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  1. 1How would you build a high-performance engineering team?MediumBehavioral· Stripe
  2. 2How do you coach and develop your engineering team?MediumBehavioral· Apple, Cointracker
  3. 3What challenges do consumers face with online purchases, and how would you solve them?MediumProduct· Stripe
  4. 4Design an application performance monitoring system.MediumSystem design· Stripe
  5. 5Design a banking app for kids.MediumProduct· Amazon, Stripe
  6. 6Design a communication app for children.MediumProduct· LinkedIn, Roblox
  7. 7Design a rate limiter.MediumSystem design· Amazon, Google
  8. 8How would you simplify a technical concept for a business user, and how would you explain a business concept to a technical user?MediumBehavioralTechnical· Stripe
  9. 9What are your top three favorite apps? How would you improve one of them?MediumProduct· Coinbase, Stripe
  10. 10You were hired by an airline consortium to improve the perception of air travel. What would you do with a budget of $10M in one year?MediumDataProduct· Stripe
  11. 11How would you improve Stripe Payments?MediumProduct· Stripe
  12. 12You are the PM at Lyft and there's a sudden increase in user cancellations. How would you analyze this issue and what steps would you take to address it?MediumDataProduct· Lyft, Stripe
  13. 13What is your approach to managing poor performers on your team?MediumBehavioral· Google, Stripe
  14. 14How do you manage your team's performance?MediumBehavioral· eBay, Meta
  15. 15One of our merchants is experiencing increased fraud. How would you address this issue?MediumDataProduct· Stripe
  16. 16What metrics would you set for an engineering team you work with?MediumDataBehavioral· Stripe
  17. 17What are the most important engineering manager skills?MediumBehavioral· Discord, Stripe
  18. 18Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback and how you handled it.MediumBehavioral· Amazon, American Express
  19. 19You're a PM at Lyft. Why might requests be down 5% in a given city?MediumDataBehavioral· Stripe
  20. 20If an engineering team member isn't contributing as much, what would you do as a PM?MediumBehavioral· Microsoft, Stripe
  21. 21How do you prioritize features for your engineering team?MediumBehavioral· eBay, LinkedIn
  22. 22How would you set a quarterly goal for Stripe Atlas?MediumDataProduct· Stripe
  23. 23Tell me about yourself.MediumBehavioral· Accenture, ADP
  24. 24Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult stakeholder.MediumBehavioralProduct· Amazon, Apple