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Google Technical Interview Questions

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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    4 answers
    +1

    "I would start with some clarifying questions like: Is there a deadline when all these needs to be updated by? Do we have upgrade scripts ready? When do we have change freeze? Once I have these few clarifying answers I would start planning: I would meet with all the teams involved in the upgrades Document any resources downtime during the upgrade create a risk registry along with mitigation plan Roll back plan create a phased rollout plan based on deadline Post upgrade get a"

    Ekta M. - "I would start with some clarifying questions like: Is there a deadline when all these needs to be updated by? Do we have upgrade scripts ready? When do we have change freeze? Once I have these few clarifying answers I would start planning: I would meet with all the teams involved in the upgrades Document any resources downtime during the upgrade create a risk registry along with mitigation plan Roll back plan create a phased rollout plan based on deadline Post upgrade get a"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
    +1 more
  • +26

    "YT's mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. So when a user is sharing their voice with us in the form of a feedback, I would receive it with open mind. I would first determine what the review is about: 1. app/website's performance 2. quality of content they experienced 3. complain about YT being addictive and causing them to lose time 4. difficulty in using the app/website (search, navigation, recent changes negatively affected their experience) 5. complain about other YTbe"

    Amit S. - "YT's mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. So when a user is sharing their voice with us in the form of a feedback, I would receive it with open mind. I would first determine what the review is about: 1. app/website's performance 2. quality of content they experienced 3. complain about YT being addictive and causing them to lose time 4. difficulty in using the app/website (search, navigation, recent changes negatively affected their experience) 5. complain about other YTbe"See full answer

    Technical
    Execution
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    26 answers
    +23

    "Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The increasing ability of machines to learn and act intelligently will absolutely transform our world. It is also the driving force behind many of the other trends on this list. The Internet of Things (IoT). This refers to the ever-growing number of “smart” devices and objects that are connected to the internet. Such devices are constantly gathering and transmitting data, further fueling the growth in Big Data and AI. **Blockchains and"

    Ashish B. - "Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The increasing ability of machines to learn and act intelligently will absolutely transform our world. It is also the driving force behind many of the other trends on this list. The Internet of Things (IoT). This refers to the ever-growing number of “smart” devices and objects that are connected to the internet. Such devices are constantly gathering and transmitting data, further fueling the growth in Big Data and AI. **Blockchains and"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    21 answers
    +18

    "Cloud computing is like going out to a restaurant instead of cooking dinner at home. When you cook at home, you have to do everything yourself. You need to use your own plates, pots, and pans. You have to know how many people are coming over and buy the right amount of ingredients. If more people join for dinner than you expected, you'll run out of food! But if fewer people show up, then you'll have leftovers that go to waste. And on top of it all, you have to do all the cooking, set up, and cl"

    Jacob S. - "Cloud computing is like going out to a restaurant instead of cooking dinner at home. When you cook at home, you have to do everything yourself. You need to use your own plates, pots, and pans. You have to know how many people are coming over and buy the right amount of ingredients. If more people join for dinner than you expected, you'll run out of food! But if fewer people show up, then you'll have leftovers that go to waste. And on top of it all, you have to do all the cooking, set up, and cl"See full answer

    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    12 answers
    Video answer for 'How would you build TinyURL?'
    +9

    "@Jacob, your videos are really good and helpful. I want to know about the tool, you use for explaining the design in the videos."

    anush - "@Jacob, your videos are really good and helpful. I want to know about the tool, you use for explaining the design in the videos."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    9 answers
    +6

    "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens: You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser. Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com [Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts ‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"

    Jasmin R. - "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens: You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser. Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com [Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts ‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"See full answer

    Security
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "As the Product Manager for Google Play Store Ads, our goal with the ad ranking algorithm is to create a win-win ecosystem. We want to connect users with relevant and engaging apps they'll find valuable, while simultaneously delivering high-quality installs and engagement for our advertisers, ultimately driving sustainable revenue for Google. To achieve this, our ad ranking algorithm will be guided by the following core principles: Relevance First: We will prioritize ads tha"

    Rohit K. - "As the Product Manager for Google Play Store Ads, our goal with the ad ranking algorithm is to create a win-win ecosystem. We want to connect users with relevant and engaging apps they'll find valuable, while simultaneously delivering high-quality installs and engagement for our advertisers, ultimately driving sustainable revenue for Google. To achieve this, our ad ranking algorithm will be guided by the following core principles: Relevance First: We will prioritize ads tha"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    15 answers
    +12

    "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'"

    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

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in. I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"

    Adarsh S. - "Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in. I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
    +3 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    8 answers
    Video answer for 'Design a metrics and logging service.'
    +1

    "For somebody who needs accessibility accommodation, this doesn't have a transcript so it is not useful to me."

