Google Product Manager Interview Questions

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  • "Questions: Are these bikes for personal or commercial use? Or both? For commuting, or should we also include recreational bikes (e.g. mountain bikes?) Should we include stationary exercise bikes, or only those used outside? E-bikes and motorcycles? Are we counting children, or just adults? Should we factor in whether the individual has purchasing power to purchase a new bike? What about renting a bike? Assumptions: Assuming we are sizing the market for personal commuter bicycles f"

    Chelsea F. - "Questions: Are these bikes for personal or commercial use? Or both? For commuting, or should we also include recreational bikes (e.g. mountain bikes?) Should we include stationary exercise bikes, or only those used outside? E-bikes and motorcycles? Are we counting children, or just adults? Should we factor in whether the individual has purchasing power to purchase a new bike? What about renting a bike? Assumptions: Assuming we are sizing the market for personal commuter bicycles f"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
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    "First I would like to ask you some clarifying questions. Timeframe: do we consider a single given day? YES What is the definition of jogger? Running, not walking Is there a minimum distance? NO Do you count only the distance within the perimeter of central park or also the miles getting in and out of CP to my start location? ONLY CP Great, I would like to structure the problem this way. \# of aggregated miles run by jogger in a day in CP = # of joggers per day * av"

    Fabio E. - "First I would like to ask you some clarifying questions. Timeframe: do we consider a single given day? YES What is the definition of jogger? Running, not walking Is there a minimum distance? NO Do you count only the distance within the perimeter of central park or also the miles getting in and out of CP to my start location? ONLY CP Great, I would like to structure the problem this way. \# of aggregated miles run by jogger in a day in CP = # of joggers per day * av"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Need for this feature : A user who has to reach somewhere on time - probably someone commuting to the airport would use this feature. I would pilot this feature in a city where there is a high volume of users using uber to commute to the airport, as well as a high volume of drivers, so that we deliver on what we promise. There are 2 side to this - the end user side, and the driver side. To measure the success of this application, primarily, I would track the number of users who are booking sched"

    Aishwarya R. - "Need for this feature : A user who has to reach somewhere on time - probably someone commuting to the airport would use this feature. I would pilot this feature in a city where there is a high volume of users using uber to commute to the airport, as well as a high volume of drivers, so that we deliver on what we promise. There are 2 side to this - the end user side, and the driver side. To measure the success of this application, primarily, I would track the number of users who are booking sched"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • "Who uses translation API Consumer apps Enterprise SaaS Content Platforms Gaming Companies Govt Global internet users - 5B out of which 20% need translation as they encounter foreign content = 1B users Average translation triggering event per use per day - 0.3 (review, website…) Total translation demand = 0.3 * 1B = 300M Translation can happen in-house or via Third-party APIs Assume 60% served by APIs for enterprise 180M API translation calls/day Assume 1000 characters should be abo"

    Nehal B. - "Who uses translation API Consumer apps Enterprise SaaS Content Platforms Gaming Companies Govt Global internet users - 5B out of which 20% need translation as they encounter foreign content = 1B users Average translation triggering event per use per day - 0.3 (review, website…) Total translation demand = 0.3 * 1B = 300M Translation can happen in-house or via Third-party APIs Assume 60% served by APIs for enterprise 180M API translation calls/day Assume 1000 characters should be abo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • "Started with clarifications, listed out assumptions, created stories with user pain points in existing business, how we can eliminate in our design and strategy, metrics for the success of business initial 90 days, 6 months and a year. What i missed to present is the north star metrics Overall i thought i did well, still didnt get through Hope it will help me for other interviews in Amazon/Meta/Cisco"

    Ragupathy V. - "Started with clarifications, listed out assumptions, created stories with user pain points in existing business, how we can eliminate in our design and strategy, metrics for the success of business initial 90 days, 6 months and a year. What i missed to present is the north star metrics Overall i thought i did well, still didnt get through Hope it will help me for other interviews in Amazon/Meta/Cisco"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    "Goal: What product would I build next Who am I? I am Disney's head of technology Focus: Theme parks Geolocation: Pilot in the US and then roll out across the globe Eco-system>>>User>>>Pain points are>>>Solution>>>MVP>>>Launch metrics> Guardrails Eco System Customers Direct Suppliers, vendors to DIS In-Direct suppliers (Hotels, restaurants, etc.) DIS- Service User ( TAM, underserved, Frequency) Customers Families, including Children ( L, L, L) Couples(S,L, M) Si"

    Roopesh N. - "Goal: What product would I build next Who am I? I am Disney's head of technology Focus: Theme parks Geolocation: Pilot in the US and then roll out across the globe Eco-system>>>User>>>Pain points are>>>Solution>>>MVP>>>Launch metrics> Guardrails Eco System Customers Direct Suppliers, vendors to DIS In-Direct suppliers (Hotels, restaurants, etc.) DIS- Service User ( TAM, underserved, Frequency) Customers Families, including Children ( L, L, L) Couples(S,L, M) Si"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    "Clarifying QQ What do you mean by Smart - Lets say it means its connected Am I the google PM - yes Will we own the hardware part or this will be developed by any vendor/partner - Say vendor on requirements from google Any specific market - USA What is the overall goal - Enter the new market with driving better adoption and enhanced experience through the users Any specific piece of furniture - No you are free to assume Thanks for all the clarifying QQ Lets say for this exa"

