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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Since there is ample amount of data, there are various options to use them : Track travellers : Using traffic data coupled with user's GPS, in consent with the user, find the user's exact spot, this can be valuable in case of emergencies or tracking a school bus. Better ticketing : I understand that the notion is to NOT build anything with navigation, however if we have all data on the traffic, data analytics can predict if particular routes are used most, say if three connection routes a"

    Googlepm 1. - "Since there is ample amount of data, there are various options to use them : Track travellers : Using traffic data coupled with user's GPS, in consent with the user, find the user's exact spot, this can be valuable in case of emergencies or tracking a school bus. Better ticketing : I understand that the notion is to NOT build anything with navigation, however if we have all data on the traffic, data analytics can predict if particular routes are used most, say if three connection routes a"See full answer

    Product Design
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    "Museums are multi-revenue organizations. They dont have much or any profits in the process but thats becuase they dont want to either. All the money pretty much goes to operational costs required to be a well maintained place of exhibit. Lets consider the sources they currently "make" the money from- governments(national and/or state) private donors and trustees heritage organizations with their lottery fundings self channels like admission/entry fees, tickets for exhibitions, gift s"

    Debajyoti B. - "Museums are multi-revenue organizations. They dont have much or any profits in the process but thats becuase they dont want to either. All the money pretty much goes to operational costs required to be a well maintained place of exhibit. Lets consider the sources they currently "make" the money from- governments(national and/or state) private donors and trustees heritage organizations with their lottery fundings self channels like admission/entry fees, tickets for exhibitions, gift s"See full answer

    Product Design
    System Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Note: Modifying the question to reflect the storage cost as well. Question: Estimate the cost of storing google photos on the photos app? Clarifying questions: Google photos - an app that syncs automatically to your camera app and uploads photos to Google cloud and reduces the need to store it on your device Cost of 1GB storage $0.002 Time storage cost per year Equation: Cost of storage per year = average cost of storing photos per day x 30 days x 12 months The ave"

    P K. - "Note: Modifying the question to reflect the storage cost as well. Question: Estimate the cost of storing google photos on the photos app? Clarifying questions: Google photos - an app that syncs automatically to your camera app and uploads photos to Google cloud and reduces the need to store it on your device Cost of 1GB storage $0.002 Time storage cost per year Equation: Cost of storage per year = average cost of storing photos per day x 30 days x 12 months The ave"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
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    Product Design
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    "Firstly, I would like to be in a room with all the stakeholders (tech/business) and the decision makers. Now starts the analysis of the situation. Certain questions that I will be looking for an answer are- Is this a new issue? or an old one? What is the severity and priority of the feature in the release? In terms of business values. How long would it take the engineering team to fix the issue? Can we manage for a workaround meanwhile the issue gets fixed? What are the risks inv"

    Shreya S. - "Firstly, I would like to be in a room with all the stakeholders (tech/business) and the decision makers. Now starts the analysis of the situation. Certain questions that I will be looking for an answer are- Is this a new issue? or an old one? What is the severity and priority of the feature in the release? In terms of business values. How long would it take the engineering team to fix the issue? Can we manage for a workaround meanwhile the issue gets fixed? What are the risks inv"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Analytical
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    "25 min"

    Yasin E. - "25 min"See full answer

    Behavioral
    Concept
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    Product Design
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    "Elderly Users Preventive Health checkups Alerting families and relatives in Emergency situations Easily calling relatives / friends - AR experience Reliving the past experiences Guiding them in case of crossing the road Making shopping easier for them by understanding their mood and ordering for them helping in deciding the song playlist based on emotions Kids Exercising and noticing the effort spent Fun based learning Help in social interactions Help parents understand"

    P D. - "Elderly Users Preventive Health checkups Alerting families and relatives in Emergency situations Easily calling relatives / friends - AR experience Reliving the past experiences Guiding them in case of crossing the road Making shopping easier for them by understanding their mood and ordering for them helping in deciding the song playlist based on emotions Kids Exercising and noticing the effort spent Fun based learning Help in social interactions Help parents understand"See full answer

    Product Design
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    "Google GOAL is to organize work info and private information to users. Providing info on operating  hours can upset customers making him not to visit google to check hours but rather use other APPs as yelp. Will hurt Google advertising revenue. Also restaurant business if  the user find info is not credible Stakeholders Goggle End  users Owners Current Sources Restaurants website Customers feedback Owners adding it on google business Chances of disambiguation holida"

    Anonymous Koala - "Google GOAL is to organize work info and private information to users. Providing info on operating  hours can upset customers making him not to visit google to check hours but rather use other APPs as yelp. Will hurt Google advertising revenue. Also restaurant business if  the user find info is not credible Stakeholders Goggle End  users Owners Current Sources Restaurants website Customers feedback Owners adding it on google business Chances of disambiguation holida"See full answer

