Product design question

Design a product at Meta to help students with their homework.

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What this question tests

Whether the candidate can identify a real academic pain point and design a focused product within a large platform's ecosystem.

Pick a segment, for example high school or college students studying with peers, rather than all students broadly.
Name the pain point: difficulty finding reliable study partners and staying accountable when studying alone.
Prioritize a social study angle unique to Meta, such as study groups formed through existing Facebook Groups or Instagram close friends.
Propose a focused feature, like structured study sessions with shared timers and progress check-ins within a group, not a full tutoring platform.
Define success as weekly active study session participation and self-reported task completion within sessions.

Leverages Meta's existing social graph for accountability and peer matching, rather than building generic study tools that compete with Khan Academy or Quizlet.
Names a specific mechanism, shared timers and check-ins, that makes the social angle concrete rather than abstract.
Chooses accountability, not content, as the core value, matching a gap dedicated study apps don't solve well.

Proposing to build tutoring or course content, competing directly with dedicated ed-tech products.
Ignoring safety and moderation needs for a product aimed partly at minors.

How would you handle safety given some users will be under 18?
What would you measure to know study sessions are actually helping, not just happening?