Introductory questions about me and my work in Paytm. (just 5-7 mins)

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Started off by clarifying who I am? Interviewer said someone like a government minister. Then spoke about different types of traffic in the city: Types of commuters (Office, students, business, students), routes (junctions like Silk board, Airport), and time of day. Asked interviewer if there’s any particular combination I should focus on. He said up to to you.

Mentioned that I would use social media data to look at complaints or alternatively would use traffic speed data from Google maps/Uber or satellite imagery to find out areas of areas and average travel speed.

To benchmark the data, I would look at urban planning advisories available worldwide as to the optimal speed of vehicles in an urban area like Bangalore. Mentioned that this is an exercise in matching demand with supply. Demand is commuters looking to travel and their configuration; supply is road bandwidth available.

Supply is affected road capacity. I jumped towards talking about various solutions. Interviewer pulled me back and hinted that there is severe underutilization of capacity and that I should consider various types of vehicles. Realized that I had been ignoring public transport. Mentioned all types: Public, private, cab. Discussed with interviewer and the problem boiled down to the configuration of traffic; there was enough capacity except too many people were using private vehicles with low utilisation.

Also perception of public vehicles was poor. Based on this suggestions were 1. Tax rebate for travelling via Shared cabs and buses 2. PR campaign for buses. 3. WFH incentives. USPs of public transport were to be: Price, Availability, Convenience and time saved for all.

Introductory questions about me and my work in Paytm. (just 5-7 mins)

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