Google Behavioral Interview Questions

Alexander R. - "In my previous role as a Team Leader at XYZ Corporation, our department was facing high turnover rates, and the skill levels within the team were not meeting the company's evolving demands. We were in the midst of a major project that required a skilled and cohesive team to deliver on tight deadlines. My primary responsibility was to enhance team development and retention. Specifically, I needed to reduce turnover by 20% within six months and improve team competency to handle new project requir"See full answer

Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

Mitchell K. - "How important are referrals? Do you need multiple vs. just one? Does it matter who refers you?"See full answer

Puneet A. - "I recently had an experience with the Chipotle mobile app where I accidentally placed an extra order. Realizing my mistake within seconds, I tried to edit or cancel the order but found no option to do so in the app. Despite searching FAQs and attempting to contact the local store, I couldn't resolve the issue in time. This experience highlighted the importance of user-friendly design and clear communication in apps. If I were managing such a product, I would advocate for features like a grace pe"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

S Y. - "Clarifying question? What is GCP and what does it mean to create a new GCP region in Portugal? GCP is Google Cloud Portugal. Creating a new region means creating data centres (clouds) which can be used as hosts. Is there a business objective to consider Portugal for a new region? None in particular Structure: Explore internal factors Is there a particular business goal that we are trying to accomplish like goal of getting more business from EU companies in coming few years? If yes"See full answer

Saket S. - "Agile processes have been a game changer for Software development projects from last 2 decades. But there are situations where Agile practices don't work very well and demand a workaround. Some of those scenarios are mentioned below: No Project Plan or Status reports: Agile Project team does not produce formal project plans or status reports unlike Traditional SDLC Projects. Sometimes it is hard to represent project status to senior executives who are interested in the overall status and risk"See full answer

Push S. - "STAR story weaved around the project 0 to 1 execution with all the technical tradeoffs, issues, and success metrics involved."See full answer

David P. - "delete"See full answer

Deepak S. - "I would understand the real cause of it. Is it really a time issue or motivation issue or skill issue. If we know the actual root cause, we can better deal with it accordingly. If it is a time issue, I would understand the work done by the team and related impact. Influence them to work on high impact work. If their work is also equally important, I would offer help from my team to heavy lift and they can just guide my team. I would partner with respective team owner to get more resources for f"See full answer

Dev S. - "My Favorite Product is Grammarly unlike Microsoft spell checker, it helps correct the mistakes as I compose my sentences. It follows rules, patterns, machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP) to improve users’ writing skills and improve their confidence in writing skills. I would evaluate this product by the following design principles. Usefulness Understandability Innovative It’s honest I can expand this criterion and explain how I evaluate prod"See full answer

Vaishnavi T. - "During my time as a Product Manager, we were preparing for a major product release with a tight deadline and discovered that implementing both a new feature and crucial performance improvements wasn't feasible within the timeframe. So, I organized a meeting with stakeholders to assess the impact of each option. We analyzed user data, projected ROI, and considered long-term product strategy. Ultimately, I decided to prioritize the performance improvements. As a result, the product launched on tim"See full answer

Ben G. - "Achieving your metric of success (Daily Active Users, Engagement etc.) Improving user sentiment in their experience of using the product Attention given to accessibility, visual design and content hierarchy The product design aligns with goals and branding of company Product clearly communicates value to our users and helps them achieve their goals"See full answer

Scott S. - " Project Overview: Real-Time Risk Management System Objective The goal was to develop a real-time risk management system capable of processing and analyzing large volumes of trading data to provide near-instantaneous risk assessments. This system was crucial for enabling traders to make informed decisions while managing their exposure to various market risks in real-time. Complexity Factors 1. \\Data Volume and Velocity\\ \\High Throughput:\\ The system needed to ha"See full answer

Santhosh K. - "As an engineering manager, motivation is key to the success of the team. Here are some ways to motivate the team: Set clear goals: Clearly defined goals help team members understand what they're working towards and give them a sense of purpose. Offer growth opportunities: Providing opportunities for professional development and advancement can increase motivation and job satisfaction. Provide recognition and rewards: Recognising and rewarding team members for their hard work and achieve"See full answer

Judy W. - "Situation: COVID has impacted everyone's lives, especially small businesses. Earlier this year, during the second lockdown in Malaysia, it was estimated that 50%-70% of small businesses have closed. It got me thinking, beyond the existing training programmes, what can my company do to support small businesses? Task: So, I took the initiative to gather our Comms and Government Affairs team, to work together and explore how we can: 1) meaningfully demonstrate our company's commitment in"See full answer

Vlada J. - "Adding to what Zoe already mentioned: running a user study with existing customers to understand if they see the proposed design as favorable running AB testing with users to compare two different designs and decide which one is more favorable (based on a previously determined metrics)"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Even after a successful launch and long-term performance locally, app developers will need to develop a rigorous expansion strategy to succeed on a global scale. And although users are more connected than ever before, each region will present new challenges and considerations that must be solved by data-driven insights and research into the target market. This guide outlines everything you need to consider when expanding into new territories and localizing your app for new audiences."See full answer