Top Google Interview Questions

Vincent T. - "Google Maps has achieved remarkable success due to several key factors that have set it apart in the realm of digital mapping and navigation services. There are a few crucial reasons behind its success: Comprehensive and Accurate Data: Google Maps has a vast database of geographic information, including detailed maps, street views, and satellite imagery from all around the world. It provides accurate and up-to-date data on roads, landmarks, businesses, and other points of interest, allowing u"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Everything mentioned in the question (all devices and how to access them) Reasons why a subscriber might not be using? Forgot that he has a subscription Doesn't like the service and forgot to cancel the subscription Doesn't like service and planning to cancel in next cycle For all 3 cases we need to remind him/her about the service and encourage to use it Awareness - about the service via google nest notifications, smart refreigerator display, chromecats to cast youtube"See full answer

Nidhi S. - "I am a book reader, so I use "goodreads" by amazon to track my reading. There are couple of things which can be done to increase user engagement on app. User engagement on goodread is creating profile tagging books - want to read, reading, completed marking up progress on daily reading. Engaging with friends and their feedback about books. Solutioning at each steps Creating profile - App respond time is 2-3 min, which is very slow as compared to any general app,its circling"See full answer

Shivam S. - "1. Understand the Product Google Search is the leading web search engine that processes vast quantities of queries daily, essential for finding information across various contexts and devices. 2. Clarify the Issue The issue is a 35% decrease in search query volume. We've identified that this drop occurred suddenly within the last month. 3. Pattern of the Drop/Time Data to Analyze: Daily or weekly search volume data. Objective: Determine if the drop was gradual"See full answer

Glados - "Strategy of 15 minute delivery apps. I will discuss what delivery apps are, what is their current business model, examples of some delivery apps, any market metrics/share, opportunity, how 15-minute delivery apps fit in, challenges/opps, what's next, takeaways. Clarifying questions Are we focused on North America? Any other geo? Delivery apps -> Assumed to be food/grocery/alcohol delivery not packages (Amazon)? Assumed delivery apps for end-consumers not large businesses? Delivery apps o"See full answer

Amparo L. - "My favorite app on my phone is Youtube because that way I could watch iCarly videos for free."See full answer

Anjan - "Clarifying Questions: Platforms - Is it a web-based, mobile-based, or both? = Picking both For payment are we partnering with other providers like paypal, stripe? = assuming yes Partnering with shipping companies for shipment ? Is it online delivery? or just pick up within local markets? Expected number of daily users? Users: Sellers: People who sell fruits or vegetables or both Buyers: People who buy fruits and vegetables Note: For product design, I would just focu"See full answer

AspiringNoogler - "Clarifications Shared laundry means there are a number of washers and dryers in a room, and anyone can pay to use those for one cycle Assuming minimal hardware changes to washers and dryers Goal: Improve customer satisfaction with the shared laundry experience Metric: Customer satisfaction score (TBD) Users: Customers Low volume (e.g. singles, young professionals etc.) (L, XL) Medium volume (e.g. families with children or elderly etc.) (XL, S) Large volume (e.g. re"See full answer

Agni W. - "Interesting questions. Thank you for asking it. S: Suppose I want to add notifications service to an app that provides user directed content, that is is dependent on user's past preferences T: if you ask me for a prototype, then I would use API gateway/ LB, Lambda, storage in SQL and No SQL both, have caches. later we could use CDN, have EC2 instances to run the app. We could deploy Kafka pipeline also. Create notification service on the existing app. - that will be a micro service A: Since"See full answer

Surbhi G. - "First, I would ask the engineer what the specific reason for the desired change is. It's important to understand what they believe is wrong with the current algorithm and what they hope the new one will accomplish. Next, we would delve deeper into the proposed new algorithm. If the reasoning seems sound, I would suggest running a series of tests on non-live data to evaluate its performance – including edge cases. I would also want to speak to other stakeholders or teams who might be impacted by"See full answer

P D. - "Steps in booking (eg. movie ticket booking) User logs in User enters details User selects seats User adds meal options User enters payment method User completes payment Scenarios Which can happen agents corner the tickets and then sell them at premium Multiple users booking at the same time and get an error message at the end Money gets stuck and will be refunded later Load at the server and server crashes Multiple users get t"See full answer

Anonymous Panda - "In a previous role as a Program Manager, I encountered a situation where we were halfway through a project aimed at streamlining our customer support operations. It became evident that a specific process we were implementing to manage customer inquiries and escalations was inefficient and causing delays. Recognizing the importance of addressing this issue promptly, I took the following steps: Assessment: First, I conducted a thorough assessment of the process to pinpoint the bottlenecks a"See full answer