Google Product Manager Interview Questions

Anubhav A. - "Lets see, what kind of cost does google have to incur to run google photos. To think about this clearly, I want to think as if I was going to setup Google Photos now and it doesn't exist till today. Cost for Building software and maintaining it Cost for acquiring users Cost for keeping the data of users safe and accessible Miscellaneous Now lets come back to today where Google photos clearly exist and I will think about the costing in each of these sections. Google photos s"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Improve facebook’s feed. Clarifying questions: Do we want to look at desktop or mobile specifically? – Mobile Is there a specific goal we have in mind that we are trying to meet or just general improvements? — General improvements, innovation Clarify Product: The Facebook newsfeed is the content feed that users see when landing on the app. The feed shows content posted by people users follow Within the feed the user is offered updates on people they follow - friends, family, celebrities"See full answer

Piya B. - "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"See full answer

Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

Lea M. - "THIS QUESTION IS FROM AMAZON STRUCTURE OF THE ANSWER ARTICULATE YOUR IDEA WHY IS IT WORTH ADVOCATING ACHIEVING THE IDEA THE RESULTS AND IMPACT FOR THE COMPANY FROM THIS IDEA. AND ADD THE CHERRY ON THE TOP I HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS INTO A COMPELLING WAY"See full answer

Product V. - "QQ  Design a product to help people feel more rested Clarifying Questions What is the definition of being rested - Am I the PM for google or any other tech startup - tech startup Does this help people meditate or sleep - Say sleep well and relax What is the specific goal of the product - Refresh people Is this mobile or any other medium - it is mobile based offering Any specific country - USA Any other constraints - No other constraints **How th"See full answer

Dnyaneshwar M. - "I am all-rounder"See full answer

Xash C. - "This one is a great example of Build, Borrow, or Buy strategy framework (http://www.build-borrow-buy.com/build-borrow-or-buy-in-practice/) - explore and evaluate three different approaches: organic growth and building a product from scratch (e.g. Amazon building its own Amazon Restaurants service), partnering with an existing provider (e.g. enterprise-level partnership with Instacart or Lyft), or acquisition growth (e.g. Uber acquiring Postmates). Evaluate which approach makes sense for the com"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Physical car garage or some app? 1 garage or a chain? Where is it located? (if highway then user seg to be focussed would change) (rn consider a residential area) Objective/ constraints? - majorly revenue i.e. #users * rev/user (acquire more users) Is there some issue and we are trying to address that via features or we just need features to improve the overall user experience? basic idea of garage: Car issue - drop it to garage/ sometimes pickup service - repair time -"See full answer

Aaron W. - "Clarification questions What is the purpose of connecting the DB? Do we expect high-volumes of traffic to hit the DB Do we have scalability or reliability concerns? Format Code -> DB Code -> Cache -> DB API -> Cache -> DB - APIs are built for a purpose and have a specified protocol (GET, POST, DELETE) to speak to the DB. APIs can also use a contract to retrieve information from a DB much faster than code. Load balanced APIs -> Cache -> DB **Aut"See full answer

Anonymous Narwhal - "I'm seeking a role in which I can be continually challenged to devise innovative and streamlined solutions for complex issues, particularly with regard to the persistent soaking problem. I'm excited about the opportunity to not only excel in my own performance but also to empower and enable my colleagues to perform at their absolute best. My goal is to wield my influence and magnetic qualities to not only attract but also retain top-tier engineering talent, all in alignment with our shared objec"See full answer

Andrea L. - "My first time doing an estimation question so I don't think it's very good!"See full answer

Moshe S. - "Law is my passion. Traveling all over the world in 5 years"See full answer

Sim S. - "Started with user-groups to identify the differences world wide: speed of internet, how high end devices are The interviewer just wanted to dive into the questions of latency & the technical fast. I then said let's separate out server vs client. On server side, cannot have australian users hitting california servers for data. So must be some sort of global availability of caching. And ensure rapid read out of that cache so something like a redis solution would help. Then switch gears to cli"See full answer

Negar H. - "SW: Headway (Audio book app) Goal: Track user engagement with the product. (Analytics) To Track user engagement with the product I would first define the user actions defined as user engagement, and then define quantitative metrics to track user behaviour. User actions -> engagement: Actions: User Plays an Audio book (following by user's retention) User uses Next chapter button to continue listening User marks Audio books as favourites User shares Audio books Metrics: DAU & 2."See full answer

Namrata L. - "Clarifying questions What do you mean by app for gardening? E-commerce kind of app for buying selling or tutorial or something else? Up to me. What is the goal of this app? Getting users and increasing engagement Who are we? startup What is the time frame we are looking at for this? No constraints Where are we looking to implement this? Start with India. User segments Type: Commercial, Personal Plant Parent: New, medium, Old Profession: Student, Working Professional, Stay"See full answer