    Shivastuti K. - "For somebody who needs accessibility accommodation, this doesn't have a transcript so it is not useful to me."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    8 answers
    Video answer for 'How does Google Docs work?'
    +5

    "Where is the second part of the video?"

    Soledad A. - "Where is the second part of the video?"See full answer

    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "5 reasons Gmail search is real time Gmail search needs to be 100% accurate Does not have significant caching / hot searches Less hardware used as user info cant be sprayed across machines Gmail storage is different, as needs decryption on every"

    Mohit G. - "5 reasons Gmail search is real time Gmail search needs to be 100% accurate Does not have significant caching / hot searches Less hardware used as user info cant be sprayed across machines Gmail storage is different, as needs decryption on every"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "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
    Technical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "I have no idea if this would qualify, but I took a different, rather singular approach. Curious and gracious in advance for any and all feedback. My main question is whether this response goes into enough depth with regards to all the content types that Google Map stores, as I chose to focus uniquely on image storage (but am sure to state that clearly before I began): Clarifying questions: global map or US/sectional map? Assume global storage on a single end-user device? Yes consider co"

    John S. - "I have no idea if this would qualify, but I took a different, rather singular approach. Curious and gracious in advance for any and all feedback. My main question is whether this response goes into enough depth with regards to all the content types that Google Map stores, as I chose to focus uniquely on image storage (but am sure to state that clearly before I began): Clarifying questions: global map or US/sectional map? Assume global storage on a single end-user device? Yes consider co"See full answer

    Technical
    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "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 ..."

    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

    Product Manager
    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    4 answers
    Video answer for 'If a fire occurs in a data center, what actions would you take?'
    +1

    "Clarifying question: Am I the first one to notice the fire, or there are people already on it? Extent and source of fire - I am assuming it's localized and I am inside the data center, safe so far. Response: It is an emergency. I will do and coordinate the people to do the following in parallel, if I am the first one to know. Get immediate attention of folks in the data center. Get someone and many people to call 911 and security. Coordinate to have people in need evacuated. Turn off th"

    Bg - "Clarifying question: Am I the first one to notice the fire, or there are people already on it? Extent and source of fire - I am assuming it's localized and I am inside the data center, safe so far. Response: It is an emergency. I will do and coordinate the people to do the following in parallel, if I am the first one to know. Get immediate attention of folks in the data center. Get someone and many people to call 911 and security. Coordinate to have people in need evacuated. Turn off th"See full answer

    Technical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."

    Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Technical
    +6 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Clarifying my assumptions first, i.e. "Technical contributions are not just writing or reviewing code". Answer : My contributions to any program I lead as a TPM are as follows : Inputs towards design, architecture review, mapping requirements to the proposed design, reviewing the implementation strategy w.r.t scalable solution, Writing core user-centric test scenarios, Validating proposed design vs implementation estimates vs initial planning. etc... Example : Situation: We are a"

    DM - "Clarifying my assumptions first, i.e. "Technical contributions are not just writing or reviewing code". Answer : My contributions to any program I lead as a TPM are as follows : Inputs towards design, architecture review, mapping requirements to the proposed design, reviewing the implementation strategy w.r.t scalable solution, Writing core user-centric test scenarios, Validating proposed design vs implementation estimates vs initial planning. etc... Example : Situation: We are a"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Product Manager
    Technical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci_series AS ( SELECT 1 AS n, 0 AS fib1, 1 AS fib2 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 AS n, fib2 AS fib1, fib1 + fib2 AS fib2 FROM fibonacci_series WHERE n < 20 -- Limit the series to 20 numbers ) SELECT n, fib1 AS fib FROM fibonacci_series ORDER BY n; `"

    Yashasvi V. - "WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci_series AS ( SELECT 1 AS n, 0 AS fib1, 1 AS fib2 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 AS n, fib2 AS fib1, fib1 + fib2 AS fib2 FROM fibonacci_series WHERE n < 20 -- Limit the series to 20 numbers ) SELECT n, fib1 AS fib FROM fibonacci_series ORDER BY n; `"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Technical
    +4 more
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