Google Product Manager Interview Questions

Anonymous Muskox - "Okay so the objective is to describe a product which I think is poorly designed despite of what market sentiments are around this and how the product is performing currently. Okay understood, so the way I would like to go about it is first I will state what are the factors which I look in a product to tell it is a good product. Then will see how a particular product doesn’t follow this and that's why I called it a poorly designed product. For me a product is great if it is having these qualities"See full answer

Ekta M. - "Some clarification questions On a very top layer these are the building blocks of the Quick Commerce companies. Let me know if you wanna deep dive in any specific. Users - browses the catalogue and selects the items that they wanna buy. Dark Store - This is where the catalogue is stored i.e. the items to be ordered. Imagine this to be a huge super store but only the delivery executives are allowed to shop in their. There are multiple of these dark stores, when you enter your address you get"See full answer

Anastasiia V. - "First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking: What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making? Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip": What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope? What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment? Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"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

Shasleen I. - "Clarifying Questions Who are we? Traditional elevator company or a new age tech startup Assumption: New age tech based elevator company Any constraints: Budget, etc. Assumption: No What kind of a skyscraper building: Assumption: Commercial. Includes office spaces as well as others Any particular goal with respect to building this elevator? Design best in class elevator providing the best user experience for passengers User needs - Users have the following needs when"See full answer

Charmi S. - "Clarification: Why South Korea and why Google has expanded their yet. I know there are some government security concerns which have bene in place but how is this integration going to expand Is this something like Google Maps itself or is it tailored to particular needs or region Google Mission & Why we want to expand? Google mission is to organize world's information and make it universally available. The Google Map in South Korea aligns with this as it will help people navigate through t"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

Anonymous Muskox - "User Persona Individual heavy Users Casual users Enterprise Users Occasional Users I would like to think more about the Enterprise users, because they are the power users and the maximum revenue of the Google may come up with the enterprise solutions. It is my hypothesis that despite of improvement of the Google drive, common individual users are highly unlikely to use the premium version of the G Suite User Journey of the person using Google Drive Want to work on the new document"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Assumptions: User type: school children living in the USA. Form factor: mobile app on iOS and Android Problem statement School children all across the country visit museums 2-4 times in a year. The museums have info on the contents and layout but that is static. Key value proposition of product is to guide users through the museum Internal company assessment Let's assume the interview is at Google. Google's mission is to organise the world's information so this problem aligns with"See full answer

Valentin B. - "Let me first ask some clarification questions / make assumptions: Any specific geographic region? => USA How do we measure bandwith? a. Bandwith is the maximum internet speed required for our google maps servers to support all google maps traffic in the USA. At which point do we measure bandwith? => at the “entrance” of each google server center Do we talk about maximum bandwith required? a. Yes, the maximum BB required to support google maps in the USA (on side of Google) Outline: O"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "As a product manager, my first step in designing a free product would be to define the product's target audience and the problem it aims to solve. Once these factors are established, I can then determine the best way to monetize the product. One way to monetize a free product is through advertising. This involves displaying ads to users as they use the product, and earning revenue based on the number of clicks or impressions the ads receive. This model is commonly used by social media platforms,"See full answer

Vijay S. - "Clarification questions - Assumption: Blind person - Generally aware about what an ATM machine is and how it works. Markets - US market and think about global expansion later Regulatory, Financial companies approval - We have agreement from the regulators and financial companies about the merits and we don’t see any kind of concerns from these companies Goal - Part of the company's social initiatives - Positive word of mouth - increase customer base Users - **Blind users with no other disabi"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

Devendra B. - "As a direct competitor to my favorite product, our mission is to enhance productivity for creative professionals. Targeting small design agencies, our solution offers a streamlined project management platform tailored to their specific needs. Launch feasibility relies on user feedback, ensuring impact and monetization through subscription-based pricing. Success metrics include user engagement and retention rates."See full answer

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