Recent Google Interview Questions

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  • Engineering Manager
    Program Sense
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  • "If you effectively listen and understand their point of view, then take action to address the issue quickly. Don't let too much time slip between the conflict and the resolution. If resolving the concern will take more time, communicate the current status and next steps with the stakeholder."

    Abdurhman M. - "If you effectively listen and understand their point of view, then take action to address the issue quickly. Don't let too much time slip between the conflict and the resolution. If resolving the concern will take more time, communicate the current status and next steps with the stakeholder."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Know your audience Understand who the end user is and their role within the organization. Adapt technical lingo to lingo that can be understood by the end user. Diagrams of functions with less dense text is helpful for non-technical users. If it presents like a Manual, that's a turnoff. If it presents like a Guide, non-technical people can follow it. Simplify the problem By simplifying the problem you can explain it to your client in her/his own words. Try to use examples from the client'"

    Sadhana U. - "Know your audience Understand who the end user is and their role within the organization. Adapt technical lingo to lingo that can be understood by the end user. Diagrams of functions with less dense text is helpful for non-technical users. If it presents like a Manual, that's a turnoff. If it presents like a Guide, non-technical people can follow it. Simplify the problem By simplifying the problem you can explain it to your client in her/his own words. Try to use examples from the client'"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Analytical
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  • "Set clear goals- What do you want to achieve by learning this new technology? Are you trying to build a specific project, or are you just interested in learning more about it? Having clear goals will help you stay motivated and focused. Find a good learning resource There are many different ways to learn a new technology. You can take online courses, read books, or watch tutorials. Find a resource that fits your learning style and budget. Start with the basics- Don't try to"

    Praful B. - "Set clear goals- What do you want to achieve by learning this new technology? Are you trying to build a specific project, or are you just interested in learning more about it? Having clear goals will help you stay motivated and focused. Find a good learning resource There are many different ways to learn a new technology. You can take online courses, read books, or watch tutorials. Find a resource that fits your learning style and budget. Start with the basics- Don't try to"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
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    "Referring to https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/23/15-strategies-for-balancing-competing-stakeholder-priorities/?sh=7c82aa68262f Understand the conflicting priorities and align it with the goal/ objectives and the company mission. Start with the Least Common Denominator between the conflicting priorities to come to a commonality and start from there to objectively approach the next imp priority Always keep communication on and be transparent with 'equality' an"

    Pramod V. - "Referring to https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/23/15-strategies-for-balancing-competing-stakeholder-priorities/?sh=7c82aa68262f Understand the conflicting priorities and align it with the goal/ objectives and the company mission. Start with the Least Common Denominator between the conflicting priorities to come to a commonality and start from there to objectively approach the next imp priority Always keep communication on and be transparent with 'equality' an"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Clarifying question: By high-tech, we mean internet enabled refrigerator which uses technology and assists us in our decision making or takes decisions for us Users: Working women Homemakers Bachelors and Spinsters living alone Other family members (Elderly, Kids etc) Prioritized users: Working women, Bachelors and Spinsters living alone Problems: Food left in the refrigerator gets rotten as it goes out of notice I am at the supermarket and I dont know the inven"

    Sahil A. - "Clarifying question: By high-tech, we mean internet enabled refrigerator which uses technology and assists us in our decision making or takes decisions for us Users: Working women Homemakers Bachelors and Spinsters living alone Other family members (Elderly, Kids etc) Prioritized users: Working women, Bachelors and Spinsters living alone Problems: Food left in the refrigerator gets rotten as it goes out of notice I am at the supermarket and I dont know the inven"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    "no"

    Hamilton D. - "no"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
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  • "Since the coffee needs to be brewed in space, we cannot rely on gravity to pull the water down through the coffee grounds. Fortunately, there are other brewing techniques that can be used that do not rely on gravity. A lot of novelty coffee is brewed by forcing water through densely packed coffee grounds with pressure. This removes the requirement of gravity. If we have a plunger system with coffee grounds between a screen on the bottom, and water on top, we can use a plunger to push the water t"

    Yamaan B. - "Since the coffee needs to be brewed in space, we cannot rely on gravity to pull the water down through the coffee grounds. Fortunately, there are other brewing techniques that can be used that do not rely on gravity. A lot of novelty coffee is brewed by forcing water through densely packed coffee grounds with pressure. This removes the requirement of gravity. If we have a plunger system with coffee grounds between a screen on the bottom, and water on top, we can use a plunger to push the water t"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    +2

    "I broke the vehicles down by regions in the world. Designed a wireless api interface to sync with a database backend that linked to google maps through another service and api."

    James H. - "I broke the vehicles down by regions in the world. Designed a wireless api interface to sync with a database backend that linked to google maps through another service and api."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    System Design
    +1 more
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Is Google partnering with Uber? Driverless cars - Waymo? Why not Waymo One app? Which regions? Only for children? How about parents with younger children? Is this a replacement of a school bus? Only school or everywhere else? Any other place we need Parents with them? Vision: Organize world’s information so everyone and anyone globally should be able to use that information to get insights, make decisions and even create solutions. Goals: Make transportation easier and risk-"

    Anonymous Reindeer - "Is Google partnering with Uber? Driverless cars - Waymo? Why not Waymo One app? Which regions? Only for children? How about parents with younger children? Is this a replacement of a school bus? Only school or everywhere else? Any other place we need Parents with them? Vision: Organize world’s information so everyone and anyone globally should be able to use that information to get insights, make decisions and even create solutions. Goals: Make transportation easier and risk-"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    "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"

    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

    Engineering Manager
    System Design
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  • Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Product Manager
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    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    Product Manager
    Analytical
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    "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences. They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."

    Patrick K. - "Full travel packages. Flight + hotel + experiences. They have all the data in the world to scrape to see some of the top places to visit in each city or country. Coupled with the ability to find the cheapest flights to make these trips affordable."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
    +1 more
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