    Product Strategy
  • "Clarification - How is this feature accessed by users? Is it part of the camera app or after taking the photo or both? Assume both. Is bulk upload possible? Yes Goal - Drive engagement with this feature so Pixel owners upload more pictures to google photos Actions that support this goal of engagement with this feature: Click upload right after taking a photo from camera. Take a stored picture from saved photos and click upload for it Select multiple photos from saved photos and click u"

    Sarabjeet S. - "Clarification - How is this feature accessed by users? Is it part of the camera app or after taking the photo or both? Assume both. Is bulk upload possible? Yes Goal - Drive engagement with this feature so Pixel owners upload more pictures to google photos Actions that support this goal of engagement with this feature: Click upload right after taking a photo from camera. Take a stored picture from saved photos and click upload for it Select multiple photos from saved photos and click u"See full answer

    Analytical
    Execution
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Clarifying Qn: New APP/platform or existing platform? - feedback: already have an platform Since qn improvement - is there any existing pain point? - feedback: spending more time in queue in DMV - This answers our WHY DMV: This location can serve many tasks such as- Transfer of title Applying new driv lic Renewing driving lic So we are going to focus on generic improvement - time spent in the queue by the users in the DMV location. User personas: - This answers our WHO "

    Suhasan C. - "Clarifying Qn: New APP/platform or existing platform? - feedback: already have an platform Since qn improvement - is there any existing pain point? - feedback: spending more time in queue in DMV - This answers our WHY DMV: This location can serve many tasks such as- Transfer of title Applying new driv lic Renewing driving lic So we are going to focus on generic improvement - time spent in the queue by the users in the DMV location. User personas: - This answers our WHO "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."

    Amparo L. - "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "Law is my passion. Traveling all over the world in 5 years"

    Moshe S. - "Law is my passion. Traveling all over the world in 5 years"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user. To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolution"

    Ross B. - "I most want to communicate a few principals of conflict resolution that I believe were integral in this situation, which are mutual respect, a results orientation, an unwavering focus on the user. To that end, here’s how I’d like to structure this answer: First, I’ll tell you about the project we were working on, to provide some background for you. Second, I’ll describe the disagreement. Third, I’ll describe how we arrived at a solution, and finally, I’ll discuss how those 3 conflict resolution"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Questions for interviewer: How many team members are there? How much is the bandwidth required for each user? As of now radio-frequency (RF) signals are used to communicate with Moon. However in order to create a high speed network, we should be using laser communications. NASA has done research on it and results have proved that it is 10-100 times better than RF signals (around 100 Gbits/second). Geosynchronous satellites must be used to send communications and data back and forth betwe"

    Anirudh G. - "Questions for interviewer: How many team members are there? How much is the bandwidth required for each user? As of now radio-frequency (RF) signals are used to communicate with Moon. However in order to create a high speed network, we should be using laser communications. NASA has done research on it and results have proved that it is 10-100 times better than RF signals (around 100 Gbits/second). Geosynchronous satellites must be used to send communications and data back and forth betwe"See full answer

    Technical
  • "Video is collection of images and we can call them as moving pictures. Let us break down the important components of the video in comparison to photos and explain how they impact : Frame rate per second : It is at which a total number of frames are captured in a video while it was shot and played then later Resolution : What resolution video was shot and played on devices ( Both can be different) Let us talk a bit deep dive about Frame rate per second. Often , a video co"

    Kk - "Video is collection of images and we can call them as moving pictures. Let us break down the important components of the video in comparison to photos and explain how they impact : Frame rate per second : It is at which a total number of frames are captured in a video while it was shot and played then later Resolution : What resolution video was shot and played on devices ( Both can be different) Let us talk a bit deep dive about Frame rate per second. Often , a video co"See full answer

    Technical
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    "I own a Google Home and use it everyday. To clarify the question, are we talking about a hardware feature or pure software feature? I assume it can be either. My approach: What is the vision or mission of Google Home? What does good look like? Which KPIs do we want to optimize? Who are the top target segments? What are their pain points or needs that are not met today by Google Home? Let's brainstorm potential game features that can address those needs. Evaluate if we ha"

    Vince T. - "I own a Google Home and use it everyday. To clarify the question, are we talking about a hardware feature or pure software feature? I assume it can be either. My approach: What is the vision or mission of Google Home? What does good look like? Which KPIs do we want to optimize? Who are the top target segments? What are their pain points or needs that are not met today by Google Home? Let's brainstorm potential game features that can address those needs. Evaluate if we ha"See full answer

    Product Strategy
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    Product Design
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    "To determine what predictions to show, our systems look for common queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box but also consider:"

    Abdurhman M. - "To determine what predictions to show, our systems look for common queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box but also consider:"See full answer

    System Design
    Technical
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