Google Interview Questions

Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Questions Do we need to calculate what we are seeing and processing or we want to process our unconscious thoughts in the memory as well? [You can have ] And we need to calculate the amount of storage for a person in single day? [Yes] For more product management interview experience https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High Level Formula = (24 hours - 6 hours of sleep(assuming no processing))([(4 hours of Concentration)(3.5 GB/hr analogous to movie playing at 108"See full answer

Mark B. - "Questions and Clarifications: Monitoring can mean a few things- Location, vital signs, fluids did you have something in mind or should I pick? -> You should pick Should I assume I am acting as google or a startup -> You pick -> well google has a mission to organize the world's data, and well being data may play well with either the google health or google home systems. I will act as google I am going to initially focus on the US market, as other markets may have different cultural expectatio"See full answer

Tanshi T. - "How many people are using the shuttle service? what are the stops for the service? What time does the shuttle service run? How many people are driving versus the shuttle service? "See full answer

Lakshman B. - "As we can pass info to only one child at a time, I told that from any given node, we have to pass the info to that child(of this node) which has the largest subtree rooted at it. To calculate the subtree sizes, I used DFS. And then to calculate the minimum time to pass info to all the nodes, I used BFS picking the largest subtree child first at every node. I couldn't write the complete code in the given time and also made a mistake in telling the overall time complexity of my approach. I think t"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Key value proposition of the product: an app that the blind can use to hail taxi service. User type: fully blind people, based in the USA. Form Factor: Mobile app for iOS and Android Target market Mobility is a basic human need. Currently, blind people are either dependent on others OR have to compromise on being mobile. -> Importance of problem is high People need to visit multiple places in a day: work, leisure activities, social life etc. --> the frequency of"See full answer

Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification about the Google Web Answers, its goal, and vision for the next 4-5 years. Talk about the different user personas and the actions which they should take to achieve that vision. Finally replicating these actions and corresponding actions into metrics. Evaluate the different action if we there are any negative recursion about these metrics"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: who owns previous seasons? are we competing against them? Cost based: Cost >= Revenue generated Revenue = subscribers + advertisements subscribers = new subscribers (joining for the season) x avg spend on plan advertisements = total viewors (new + existing) x total season duration x ads/unit time x rev/ ad display Costs = pricing of the show + operational costs (data center cost + streaming cost) "See full answer

Anonymous Panda - "Goal: To design a product that helps people keep track of their belongings and prevent loss. Identifying users: Individuals who frequently lose their belongings Parents who want to keep track of their children's belongings Tourists who want to secure their belongings while travelling Selecting the right user:Given Google's expertise in technology, we will focus on designing a product for individuals who frequently lose their belongings. Defining features and prioritizing: Item tracki"See full answer

Nature - "I would be oil. As oil would float and can be moulded according to the sourrounding."See full answer

Akshay R. - "Let's start by describing a time machine, which is a device that allows somebody to move backwards or forwards in time. The movement could be physical movement, wherein the user gets physically transported to a different timeline, or it could be getting a glimpse into a different timeline, like wearing a VR headset and getting to experience a different timeline without physically being there. For the purpose of this exercise, I will assume, this time machine allows a person to physically trans"See full answer

Sanjay P. - "Its my first post to answer such questions. Please do let me know your feedback for my improvement please. How many planes flying over city are at the moment Let meshare my understanding on the question, we want to estimate number of aeroplanes flying over city at any moment. Assumption: City:Hyderabad India On average A flight takes 5 min to cross city. We are going to average out as certainly number of planes on Sky in Night is far less than number of planes in Day, so ignor"See full answer

Debajyoti B. - "Assuming we have to consider sms sent by people & not company messages, promotions etc Total population of USA- 300 mil Poverty rate- 10% Remaining 270 mil Avg members per household- 4 Total households- approx 70 mil Kids(25) prefer whatsapp over traditional messaging nowadays unless absolutely necessary, so fo"See full answer

Mostafa P. - "You make a great product manager with communication skills and perspective of the product."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