Google Interview Questions

Deepti D. - "Clarifying questions: Who is launching this service (some options that come to mind are): Google ? If yes, why? Will it be a new product within the Google ecosystem or feature within existing and relevant Google Products (google maps, search) Startup? What is the current status of the startup/service designing it for hotels Uber/Taxi service providers - Trying to diversify their revenue stream/ add new level of engagement? Hospitality companies/hotels? B"See full answer

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

Xash C. - "This one is a great example of Build, Borrow, or Buy strategy framework (http://www.build-borrow-buy.com/build-borrow-or-buy-in-practice/) - explore and evaluate three different approaches: organic growth and building a product from scratch (e.g. Amazon building its own Amazon Restaurants service), partnering with an existing provider (e.g. enterprise-level partnership with Instacart or Lyft), or acquisition growth (e.g. Uber acquiring Postmates). Evaluate which approach makes sense for the com"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kanika - "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"See full answer

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

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