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  1. 1Estimate Airbnb's RevenueMediumProduct· Dropbox
  2. 2How many weddings does the average American attend in their lifetime?MediumProduct· Twitch
  3. 3Azure provides HPC and wants to maximize its usage in the energy sector. What would be your strategy to ensure all energy sector clients move to HPC instead of AWS services?HardProduct· Google
  4. 4How many bottles of wine are opened per day?MediumProduct· Google
  5. 5How many tennis balls can fit in an airplane?MediumProduct· Agoda
  6. 6How much does it cost Google to run Google Photos?HardProduct· Google
  7. 7Estimate the cost to replace lost street view data for Google Maps in NY.HardBehavioralProduct· Google
  8. 8How many grains of rice are in a 10kg bag?MediumProduct· Google
  9. 9How many people are on Facebook at any given time?MediumProduct· Amazon
  10. 10How many 'likes' happen on Instagram each day?MediumProduct· Amazon
  11. 11How many deliveries does Uber Eats make per day?MediumProduct· Uber
  12. 12How many drones would be needed to deliver all FedEx packages in the US?HardProduct· Google
  13. 13Pick an airport and estimate the number of people going through the metal detectors in a day.HardProduct· Google
  14. 14Pick an airport and estimate the number of people going through the security scan every day.MediumProductSystem design· Google
  15. 15Estimate the annual cost of running YouTube.HardProduct· Google
  16. 16Estimate the number of tires purchased annually by a large car dealership in San Jose, California.MediumProduct· Google
  17. 17Estimate the bandwidth (bits/s) of a 747 crossing the Atlantic filled with CDROMs.MediumProduct· Google
  18. 18Estimate the number of cinema tickets sold in the US in one year.MediumProduct· Google
  19. 19Estimate the cost of storing Google Earth photos.HardProduct· Google
  20. 20Estimate the annual cost of managing Google Photos. What factors would you consider in your calculation?HardProduct· Google
  21. 21Estimate how much it costs to run Youtube for a dayHardProduct· Google
  22. 22Estimate the number of credit card users in India.MediumProduct· Mobikwik
  23. 23Estimate the daily number of transactions in the US.HardProduct· Visa
  24. 24Estimate the total storage used by Dropbox.MediumProduct· Dropbox