Recent Google Interview Questions

Vani B. - "Clarifying Questions Before diving in, a few questions to align on scope: Apple Maps is pre-installed on all iPhones and iPads, correct? We're keeping the web channel but focusing on the app? Core use case: navigation, nearby search, traffic, location sharing, place discovery? Are we targeting the US only, and what's the market share goal? Assume answers: Yes to all. Currently 5% share, target 20% in 18 months. 80% owned by Google Maps. Reframing the Problem A 5% → 20% jump i"See full answer

Jyoty S. - "Cars have a side mirror that captures any vehicle passing on the side; however there is a blindspot right besides the B beam between the doors. A car on the side passing is not visible to the driver as the angle of reflection would be smaller as the car is farther behind. It is also not visible in the back facing mirror (which captures vehicles farther behind). A driver would have to lean to the left or turn their head to check for cars in that blindspot to change lanes safely. This applies to"See full answer

Matthew W. - "I’d start by clarifying what the business outcome we are driving/what is the context of the AI platform I am owning. Assuming I am giving no further info, I would start with framing why safety is a must with GenAI, the market being saturated with new LLMs daily, so trust is the main differentiator for retention and defensibility. Safety failures can trigger regulatory action (FTC, EU, etc.), reputational damage, or user churn. Then I would identify some Key Buckets: • Kids/teen protections ("See full answer

Kirill K. - "DevOps it's bridge (methodology) between the Dev\Qa\etc(tech teams) and Ops to satisfy the business requirements, reduce the costs, reduce time to market, etc ..."See full answer

Varun G. - "Constrain the requirements (The final product should be somewhat like Neptune AI and also enable for A/B testing) Do some back of the envelope calculations Start explaning your system with appropriate architecture diagrams Optimize for scale Answer any questions Wrap-up"See full answer