Recent Google Interview Questions

jantheman88 - "Company Mission: To Organize the World's Information Clarify: What type of product are we looking to build? Software, Hardware? -> Hardware Makes sense since Google has a strong software stack including Android TV, which is a huge business by Firestick & Nvidia Shield, as well as Chinese based hardware implementations. Is there any restrictions for this type of approach, or are we free to go around any way we'd like? -> You're free to take any approach you'd like. Google has a strong c"See full answer

Ben G. - "Achieving your metric of success (Daily Active Users, Engagement etc.) Improving user sentiment in their experience of using the product Attention given to accessibility, visual design and content hierarchy The product design aligns with goals and branding of company Product clearly communicates value to our users and helps them achieve their goals"See full answer

Anonymous Panda - "Goal: The goal of the product is to create a virtual communication system that enables the CEO/Executives of Google to have realistic in-person interactions with people located in different parts of the world. Identifying Different Users: CEO of Google Business executives and professionals Selecting Right User: The primary user for this product is the CEO of Google who needs to have a virtual communication system that can facilitate face-to-face interactions. Defining Features: High-q"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 Panda - "Goal: To design a product that helps people keep track of their belongings and prevent loss. Identifying users: Individuals who frequently lose their belongings Parents who want to keep track of their children's belongings Tourists who want to secure their belongings while travelling Selecting the right user:Given Google's expertise in technology, we will focus on designing a product for individuals who frequently lose their belongings. Defining features and prioritizing: Item tracki"See full answer

Lakshay T. - "I would first start by telling what Google maps do: Finding direction from A to B Few users also use it for safety purpose while in Cab Businesses use it for listing themselves and also consume APIs When we open Google Maps: We see the focus is primarily on maps, giving few suggestions on top if user wants to caetgorize thier search such as pretol pump etc User can add reviews in contribute section User can review at the feed/suggestions Since primary usage is navigation, I will"See full answer

Coach - "Great question Evan, could you please help me with some context. Do you want me to consider Gsuite & Gmail on consumer or limit it to one or the other segment? Limit to B2C on GMAIL Promotions/ Notifications do you want me to include them? Exclude Would you want to consider only Gmail ecosystem or Gmail to All types of users? Any email recipient I would like to start with US as a geo and extrapolate would you be good with that? That's ok. That helps, than"See full answer

Wang L. - "Tagging system - tagging the resources, like tickets, tasks, pages. Support to query based on tags."See full answer

Andrei S. - "Follow up question was: what is your strategy to sell it?"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

RockyBalboa - "Clarifying question(s): what constitute a COVID related search? is it more on number of cases by geography, virus strains, vaccine information etc. ? Besides engagement is there anything we should take into account? Which personas are likely to be targeted: Journalists gathering more information for reporting Doctors and SMEs Common crowd with moderate to advanced education on health and safety measures and likely type of at-home entertainment Pharmaceuticals orga"See full answer

Coach - "Great question, give me a moment to collect my thoughts…. When faced with a situation where a product defect is impacting my customers as a product manager my goal would be to roll out a quick & effective enough solution that minimizes the negative impact on users. I would seek available incident information to understand, its blast radius i.e. the impacted users, platforms, duration, if available understand the nature of failure i.e. recoverable vs not, it's root cause and short/long t"See full answer

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

Sachin P. - "The key here is a) not to overreact to Sales bypassing me going straight to Engineering (while understanding every team acts according to their incentives), and b) communicate with all parties as much as possible to get everyone on the same page. 1) First, I'd speak to Sales and understand the feature being requested. I consider Sales to be one of the most important primary research funnels - they have direct, regular touchpoints with the client and are finely attuned to the lifeblood o"See full answer

Product V. - "Clarifying Questions What is definition of blind - people who cannot see Is this also inclusive of partially blind - No Does this cater people who are blind naturally or got blind due to some illness or accident - Only natural Why do you want to build it - what is the intended goal Improve the smartphone experience Do we expect the users any kind of phone experience when we talk about this device - Yes, basic phone experience with accessibility features "See full answer

Coach - "Product "XYZ" explain what it is and which audience it is serving. Goals Ease the anxiety Offer the most comprehensive perspective of Cloud Engagement Democratize Upsell Insights Business Review Deck Slide #1: NPS - Now, Trend & Insights + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #2: User Engagement Update - DAU, WAU, MAU, Actions Completed + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #3: Partnership Update - Share new cross org collabor"See full answer

Aniket A. - "Clarification: Is it consumer facing or business? -- consumer Launch is global or regional? -- global Is this full blown launch or beta release? -- full blown What goal does this app serve? How is it aligned with the company goals? -- AI Chatbot Can you explain the strategic importance of the app? -- gain market share; compete with other players who are already ahead in the market Do we have any data around potential customers/TAM with this app? -- billions of users "See full answer