Google Product Analyst Interview Questions

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Asked at Google, Meta, Microsoft + 3 more • 4 months ago
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflicting priorities with your stakeholders and how you secured alignment with them.
Product Analyst
Behavioral
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6 answers I was asked this
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"Referring to https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/23/15-strategies-for-balancing-competing-stakeholder-priorities/?sh=7c82aa68262f Understand the conflicting priorities and align it with the goal/ objectives and the company mission. Start with the Least Common Denominator between the conflicting priorities to come to a commonality and start from there to objectively approach the next imp priority Always keep communication on and be transparent with 'equality' an"
Pramod V. - "Referring to https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/23/15-strategies-for-balancing-competing-stakeholder-priorities/?sh=7c82aa68262f Understand the conflicting priorities and align it with the goal/ objectives and the company mission. Start with the Least Common Denominator between the conflicting priorities to come to a commonality and start from there to objectively approach the next imp priority Always keep communication on and be transparent with 'equality' an"See full answer
Product Analyst
Behavioral
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Asked at Google • a year ago
Choose a product you like and explain how you would identify its competitors.
Product Analyst
Data Analysis
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1 answer I was asked this
"Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors. 1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches) Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include: Apple Watch Series (Apple) Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung) Garmin Wearables (Garmin) Amazfit & Zepp (Huami) Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi) These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features. 2. Use Launch Events for Insi"
Rajdeep J. - "Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors. 1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches) Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include: Apple Watch Series (Apple) Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung) Garmin Wearables (Garmin) Amazfit & Zepp (Huami) Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi) These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features. 2. Use Launch Events for Insi"See full answer
Product Analyst
Data Analysis
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Asked at Google, Stripe • 4 years ago
Estimate the number of apps available in the Play Store.
Product Analyst
Estimation
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7 answers I was asked this
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"Clarifying questions Do we mean the Google Play store or Apple App store or some other app store? : Google Play Store Do we mean to calculate the number of apps as in 2024? : yes Are we looking at any particular data slices like in a particular country/ for a particular geography etc.? : No, I want the overall global number And we mean to calculate total number of apps that are registered on Play Store and can be searched and accessed by a user, am i right? : Yes Okay, here's how"
Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions Do we mean the Google Play store or Apple App store or some other app store? : Google Play Store Do we mean to calculate the number of apps as in 2024? : yes Are we looking at any particular data slices like in a particular country/ for a particular geography etc.? : No, I want the overall global number And we mean to calculate total number of apps that are registered on Play Store and can be searched and accessed by a user, am i right? : Yes Okay, here's how"See full answer
Product Analyst
Estimation
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Asked at Google • 3 years ago
Estimate how many productivity hours are lost per year due to traffic.
Product Analyst
Estimation
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3 answers I was asked this
"Clarify can we limit traffic to normal commute time for people going to work in their city? Not include business travel? (Recognize traffic can mean: pick up drop off kids; errands, grocery, shopping, social, people who drive for their job etc.) limit to US? pre-covid time? Equation \# of working people in US x # of hours commute per year per person \# of working people in US 320M total population, 40M per age group of 10 years working age = 20 to 70, 5 groups of 1"
Anonymous Cricket - "Clarify can we limit traffic to normal commute time for people going to work in their city? Not include business travel? (Recognize traffic can mean: pick up drop off kids; errands, grocery, shopping, social, people who drive for their job etc.) limit to US? pre-covid time? Equation \# of working people in US x # of hours commute per year per person \# of working people in US 320M total population, 40M per age group of 10 years working age = 20 to 70, 5 groups of 1"See full answer
Product Analyst
Estimation
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