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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "I followed STAR format"

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

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    6 answers
    Video answer for 'What is your strategy for the go-to-market of a rug business?'
    +3

    "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."

    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

    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +1

    "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."

    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

    Software Engineer
    Concept
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "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? "

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    12 answers
    +8

    "Since you have indicated that the drop has been from the past few days and it is the sales drop. Assumption 1: It is not a gradual decrease and something that has been seen in the last few days. My assumption is the e-commerce site is a google store site where google sells all the products. At a very High-level the decline in sales could be caused by customers buying less on the site, customer churn, or decline in new customers, higher cart abandonment rate, checkout process. I would struc"

    Dev S. - "Since you have indicated that the drop has been from the past few days and it is the sales drop. Assumption 1: It is not a gradual decrease and something that has been seen in the last few days. My assumption is the e-commerce site is a google store site where google sells all the products. At a very High-level the decline in sales could be caused by customers buying less on the site, customer churn, or decline in new customers, higher cart abandonment rate, checkout process. I would struc"See full answer

    Analytical
    Behavioral
    +1 more
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers
    Video answer for 'Design a key-value store.'

    "Simple file system ( Hash Map , LSM trees), and consistent hashing. I failed to discuss about conflicts ( Versioning)"

    V V. - "Simple file system ( Hash Map , LSM trees), and consistent hashing. I failed to discuss about conflicts ( Versioning)"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    System Design
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "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"

    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

    Behavioral
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "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"

    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

    Execution
    Product Strategy
  • +4

    "Form what I know I would state the following two points: Only 20% of google's $180B revenue comes from non-ad revenue sources. Google Cloud is a big part of Google's revenue diversification efforts. Google cloud at $13B is still under 10% of total revenue. Google cloud is at position 3 compared after Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. Typically only top 2 platforms take majority of stake in a lot of businesses. Google Cloud's Goal: Become one of the top two Cloud platforms in the world by deep"

    Venkateswara reddy K. - "Form what I know I would state the following two points: Only 20% of google's $180B revenue comes from non-ad revenue sources. Google Cloud is a big part of Google's revenue diversification efforts. Google cloud at $13B is still under 10% of total revenue. Google cloud is at position 3 compared after Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. Typically only top 2 platforms take majority of stake in a lot of businesses. Google Cloud's Goal: Become one of the top two Cloud platforms in the world by deep"See full answer

    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."

    Amparo L. - "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."

    Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
    +6 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "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"

    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

    Engineering Manager
    System Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "DevOps it's bridge (methodology) between the Dev\Qa\etc(tech teams) and Ops to satisfy the business requirements, reduce the costs, reduce time to market, etc ..."

    Kirill K. - "DevOps it's bridge (methodology) between the Dev\Qa\etc(tech teams) and Ops to satisfy the business requirements, reduce the costs, reduce time to market, etc ..."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "When I transitioned from the Analytics team to the Product team, I faced challenges in gaining the trust of the engineering team. Having previously worked with them in a role where I provided insights rather than defining their priorities, they were initially hesitant to accept my inputs in my new role. This led to some misalignment, as they chose to focus on tasks independently rather than incorporating my recommendations. Recognizing the need to build credibility, I took a proactive approach."

    Shahrukh K. - "When I transitioned from the Analytics team to the Product team, I faced challenges in gaining the trust of the engineering team. Having previously worked with them in a role where I provided insights rather than defining their priorities, they were initially hesitant to accept my inputs in my new role. This led to some misalignment, as they chose to focus on tasks independently rather than incorporating my recommendations. Recognizing the need to build credibility, I took a proactive approach."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    Video answer for 'How do you resolve conflicting product requirements, and who determines which requirement takes priority?'
    +2

    "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"

    Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    21 answers
    Video answer for 'How many drivers does Uber need to serve the San Francisco Bay Area?'
    +17

    "I am assuming current situation where public transport have restarted but uber pool is yet to start. Assuming it's Bay Area = I am considering internet penetration to be 100% . pop = 8 million (2M per age group) age group that would use uber (20-80 , under 18s can't ride) x age group that can afford uber ( low:mid:high income = 20:50:30 meaning 80% of each qualifying age group can afford uber) x people per household in need of transportation (3 people per household, 2 cars on average per househ"

    Ananya M. - "I am assuming current situation where public transport have restarted but uber pool is yet to start. Assuming it's Bay Area = I am considering internet penetration to be 100% . pop = 8 million (2M per age group) age group that would use uber (20-80 , under 18s can't ride) x age group that can afford uber ( low:mid:high income = 20:50:30 meaning 80% of each qualifying age group can afford uber) x people per household in need of transportation (3 people per household, 2 cars on average per househ"See full answer

    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Add answer
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"

    Aekagra S. - "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"

    Sofiya H. - "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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