Google Interview Questions

Devendra B. - "Narrow scope of mission: As a Product Manager for Google Search, my primary mission would be to enhance the search experience for users, ensuring they find the most relevant information quickly and efficiently. This involves continually improving the quality of search results, enhancing the user interface, and exploring innovative features to meet evolving user needs. Customer segments: Google Search caters to a diverse range of users, including students, professionals, researchers, and"See full answer

Will P. - "There are several categories of ads that users may encounter on YouTube content pages, depending on the user's device and browser. To narrow the scope of my answer, I am going to assume this is a non-skippable, midroll video ad that is 15 seconds long, and shown to a non-premium desktop user in the US. The next step is to clarify the motivations behind the proposed feature. Are non-relevant ads harmful to the overall user satisfaction? Do users engage more with relevant ads? Are advertisers mak"See full answer

Vivan B. - "Feedback would much appreciated as I have not practiced many product strategy questions Clarifying questions Can we assume this is the first time Google has entered the elevator market? Or are there prior elevators to this one? Let's assume first time Is this a large elevator for industrial use like heavy goods/freight etc. or is it an elevator for apartment blocks and commercial premises? Let's assume passenger elevator Is there a geography for this launch? Let's assume the US"See full answer

Neeraj K. - "Clarify 10X -> usage or revenue Approach What is Msft Copilot & key capabilities Understand the space in which Copilot operates : Target segments & use-cases serve Competitors (alternatives) Leverage microsoft has : Understand the stack (infra -> application layer) -> leverage Understand Microsoft ecosystem & leverage we have Define : 10X growth strategy (for whom -> & what? -> distribution (acquire & retain)) MSft Copilot & key capabilities Cons"See full answer

Daniel P. - "Okay, so I understand the question: "how does Google Maps compute estimated time of arrival"... There are a couple scenarios when ETA is calculated: planning a future journey, planning current journey. Can we assume scope to the current journey? The learnings will likely be transferable. User inputs to ETA include origin, destination, and route chosen. Let's assume first that the user has chosen an origin, destination, and a route chosen. We can come back to these assumptions later. The way I'"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions: Can I assume the timeframe to be today, ie Dec 2024? : Yes What country are we targeting? Lets say it is India. When we say "Use google search to find a new job" do we mean to say that they use Google search in their job search process or also convert and actually find a job? : The former. I am assuming we are only considering when someone directly searches jobs on Google and not searches for some job search portal on google: Yes. How long should the search"See full answer

Aayush S. - "With $1 billion to invest in generative AI, my focus would be on addressing unmet needs in everyday life. Here's my vision: Identify User Pain Points: I would start by understanding the specific challenges a segment of users face daily. Many people are integrating AI into their routines to simplify tasks, yet there are gaps that need to be filled. Learn from ChatGPT’s Success: ChatGPT's rapid growth to 200 million users demonstrates the demand for AI solutions that genuinely solve"See full answer

Manohar A. - "Some follow-up questions to correctly understand what "improve" means here? Is it to have: more riders, better user experience, monetization, more/new market penetration. Let's assume interviewer requested to choose whatever I prefer. I choose better user experience which might trigger other areas of improvement as well. Some more probing questions: To I need to consider USA only or any other country/region or global? Can I consider only popular on demand taxi service for this question? One wa"See full answer

Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question: just want to make sure that I'm designing the right product, are you referring to ATM as in a machine that takes in a debit or credit card and dispenses cash? Also, is there any location restriction for where the machine is located at London Heathrow Airport, eg. departure hall after security or arrival hall before exiting baggage claim? These could potentially impact the use case. (Assume interviewer answers yes for first and no for second) Approach: Identify or segment"See full answer

Ahmed A. - "He was really all over the place ? couldnt detect a structure to his answer felt like he was talking out of experience ."See full answer

Tara J. - "I would like to speak loud to narrow the scope of this question so I can be effective in identifying a solution to the problem on hand. Hope that is OK. You mentioned, “Re-design the airport experience”. Is there a goal for this re-design exercise? Some top goals that come to my mind are the following. Please guide me so I can set it and we can proceed from there. “Increase the number of passengers who travel to and from this airport” “Improve customer satisfaction” **“Get in"See full answer

Kshitij A. - "The question is bit vague (I guess deliberately) so I believe firstly we shall ask questions and resolve ambiguity. Some initial questions could be : 1) Is this one time activity or something that should be done on continuous basis. If continuous basis then at what frequency. 2) How much staleness is acceptable in SYSTEM Y data 3) Are there any limitation in SYSTEM Y and is it fair to assume that we would need some kind of transformation to bring data into SYSTEM Y schema. 4) What kind of vol"See full answer

Amy M. - "Clarifying questions: Do we want to focus on front end or backend? Front end Do we want to focus on any particular platform? For ex: Site, mobile, apps Interviewer: Desktop Is there anything tools on gmail that you'd like me to focus on? For ex: Meet, Hangouts, Notes Interviewer: Just the main product Are there any specific product buckets that you'd like me to go through? For ex: Sign up flows, login flows, security, product experience, sign out flow, recommend"See full answer

Jacob C. - "Clarifying Qns: Did the watch time went down and comments went up for the same videos or are we saying total watch time and total comments on Youtube? (Total) I am assuming we are not including Youtube Live videos because those are typically live chat 1000’s of comments for a single video. (Correct) Do we know if these two could be independent problems not correlated with each other (No) Here is my approach to diagnose the root cause: Will look at some general trends first Intern"See full answer

Upasana S. - "Clarifying question: normally when we say design for , we mean the same product with features for the user segment. Here, is it okay to assume the meaning to be design a product from Netflix for dogs? Assumption: yes. Reason for assumption: an OTT app in its current form with movies and web series is not very suitable to dogs. We will start by analysing who the stakeholders are in the users. Dogs Pet owners Shelter workers. We will now explore some of t"See full answer

Bk - "Clarification: By Improvement we could delve into either improving Monetization, User Engagement, Experience or Retention. Project Goal: In particular letz focus on improving User Engagement/Experience which may also pave way into monetizing - cuz the way I see it is to put out multiple configurations /packages in the market, and allow users to choose and pay for the services. Its as simple as hiring a full time assistant vs part time. U pay for the service rendered. **Product Vision"See full answer

Sofiya H. - "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"See full answer

Hl M. - "Would love to have transcripts posted below videos with timestamps to help us browse the video when video lengths are typically longer"See full answer