Google Interview Questions

Anjaly J. - "Wing is a subsidiary of Alphabet that provides technology for drone delivery of freight. Current pain points : Noise level when drones are flying Competitive landscape in terms of traffic management system Broadcast network IDs to identify the recipient - privacy concern Considering that privacy concern is a large issue by itself and traffic management system is something I assume Wing would have plans for the future, Idea would be work on the noise level as a recently joined PM. "See full answer

Musonda C. - "Imagine you have a friend from France that speaks French, and you only speak English. You and your friend want to play a talking game. So, for your friend to understand you and for you to understand what your friend is saying you would need an API between the two of you. The api has its own language called api language. You and your friend will both get a small book that tells you how to speak api language. The api in between you and your friend would allow both of you to speak API language to"See full answer

Praniti S. - "Google VR mission - my understanding is to provide user an immersive experience where your room is the exploration ground/canvas and consumer has limitless possibilities What i know about VR : VR umbrella: Daydream and Cardboard VR devices: Headset/Cardboard/Desktop/Mobile VR product: Google Maps VR/ Carboard VR/Youtube VR/ TiltBrush/ Blocks VR feature: High quality video/ low latency video? Which product are we adding a new feature to? Tilt Brush which device are we implementing the new feat"See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "To scale web applications, one must concentrate on having Shared hosting / Dedicated server CDN (for images servers) Caching techniques Database Sharding Adding/removing webservers on the fly In order to improve the speed of the web applications, certain techniques to look at : Web hosts - Shared hosting / dedicated server CDN Caching techniques Compression techniques Reduced use of plugins, check Java script / CSS files Pre-fetch : If we are aware that th"See full answer

GSWarriors - "Clarification questions: Is it correct to assume that I am an insurance company provide insurance coverage for Waymo? yes Is it safe to assume that we are talking about self-driving cars (no drivers)? yes Several factors are taken into consideration when insurance companies provide insurance quotes (please not that all of these will apply to self-driving cars): M/F Age Years of driving experience Driving record Expected miles driven / year Cost of vehicle If car will be used for c"See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "The experience at a DMV can be improved by modernizing the systems, processes, and design of the service. Some possible ways to do this are: Using digital technologies to enable online transactions, self-service kiosks, mobile apps, and chatbots. These can reduce the need for in-person visits, shorten wait times, and increase convenience and accessibility for customers. [For example, some states have implemented online driver’s license renewal, vehicle registration, and appointment schedul"See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "Clarifying questions like what is the end goal that we are trying to achieve ? Is it revenue Improving user experience Improving current state - load times / find times / web page rendering / images ? External API consideration Introduction of a new feature in Google Maps Branding related ? Introducing a lite version of Google maps , say for emerging markets ? Based on the above, calculate : What are the positives of the algos ? "See full answer

Srisha K. - "I answered taking Restaurant as a sub product area and built the strategy around that."See full answer

DM - "Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager. I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"See full answer

Praful B. - "It could make Gmail less accessible to people who cannot afford to pay for it. It could lead to users switching to other email providers. It could damage Google's reputation as a company that provides free services."See full answer

Anonymous Tapir - "After clarifying the question, answered in following way: Defined what is Google Map. Discussed its history and dominant #1 current market position Aligned with the Google's mission Listed few users segments and few features for roadmap and discussed technology advancements & need to continue to innovate and differentiate aggressively"See full answer

Dhirendra S. - "I will start by asking some of the clarifying questions here - Does the interviewer want me to focus on any specific region or it's a global product - What's the timeline we are looking over here - Any specific problem statement that I should be focusing on - Any specific objective that they want me to drive Some of these questions will help to get my head straight and align myself with the interviewer. (2 mins to jot down my thoughts ) Answer - Problem statement : Will focus on the cha"See full answer

Anjaly J. - "Who is the competition ? Apple , Samsung, Huawei, Oneplus By working on the below -ves: What are the -ves when compared to the competitors ? Price : Why would people buy similar features for a higher price when available on a low cost phone ? Design / Looks : Millennials / Alpha generation go by the looks of the phone. Funky colors : Pixel have funky colored phones (+ve and -ve) Performance : One plus performance being better than Pixel UI : Stock Android vs Custom UI What"See full answer

Shahnawaz K. - "I am going to assume, the person is 50 years old and uses a basic feature phone. Here is how it goes Local Context: When you come back from morning walk, you are your friends stop at a chai point to rest and have tea, what do you talk about ? (Assume he says everything and anything). Imagine there are no friends but you still want to talk and you want your friends and everyone to listen to your thoughts / rant. Imagine you don’t want to talk but you want only listen to what your frien"See full answer

Tony A. - "Get alignment with interviewer on how Gen AI works, then talk about the automotive space with value chain analysis on high level: 1. Design the automobile 2. Source components 3 assemble 4. Market 5. sell to customer 6 vehicle operation and maintenance. Competition: Hyper competitive industry with ~10 big manufacturers in the world. Trends: EV, Self-driving Potential Goals for the Automotive company Gen AI use case: Gain market share by offering Gen AI driven value to its customers Bi"See full answer

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

Srikanth A. - "Clarify - What is the product ? Autonomous driving capability Technology as a vehicle to drive man driver capability What is the current stage of project ? Technology is ready I will start by understanding the Goal, Intention behind this initiative as I am considering myself new PM joined this team and I have to come up with go to market strategy. Goal - More users to adopt and build trust with self driving car capability. Target user persona End user Businesses -Rideshare service -Food"See full answer