Google Interview Questions

Takashi M. - "Me: First of all, I’d like to have some clarification about this project. Me: What is the current product line design of the vending machine? Is this a traditional vending machine? Customers pay money cash or credit card, and select products and receive the product. Interviewer: Yes, that is the correct assumption. We make vending machines for canned drinks and bottled drinks. Another product line is for selling small packaged snacks. Me: What is the goal of this project? Is"See full answer

Nilesh S. - "A daily 10 minute cadence to make a note of the progress and the deliverables for the day, should help ascertain the delivery and to meet schedule the self performing teams need to be on toes to deliver. Time lines need to be revisited end of each day to evalute the impact."See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for the question. I have a clarifying question, how the actionable data points are arriving? Is it based on direct user feedback or from the iPhone integrated with the Airpod Pro? Interviewer: You can consider both. Me: Ok, let me take a minute to structure my approach. Me: First, I would begin by establishing the types of users of Airpod Pros, and I come up with two: 1) the casual user that goes for a run once in a while or listen to music 1-2 hours a day. 2) the pretty intense"See full answer

Nid P. - "I explained the story of trying to help the engineer to improve the performance and after it is failed, the steps I have taken to move the eng to PIP."See full answer

Anirudh G. - "Initial Questions: 1.How many patients do you think you will have in the next 5 years? Interviewer: Max 1000 In that case we don't have to build a highly scalable system. 2.Will you be carrying out some procedures like xrays, ct scans or will only be doing consultations? Interviewer: We will be doing minor procedures. Will refer to hospitals for anything major. 3.I see that you mentioned 2 locations. Are there any special billing requirements for each of them? Interviewer: No Users: Fo"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "As a product manager, my first step in designing a free product would be to define the product's target audience and the problem it aims to solve. Once these factors are established, I can then determine the best way to monetize the product. One way to monetize a free product is through advertising. This involves displaying ads to users as they use the product, and earning revenue based on the number of clicks or impressions the ads receive. This model is commonly used by social media platforms,"See full answer

fuzzyicecream14 - "1. Sales & Revenue Metrics Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume. Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time. Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships. Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts. Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"See full answer

Guilherme M. - "Question: An array of n integers is given, and a positive integer k, where k << n. k indicates that the absolute difference between each element's current index (icurrent) and the index in the sorted array (isorted) is less than k (|icurr - isorted| < k). Sort the given array. The most common solution is with a Heap: def solution(arr, k): min_heap = [] result = [] for i in range(len(arr)) heapq.heappush(min_heap, arr[i]) "See full answer

Pathworks P. - "I would begin by asking the following clarifying questions: Are there any special use cases such as VIP Penthouse access, restricted floors etc? Do we need to consider safety requirements or other technical constraints such as maximum load/capacity? If the lobby for the entire hotel located on the ground floor? Can we assume that the majority of the guest amenities are located near the lobby and lower floors? Can we assume that the passenger controls on the floors are purely directional"See full answer

Karthik M. - "I would always pick a specific product and make a case. Answering this question without a specific product in mind makes the answer unstructured in my opinion. For instance, I would pick Gmail as an example to answer this and structure my response. Clarifications & Assumptions Let us pick a specific product and structure our response - for instance - let us pick Gmail as the product that you want to analyse and make a Go / No Recommendation to Sunset the Product. Overall Google Revenu"See full answer

Kk - "Clarifying Questions : By reducing bandwidth , do you mean reducing the total size of video transfer reduction ? Ans Yes Is it ok to reduce the resolution by reducing the bandwidth : Ans May be yes and no Any app in particular you are looking forward which could help talking from its standpoint : Ans : Youtube Assumptions : Youtube has a compression algorithm which can still be made better with the evolution of technologies Solutions ( prioritised list ) Improve the compressio"See full answer

Manas M. - "I'd ask Clarification questions here before proceeding with designing a CDN. The questions would be. What is the Use Case with multiple questions in it What sort of Content do you want to serve - Static files or Streaming Media or trending content? How many regions do you want to cover Do you want to prioritize speed and the Latest file availability or do you want to prioritize time-based caching per region? Budget constraints(push cdn's can be cheaper). Whether"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "Handling projects out of my expertise: When faced with a project that falls outside of my expertise, I take the following steps: Identify my skills and knowledge gaps: I assess my own strengths and limitations, and determine which areas of the project may be outside of my comfort zone or expertise. Seek guidance and mentorship: I reach out to colleagues or subject matter experts who have relevant knowledge or experience, and ask for their advice and guidance on the project. Learn and adapt"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

D S. - "Estimate Google ads revenue. Clarifications: Google ads: only includes ads shown on Google search pages. It does not include any other ads such as display advertisement etc. Google makes money everytime a user clicks on an ad. Market - US Monthly / Yearly - Yearly Revenue in $ For 2020 ? - yes So to state the Q again, I have to estimate Google’s annual search ads revenue for 2020. Ads revene =( $ads clicked everyday * avg price per ad ) * 360 $ads clicked every"See full answer

Shwetang S. - "Clarifying Qs: Design meaning - UI elements, front end requests and backend system architecture GIFs = standard short animated videos of 1/2 seconds built either using images or videos Make GIFs = generate gifs from images and videos Do we want to build the system for a certain volume of requests? Do you want me to consider the scalability part? I: Assumptions 1,2 & 3 are correct, ignore 3 for now Users: User b/w age 18-45 trying to generate GIFs using images(at least 3)"See full answer

Gabriel R. - "Thanks! First let me ask some clarifying questions: Do you mean mobile app? TV app? I will assume mobile and TV included. When I'm playing the role of the CEO, should I consider their current business' state? Yes I should. Is there a goal I should aim for as CEO? Yes we want to maximize retention on our app. My favorite 3 apps are: Google Translate Collectr Peloton I love these app because they help me out tremendously weekly! Google Translate is a free a"See full answer