Top Google Interview Questions

Rakesh K. - "I would like to understand the reason why the conclusion was made to even have google maps for kids, assumption here is kids are aged 1 to 5. Some clarifying questions Are the kids in this scenario traveling all alone or accompanied by their parents Kids are using google maps to let their parents know the directions (at times parents want to educate kids) Kids are helping others with directions to their destination. The consideration here is that kids would use maps for following s"See full answer

Anonymous Parakeet - "Clarifying Questions: How far is the retirement home from the convenience store? What part of the world is this convenience store located in? Will this be designed for Boomer generation or later generations when they retire? We assume that the convenience store is right next door, is located in the US in a very suburban location, and is designed for the Boomer generation that is retired/retiring Users: We assume retirement homes, or assisted living facilities take in folks who"See full answer

Wizzy B. - "URL> DNS over UDP> IP address > TCP handshake > HTTP(SSL handshake) req, responses, websites architectures for any query DB, servers."See full answer

Brandy L. - "Restaurant Types High-end Fast-food Regular User Types Restaurants – seeking operational efficiency and increased revenue. Customers – categorized by group size and dining intent: 2–4 Friends/Family – casual dining. Solo Diners – convenience and quick service. Groups > 4 – shared orders and split bills. Goal Design a tablet solution to achieve product-market fit by addressing key pain points and driving high ad"See full answer

Kunal S. - "Goal Clarification Let’s start by clarifying the goals on the in-flight entertainment system. My assumption is that the goal to enhance/improve the in-flight customer experience and increase passenger loyalty rather than generating additional revenue. User Segments We can broadly segment the customers into casual traveler frequent traveler frequent business frequent leisure travelers Given that frequent business traveler account for the highest airline revenue"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

Calyan - "Hangouts 100k feedback gave 3* rating, in 2013. What to do next Clarify: Solving for 2013, should disregard changes made (Allo, Gchat, Gmeet) since then? [yes] Is this on any specific platform - App Store or Play store? [both] Consumer or Enterprise [consumer] Problem framing - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mission: org world info., be helpful. Hangouts role in this mission to help users stay connected, exchange info and content (via messages and calls) Biz/ Prod goals Growth/ acq Install ba"See full answer

Mohamad Y. - "YouTube"See full answer

Atit P. - "I'd start by clarifying the purpose of the in-flight experience. Get more travelers? (adoption) Reduce customer churn? (retention) Gain additional revenue? (revenue) Lets say we want to offer an in-flight experience that drives revenue. It is intuitive that, customer expectations for an in-flight experience will vary based on the duration of the flights: Short haul flights (1 hour or less): Self-help options are better suited. While seating may be important, a slight inconvenience for"See full answer

Sourabh G. - "Functional Requirement Monitor health, metrics Alert in case of failure/anomaly Visualize the live health Analyse machines on periodic basis Non Functional Should not exert load on machines low latency Highly scalable Logs/Metrics Gathering push - machine gather and send to system and low priority background thread along with batching pull - heart beat check (for offline machines) Processing Real time streaming using Kafka/kinesis + Flink TimeSeries database for stor"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

S Y. - "Clarifying question? What is GCP and what does it mean to create a new GCP region in Portugal? GCP is Google Cloud Portugal. Creating a new region means creating data centres (clouds) which can be used as hosts. Is there a business objective to consider Portugal for a new region? None in particular Structure: Explore internal factors Is there a particular business goal that we are trying to accomplish like goal of getting more business from EU companies in coming few years? If yes"See full answer

Angela - "Clarifying Qs: What are we building the Google campus for on the moon? We are the Google X team and always want to move people forward and want to be the first private entity on the moon Are we trying to build for astronauts or our employees or someone else? This will be for employees Do we already have a location on the moon and we're expanding or will this be the first one ever? This is the first one ever. For us to answer this question, we'll want to discuss Google's mission, us"See full answer

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

Ursula Z. - "Customer happiness Execution velocity Engineering engagement Capacity utilization"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: thanks for the question. Could you tell me what type of drone is it and what is the user segment? Interviewer: What you mean by type of drone? Me: Is it a premium drone with premium features like a camera or it's more on the cheaper side? Interviewer: It's a normal drone with basic features, a good camera but nothing professional and it has the Google brand. The users are amateur drone users. Me: Awesome, is there anything specific about this drone in relation to others? You mentioned th"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Estimate the market size for Google Fi Market size -> total revenue/sales in a market = market share Google Fi -> telecommunication services by google. Only for US market Market size = (1)google fi customers / (2)total customers in the market (2)total customers in the market 300m ppl in the US 0-90 life expectancy Factor out 0-12,80-90 240m ~250m ppl in the US who are using phones and need a telecommunication service (1)google fi customers Version 40% - 110m AT&T 30% - 70m T-Mobil"See full answer

D B. - "An effective PM should be clear about the vision and mission. Faciliate the team to achieve its goals by unblocking the obstacles. Smart enought to figure out Risks and should plan effectively to mitigate the risks. Good listener and communicator .Should be able to empower the team , appreciative ,positive minded and with empathy for everyone"See full answer

Shreejal L. - "Clarifying questions: Should I include the tail of the helicopter when computing the area for this question? Can I assume that the average ping pong ball has a radius of around 1 inch? Assumption: Assume that the helicopter is more circular than a rectangle. Hence use the formula of a circle in computing the area. Assume that the helicopter's radius is 5 feet a 6 feet person can't stand on the helicopter because they're tall for it hence rounding down. Assume that th"See full answer