Company specific

  1. Pretend you’re the CEO of this company, what are the greatest threats and the greatest opportunities we face?
  2. Why should an customer user our products? What is our differentiated value proposition for our various customer groups?
  3. You wake up tomorrow and you're the CEO of this company. What's your # 1 priority to drive our success in the next year?(Wait for answer for above)
  4. Follow up with what are the #2 and #3 priorities?
  5. Define our business model. What are our biggest challenges and our biggest opportunities? You are the CEO of our company - what are your priorities and strategies for the next year?
  6. How would you improve our products (or pick some specific products)? What kind of impact would your improvements have on revenue growth?

General Problem Solving

  1. Describe something technically complicated to me that I don't already know.
  2. What's the most difficult problem you've solved. How did you solve it and what did you learn?
  3. Tell me about a time where you analyzed a problem and developed a solution, but your analysis was wrong. What did you learn?
  4. Can you describe a project or problem/solution where you were particularly creative and innovative?
  5. How many gas stations are there in the US?
  6. How many socks are sold in Germany in a given year?

Business Acumen

  1. Given where you work now, how would / do you position yourself vs your competitors?
  2. Given this job and this company, what technical areas do you think you’re deficient in or would need to improve upon?
  3. Talk me through how you would develop a business plan from scratch, or set strategy in a true start-up environment? What would your marketing strategy be? How would you set milestones? How would you reach your goal using metrics/statistics?
  4. The (NBA, NFL, NHL, FIFA, ICC … insert whatever) is thinking of expanding into China. What are the major considerations they should be thinking about? What kinds of data should they collect and what kinds of calculations should they make?
  5. You’re about to release a new product into the market, what would you take into account to ensure the launch is a success?