10Design a recommendation engine for an online-course (or e-commerce) catalog.▼hardAmazonCourseraUdemy1 repliesunlockedNew courses launch every week and most browsers are signed-out or brand new, so the interesting half of this problem is what you recommend when you have almost no behavioral signal. The other half is not optimizing engagement into a clickbait catalog.Open full answer →
11Design the 'For You' ranking system for a short-video feed.▼hardTikTokMetaYouTube1 replies○ sign inThe whole product lives or dies on a feedback loop measured in seconds: a swipe is a label, and the next video has to reflect it. The hard part is exploring enough to discover what someone likes without trapping them in a filter bubble or amplifying junk.Open full answer →