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CodingStart here. 10 questions · ~94 min
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Execution10 questions · ~94 min
Balancing Speed Quality and ScopeHard

Describe a time you had to choose between speed, quality, and scope, and how you aligned stakeholders around the trade-off.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementSmith Micro
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Metrics6 questions · ~56 min
Choose Product Success KPIsEasy

Define a practical KPI set for product success, balancing a north star metric with leading indicators.

North Star MetricKPIsLeading IndicatorsSmith Micro
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Strategy3 questions · ~28 min
Pivoting Strategy From Customer SignalsMedium

Describe how you used market or customer data to change course, and how you made the new strategy credible and measurable.

EstimationCompetitive AnalysisGrowth StrategySmith Micro
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Product Sense5 questions · ~47 min
Using Feedback in Product DevelopmentEasy

Explain how user feedback should inform discovery, prioritization, and validation in a product development process.

User ResearchPain PointsUse CasesSmith Micro
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Technical Fundamentals6 questions · ~56 min
Black vs White Box TestingEasy

Tests understanding of software testing approaches and when to apply each.

quality assuranceSmith Micro
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More topics10 questions · ~94 min
Design a URL Shortening RecommenderHard

Design a URL shortener that ranks and recommends short links while handling abuse, freshness, and monitoring at scale.

Feature StoreModel ServingSmith Micro
Optimize a Slow SQL QueryMedium

Tests your SQL tuning skills, indexing strategy, and ability to reason about query plans.

database optimizationsqlSmith Micro
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