Forecast demand for a product that has never existed
ForecastingHardProblem. A merchant is launching a new product across 4,000 stores. It has no sales history anywhere. They need an order quantity for the initial buy. What do you build?
Before you reveal: say your answer out loud, as if you were in the real interview — get your reasoning across clearly first. There is no single correct answer: reading what the interviewer is really after and defending your own thinking is what makes an answer strong.