Google Product Manager Interview Questions

Madhu K. - "Clarifications Just so I understand the question, are you asking me design a mobile app to check the menu of a particular restaurant ? Yes Where will this app be available ? Global or US Only ? US only Are there any constraints that I have to keep in mind. In terms of money, time , resources etc ? No constraints Can i assume that the goal of the application is to enhance the dining experience of the customer ? By enhance I mean customer delight ? Yes Lastly,"See full answer

Praful B. - "Define the goal of the experiment. What do you want to test? Are you trying to improve conversion rates, increase engagement, or something else? Identify the variables to test. What are the different options that you want to test? For example, if you are testing different call-to-action buttons, your variables would be the different button text and colors. Set up the experiment. This involves creating two versions of the app or website, one for each variation of the variable that you are testi"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "We will use online prediction instead of batch prediction because we can't compute beforehand. We have to do real-time image processing. For model deployment, we will use the model in service because we would want minimum latency and model in service to make sure that there are local network call rather than remote procedural calls."See full answer

Lucy Y. - "I'm a bit confused - The $40B hrs is the total time spent commuting to work, correct? Whereas the question asks "hours lost ... in traffic". Is the answer not correct then?"See full answer

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

Ananya M. - "I am assuming goal is to improve driving experience for seniors and not solve for transportation between point A to B. A in ananya loves road trips and long drives but when ananya is old and grey she misses going on long drives and road trips . goal : user experience user : physical disability hinders them from getting in and out of car seniors have joint and back pains, they can sit at the same position for longer time eye sight is weak for driving low energy to walk to parking and"See full answer

Anna H. - "Great. I’d like to break down this by discussing impacts of post investment decisions for the Pixel handset lines at two levels of micro and macro evaluation, which will be able to lead us to an evidence-based answer of what I think Google should continue to invest and ramp up their investment to hit their target ROI. First, closely looking at micro aspects, Google’s business model is a so-called multisided platform, generating either free search engines and monetizing contents for Internet use"See full answer

Tanu M. - "Google Home is an app that is used by consumers to configure the smart devices for automating their home and making their home more reliable and easy to use. Clarifying questions : Do we have any time constraints by when we need to achieve this? IF we have to increase sales by 10x, it needs to focus on number of factors like increasing the partner base, improving user experience, and shift in thinking. What metrics we focus on Monetization - Making revenue 10x Number of"See full answer

AnonymousAxolotl - "Depends on what the ML model. If it's computationally heavy server side is best. If it's not, client side could be feasible, think of Apple Photos doing object recognition of photos on device, in this instance, the photos are on the device a long time and users are fine with waiting. So the use case important to consider. However broadly speaking, server side is most likely the best solution especially for this many users. Easier architecture to implement Example - client side you take"See full answer

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

Ananya M. - "goal : user experience CUJ for cinema : Part A : deciding to watch a movie read reviews for movies that have released check nearby cinemas that are showing that movie check with friends/family who want to go with you find tickets online at a nearby cinema (if its a hit movie, you better hurry) buy tickets online split price on an app like split wise Part B : physically arriving at the theatre arrive at cinema hall find parking show e-ticket to enter stand i"See full answer

Sangeeta P. - "Since I am residing in Bangalore, I will consider the Bengaluru airport. The airport has 2 terminals. I am going to consider the security scan done at both the terminals for the estimation. Does it include security scans for both international and domestic flights? --> Both The airport crew members and pilots also go through the security scan. So, should I include only them as well or only the passengers in my calculation? --> Only the passengers Number of people going through the security scan"See full answer

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

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

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