Google Product Manager Interview Questions

Nishant S. - "First step would be to define the goals. Many different opinions could themselves be due to unclear goals. The process of arriving at goals could be based on what are the larger goals of the company or based on prioritization of impact/potential impact. Although not all the stakeholders would possibly be involved in the goal setting exercise, it's important to explain the process behind arriving at the goals and why these are important. Next step would be to get buy-in of the stakeho"See full answer

Tomer B. - "Clarify What do we mean by memorialize? Are we aiming to launch a physical or software product? What is our goal with this product? Are there specific types of pets we have in mind? Assumption Memorialize means to remind ourselves about our loved pets who passed away. We would like to launch a software product. The goal is to help users cope with the lose of their beloved pets. We also focus on house pets, keeping it for dogs and cats as the biggest market for pets. User"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Netflix Solves a problem that's mass market High importance and people actively looking for new solutions Value proposition Variety of content reasonable prices for tier 1, 2 and 3 cities Available on mobile, desktops and tablets Business model: subscription based, Revenue = f { # of users, lifetime of subscription, fee charged to user } --> Should Improve engagement to increase lifetime. User journey: Find content: Search for it / take a recommendation Watch it Give"See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "The experience at a DMV can be improved by modernizing the systems, processes, and design of the service. Some possible ways to do this are: Using digital technologies to enable online transactions, self-service kiosks, mobile apps, and chatbots. These can reduce the need for in-person visits, shorten wait times, and increase convenience and accessibility for customers. [For example, some states have implemented online driver’s license renewal, vehicle registration, and appointment schedul"See full answer

Anonymous Finch - "clarifying questions: what is the business goal- we can consider monetization and user adoption. I will choose monetization any resource constraint to be aware of? which geographic location are we looking to pilot this product? we should consider the USA for now framework user segmentation pain points potential solutions success metrics implementation summary users celebrants well-wishers brands in prioritizing user segments, I will consider the user segment that"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Questions I am assuming we need to deliver the packages to the doorstep. I am assuming we need to deliver all the packages which are ordered in a single day. For more product interview experience, please visit TechnoManagers https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High level formula Number of Drones required = (US Population 330M)(Excluding 30% those below 10 years and above 65 years)(internet penetration 90%)([ (10% high networth people)(30 orders per year) ] + ["See full answer

Chelsea F. - "Questions: Clarify: High school = grades 9-12? So roughly ages 15-18 (4 years)? Are we talking about all high-school aged kids, or kids who actually attend HS? Do we count home schoolers? Drop outs? Assumptions: Let's assume we're estimating the number of children in the U.S. who are enrolled in/attend HS Assuming a uniform distribution of the population across ages Approach: U.S. Population = 300m Average lifespan = 80 years 4 years represented by HS age = 5% of the populati"See full answer

Roy C. - "Note: This is my answer that I generated loosely while I was practicing this question. I didnt want to go down the product design framework as this is more of an execution question, so I came up with my own zombified framework to focus more on strategy + execution. Open to feedback on my answer - understand its not the most perfect! Question: How would I launch a digital library product as a Google PM Clarifications: Standalone product? : standalone Region specific: No (up to me) Goa"See full answer

Srinivas P. - "Assume you have a talking toy that can record voice. Machine learning is this magic that you could use to make this toy really useful for yourself. For a week - talk to this toy about your favorite color, favorite breakfast, what kind of weather you like, so on. The following week you could ask questions like today's weather is so and so - what breakfast should I have? , when should I plan a play date with my friends etc.."See full answer

Bg - "My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct? Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"See full answer

Srisha K. - "I answered taking Restaurant as a sub product area and built the strategy around that."See full answer

Dhirendra S. - "I will start by asking some of the clarifying questions here - Does the interviewer want me to focus on any specific region or it's a global product - What's the timeline we are looking over here - Any specific problem statement that I should be focusing on - Any specific objective that they want me to drive Some of these questions will help to get my head straight and align myself with the interviewer. (2 mins to jot down my thoughts ) Answer - Problem statement : Will focus on the cha"See full answer

Anonymous Tapir - "After clarifying the question, answered in following way: Defined what is Google Map. Discussed its history and dominant #1 current market position Aligned with the Google's mission Listed few users segments and few features for roadmap and discussed technology advancements & need to continue to innovate and differentiate aggressively"See full answer

Srikanth A. - "Clarify - What is the product ? Autonomous driving capability Technology as a vehicle to drive man driver capability What is the current stage of project ? Technology is ready I will start by understanding the Goal, Intention behind this initiative as I am considering myself new PM joined this team and I have to come up with go to market strategy. Goal - More users to adopt and build trust with self driving car capability. Target user persona End user Businesses -Rideshare service -Food"See full answer

Jaim - "Whenever I find resistance to my idea, my general approach is to : Validate my idea Identify if it is a political reason or is it a valid engineering tech reason Assuming it is not political but it is resource/difference of opinions that are causing resistance. Then I would try to do a quick POC and show a value proposition for the idea to get the buy-in. One similar situation happened The situation was that stakeholders were promised a feature that would decrease their number of ticket"See full answer

Sneha D. - "Design a university voting app"See full answer

Hamilton D. - "no"See full answer

Nishant K. - "This is the reason we PMs get bad name,lol! People are so busy in parroting the framework and answers that they don't even bother to read the question :D "See full answer