    Product V. - "Clarifying QQ What do you mean by Smart - Lets say it means its connected Am I the google PM - yes Will we own the hardware part or this will be developed by any vendor/partner - Say vendor on requirements from google Any specific market - USA What is the overall goal - Enter the new market with driving better adoption and enhanced experience through the users Any specific piece of furniture - No you are free to assume Thanks for all the clarifying QQ Lets say for this exa"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "I would determine if it was in line with out company goals and put together a quick analysis of the market for smart phones to talk about in the morning."

    Dean S. - "I would determine if it was in line with out company goals and put together a quick analysis of the market for smart phones to talk about in the morning."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Clarify: Everything mentioned in the question (all devices and how to access them) Reasons why a subscriber might not be using? Forgot that he has a subscription Doesn't like the service and forgot to cancel the subscription Doesn't like service and planning to cancel in next cycle For all 3 cases we need to remind him/her about the service and encourage to use it Awareness - about the service via google nest notifications, smart refreigerator display, chromecats to cast youtube"

    Rev - "Clarify: Everything mentioned in the question (all devices and how to access them) Reasons why a subscriber might not be using? Forgot that he has a subscription Doesn't like the service and forgot to cancel the subscription Doesn't like service and planning to cancel in next cycle For all 3 cases we need to remind him/her about the service and encourage to use it Awareness - about the service via google nest notifications, smart refreigerator display, chromecats to cast youtube"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Analytical
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    "Assume that US and Japan are exactly opposite to each other. If a flight takes 18 hrs to travel between US and Japan and it moves at approx 600km/hr, then the distance covered is 10,800 Km. This constitutes the semi arc of the circle, so we will double is to calculate full circumference which will be 21,600 km."

    Joohi M. - "Assume that US and Japan are exactly opposite to each other. If a flight takes 18 hrs to travel between US and Japan and it moves at approx 600km/hr, then the distance covered is 10,800 Km. This constitutes the semi arc of the circle, so we will double is to calculate full circumference which will be 21,600 km."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "

    Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

    Product Manager
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
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    Product Manager
    Analytical
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    "What is Slack ? Slack is a basic instant messaging app usually used in the intra office space , allowing teams to communicate .Also , it includes video & voice calls . In a nutshell , it provides an efficient team communications solutions . 2 Goals of Google/ Position in the market ? To create innovative solutions to customer problems . The focus is on providing accessible information to everyone . 3 Synergy of such a product with google : Slack allows efficient team communication ."

    Pragya S. - "What is Slack ? Slack is a basic instant messaging app usually used in the intra office space , allowing teams to communicate .Also , it includes video & voice calls . In a nutshell , it provides an efficient team communications solutions . 2 Goals of Google/ Position in the market ? To create innovative solutions to customer problems . The focus is on providing accessible information to everyone . 3 Synergy of such a product with google : Slack allows efficient team communication ."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Interesting questions. Thank you for asking it. S: Suppose I want to add notifications service to an app that provides user directed content, that is is dependent on user's past preferences T: if you ask me for a prototype, then I would use API gateway/ LB, Lambda, storage in SQL and No SQL both, have caches. later we could use CDN, have EC2 instances to run the app. We could deploy Kafka pipeline also. Create notification service on the existing app. - that will be a micro service A: Since"

    Agni W. - "Interesting questions. Thank you for asking it. S: Suppose I want to add notifications service to an app that provides user directed content, that is is dependent on user's past preferences T: if you ask me for a prototype, then I would use API gateway/ LB, Lambda, storage in SQL and No SQL both, have caches. later we could use CDN, have EC2 instances to run the app. We could deploy Kafka pipeline also. Create notification service on the existing app. - that will be a micro service A: Since"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Program Sense
  • "I would evaluate by comparing the results of old and new ranking algorithms, based on number of false positives."

    Keval B. - "I would evaluate by comparing the results of old and new ranking algorithms, based on number of false positives."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "5000000"

    Hooman S. - "5000000"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • "Google Maps has achieved remarkable success due to several key factors that have set it apart in the realm of digital mapping and navigation services. There are a few crucial reasons behind its success: Comprehensive and Accurate Data: Google Maps has a vast database of geographic information, including detailed maps, street views, and satellite imagery from all around the world. It provides accurate and up-to-date data on roads, landmarks, businesses, and other points of interest, allowing u"

    Vincent T. - "Google Maps has achieved remarkable success due to several key factors that have set it apart in the realm of digital mapping and navigation services. There are a few crucial reasons behind its success: Comprehensive and Accurate Data: Google Maps has a vast database of geographic information, including detailed maps, street views, and satellite imagery from all around the world. It provides accurate and up-to-date data on roads, landmarks, businesses, and other points of interest, allowing u"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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