Google Interview Questions

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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Customer happiness Execution velocity Engineering engagement Capacity utilization"

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

    Solutions Architect
    Program Sense
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +2

    "Clarifying Questions: Is it a chain of supermarkets? Or just an individual market? Is the revenue overall or just from one store? What are the reasons for the revenue growth? Pandemic? New buildings around? Other? What does the supermarket sell? Anything specialized? Local goods? Is there an app/website available to order stuff? 10,000 - 50,000 Vision: Be the most customer centric store Goals: Able to reach out to as many users as they can. Increase the user base while keeping th"

    Anonymous Reindeer - "Clarifying Questions: Is it a chain of supermarkets? Or just an individual market? Is the revenue overall or just from one store? What are the reasons for the revenue growth? Pandemic? New buildings around? Other? What does the supermarket sell? Anything specialized? Local goods? Is there an app/website available to order stuff? 10,000 - 50,000 Vision: Be the most customer centric store Goals: Able to reach out to as many users as they can. Increase the user base while keeping th"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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  • "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Improve facebook’s feed. Clarifying questions: Do we want to look at desktop or mobile specifically? – Mobile Is there a specific goal we have in mind that we are trying to meet or just general improvements? — General improvements, innovation Clarify Product: The Facebook newsfeed is the content feed that users see when landing on the app. The feed shows content posted by people users follow Within the feed the user is offered updates on people they follow - friends, family, celebrities"

    Kiley S. - "Improve facebook’s feed. Clarifying questions: Do we want to look at desktop or mobile specifically? – Mobile Is there a specific goal we have in mind that we are trying to meet or just general improvements? — General improvements, innovation Clarify Product: The Facebook newsfeed is the content feed that users see when landing on the app. The feed shows content posted by people users follow Within the feed the user is offered updates on people they follow - friends, family, celebrities"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    +1

    "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"

    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

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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"

    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

    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Lets see, what kind of cost does google have to incur to run google photos. To think about this clearly, I want to think as if I was going to setup Google Photos now and it doesn't exist till today. Cost for Building software and maintaining it Cost for acquiring users Cost for keeping the data of users safe and accessible Miscellaneous Now lets come back to today where Google photos clearly exist and I will think about the costing in each of these sections. Google photos s"

    Anubhav A. - "Lets see, what kind of cost does google have to incur to run google photos. To think about this clearly, I want to think as if I was going to setup Google Photos now and it doesn't exist till today. Cost for Building software and maintaining it Cost for acquiring users Cost for keeping the data of users safe and accessible Miscellaneous Now lets come back to today where Google photos clearly exist and I will think about the costing in each of these sections. Google photos s"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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"

    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

    Product Designer
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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"

    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

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Technical Program Manager
    Program Sense
    +1 more
  • Machine Learning Engineer
    Concept
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"

    Saket S. - "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed. I will use the following approach Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey. Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"See full answer

    Program Sense
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"

    Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Execution
    +2 more
  • "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"

    Piya B. - "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "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"

    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

    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"

    Abdurhman M. - "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "

    Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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