Google Interview Questions

Amparo L. - "One weakness of mine is reaching stuff through higher shelves but I'm able to use a step ladder to address the situation."See full answer

Rupam S. - "Are you serious? What kind of dog is it? Why would a dog watch Netflix? What kind of movies do they like? Why are we only considering dogs? What’s wrong with cats? Are they going to play movies by themselves? Is it for pet dogs or stray dogs? Who will pay the subscription fees for them? "See full answer

So X. - "Why is the value of an Android user only considering incremental clicks on ads instead of all clicks on ads?"See full answer

John S. - "I have no idea if this would qualify, but I took a different, rather singular approach. Curious and gracious in advance for any and all feedback. My main question is whether this response goes into enough depth with regards to all the content types that Google Map stores, as I chose to focus uniquely on image storage (but am sure to state that clearly before I began): Clarifying questions: global map or US/sectional map? Assume global storage on a single end-user device? Yes consider co"See full answer

Christopher K. - "Background Context I'm a PM at a venture-backed SaaS in the legal tech space. We provide end-to-end contract management experience for our customers with the following features: Upload - Contracts signed in DocuSign, etc. automatically uploaded to our system through API integrations. Data Extraction - Contract terms such as payment terms and key dates are automatically OCRed and extracted using ML. Analytics - Contract terms are searchable, filter, and customize for reporting. Work"See full answer

Adam M. - "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them. I think my three greatest strengths are: Empathy Openness to feedback Drive And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are: Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"See full answer

Louie Z. - "DNNs can learn hierarchical features, with each layer learning progressively more abstract features, and generalizes better. SNNs are better for simplier problems involving smaller datasets and if low latency is required."See full answer

Priyansh J. - "By increasing the number of paid users, I assume we mean that we want to increase the % of DAUs who pay for YT Music. First, we need to understand the Youtube Music play here. Youtube Music was carved out of Youtube because Spotify and Apple Music were getting popular. Users were listening to music on Spotify instead of on Youtube, threatening ad revenue for Youtube. Therefore, Youtube Music was born as a standalone app, where users could listen to the music ad free from anywhere anytime. In"See full answer

Namu - "Provided an example from my work history where I asked to move the Go-live date to prevent launch date failure."See full answer

Kshitij A. - "The question is bit vague (I guess deliberately) so I believe firstly we shall ask questions and resolve ambiguity. Some initial questions could be : 1) Is this one time activity or something that should be done on continuous basis. If continuous basis then at what frequency. 2) How much staleness is acceptable in SYSTEM Y data 3) Are there any limitation in SYSTEM Y and is it fair to assume that we would need some kind of transformation to bring data into SYSTEM Y schema. 4) What kind of vol"See full answer

Bg - "Clarifying question: Am I the first one to notice the fire, or there are people already on it? Extent and source of fire - I am assuming it's localized and I am inside the data center, safe so far. Response: It is an emergency. I will do and coordinate the people to do the following in parallel, if I am the first one to know. Get immediate attention of folks in the data center. Get someone and many people to call 911 and security. Coordinate to have people in need evacuated. Turn off th"See full answer

Saurao D. - "How many shampoo bottles are sold in the US annually? Assumption: Shampoo for both male and female consumers Population of US (330Mn) Considering 50:50 Urban Rural breakdown Urban: 165Mn Rural: 165Mn Considering only 10% of Rural consumers will be using shampoo, which gives 16.5Mn people Urban: 165Mn Considering 50:50 Male Female breakdown Male: 82.5Mn Male consumers using shampoo: 60% = 49.5Mn Male consumers not using shampoo: 40% = 33Mn Female: 82.5Mn Female consumers using shampoo: 80%"See full answer

Harshita G. - "Is the "idea" I'm trying to sell something new or built off an existing service/product we offer? Interviewer: Let's assume new. Assuming it's a proper sit-down meeting with senior management to go over the proposal, here is what the slide deck would contain. Introduction/Description of the problem I'm trying to solve: Before proposing a solution, it is important to first identify the problem we're trying to solve. This section would contain the description of the problem/pain poi"See full answer

Anonymous Krill - "Clarify the question. Any specific system? Will study the related systems in the environment. Will define the goal, attributes of the system, stakeholders expectations, problems this system is going to address in case these things don't exist already. With the above two steps, I Will come up with a draft of the System KPI. Will run it with leadership, stakeholders and will incorporate feedback. In parallel, will come up with quantification on these performance factors. Fina"See full answer

Shashikant A. - "I followed STAR format"See full answer

Anonymous Deer - "This interviewee had a decent framework but the specifics weren't impressive. I wouldn't post this as an example and would appreciate if you could replace this video."See full answer

Akshai V. - "When are you talking about Sales Is the Number of Items that have dropped or GMV dropped ? If the GMV has dropped then clearly there is a drop in the Price of Items ? Is there any category or White Goods which have lead to decrease in the Price of Goods ? Is there a Long Term Promotion running By the Marketing and not because of it ? A customer Journey in a typical Market Place is that customer adds items to car Go To E-Commerce Site -----> Search--->Add Items to Bag"See full answer

Umang S. - "Before diving into answering this, I would like to ask some clarifying questions - High Level - What is the mission, goal, target for this year for WhatsApp? Assumption answer - 10X growth in users Do we have any road map where we can see it with more details? Yes we wish, it is kind of all over the place Do you know how far we have come from the start of the year to achieve that target? Yeah we have done some progress but not much Which quarter are we in? 1"See full answer

Amishr - "For a mature product, I would do the following - Review the list of backlog items Meet with stakeholders and business owners to verify the relevance (are they still valid? esp. for new feature request) Break down the backlog list by a. Product improvements b. New features c. Operational Resiliency Do a 70-30 split with New features+Product Imp =70%, Resiliency =30% Prioritize by impact/scale and effort (team's capacity) by quarter Revisit Quarterly For a new product - Start"See full answer