest could do well in? How would you have to change the product to target those domains?
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What’s your favorite product? Why do you like it? How would you improve it?
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How would you improve the Pinterest experience for non-logged-in users?
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How would you help Pinterest grow into emerging markets?
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What are Pinterest’s strengths and weaknesses compared to Instagram? How could Pinterest grow its advantages?
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What are some of the greatest challenges facing the social media industry today? How might those affect Pinterest?
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Tell me about a time when you had to convince someone who originally disagreed with you. How did you win them over?
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Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a teammate but weren’t able to convince them.
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Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a tight timeline. What strategies and tactics did you use?
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When have you worked with cross-functional stakeholders before? What complexities did this add?
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Tell me about a major presentation you had to give to another team, to a client, or to a partner company. What did you have to pitch them on? How did it go?
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Why do you want to work at Pinterest?
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How would you reduce the storage size of Pinterest images by 10%? How about by 50%?
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How would you compute the CPCs and CPMs for ad auctions on Pinterest?
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Describe what you think the backend architecture (databases, servers, etc.) behind Pinterest looks like.