How many windows are in New York? How much revenue does YouTube generate per year?
Use this technique to answer estimation questions from large companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.
MANGA (Meta, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Apple) companies are widely recognized as top organizations to work in the world, but they are also recognized because of the challenging that their hiring processes can be.
Apart from the behavioral type questions, one way to assess candidates' problem-solving skills is through estimation questions, also known as guesstimate questions.
These questions can be very diverse, usually giving the impression of not making any sense about the company or the product itself. However, none of these questions has a correct answer; their purpose is to demonstrate our analytical and critical thinking skills when solving them.
What are these types of questions like?
Here are some examples from real interviews of candidates who left feedback on Glassdoor:
Estimate the number of mobile applications downloaded in Mexico per day.
Estimate the number of microwaves sold in a week worldwide.
What is the size of the autonomous car market in 2025?
What is the storage capaci…
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