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Google’s mission is to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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> 100B
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Created Time
Sep 10, 2020 5:05 AM
Interview Questions
Estimate memory needed for nest cameras for fiscal year 2020Design a product for flight system to buy ticketsSearching for certain topics is often frustrating, e.g., parenting advice. brainstorm some solutions for that.Google gets the opportunity to place ads in in-flight entertainment (seat-back and personal device). should it proceed, or not?Make an argument for offering some free storage space to google photos users.You're a founder, and have decided to start something in the travel space. what do you do?Update craigslistImagine you own a wildly successful food truck, and you want to scale it up. how would you do it?Improve internet connectivityYou're the cto of a company, architect a program that provides unique ids upon requests from a client. this program will be used by fb & google. hence needs to scale Do you think if google should buy the irobot company? what is your least favorite product from your company. what suggestions do you have to improve it?What's your least favorite product? why? how would you address it?Will you launch a separate app for youtube music? if so, design the experience.You are the pm for windows phone division. how would you go about a relaunch?Recruitment at google costs a billion dollars a year. in our search for false positives we have a lot of false negatives. how would you built a product to solve this problem?You're a pm at a vending machine company. your ceo asks of you to design a new line of vending machines to be placed at hotels/motels. what would you do?How would you design a product that increases the consumption of fruit in the us?Design a bookshelf for kids(1) you created a new technology that allows you to collect every signal off of the human body - how would you use it? (come up with 5 use cases)
(2) choose one of these use case and then calculate how much storage this solution will need during its first monthDesign a travel app for googleDesign a product to replace smartphone in 5~7 yearsHow do you design a apiExplain recursion to a kidWalk me through the design system of one of the products you’ve pmed
walk me through the design system of a news mobile app
rca - some feed users report seeing a stale feed - how would you investigate?1. you’re the pm for g-suite (docs, spreadsheet, slides) and you see a mom spike of 15% in storage usage
2. g-suite is considering to implement a malware and virus detection - how would you evaluate the decision?How would you price a brand new kindle book?Evaluate competitor landscape (direct & indirect) for drop box?How would you make the internet faster?Design a better trash canHow would you improve google map for logged in user?Design a system for sundar to communicate with business partners abroad given unlimited resources. now say that you have 1 year and 20 engineers to build this, what is your mvp? what is your go-to market? let’s say at the end of the first year after launch, there are only 5 calls/month on the platform, what are your next steps?How would you design a laundry machine for jeff bezos? Design a question and answer website like quoraDesign a phone for the elderly (65 plus)Should google get into ride sharing business , if yes how many cars will it need for a mid size cityDesign a refrigerator for the blindHow many calories are in a typical grocery storeWhat should google do in 5 years with all the tech innovations happening?Bike sharing company is considering freemium model. should they do it or not?How would you determine if features go into os level or application level?1. google cloud wants to provide google translation as an api. what do you think about it? pros and cons analysis
2. estimate the market share of google translator as an api
3. how would you price it? Describe a product you like and why?
if you had to improve the product, what would you do.
product you dislike and why?
you have to develop the next generation tv service, resources are no constraint. what would you do.
you have to design the next generation of search, what would you do?What do engineers need/expect from a product manager? give me an example where you had negotiating for 'resources' that are not in your control. you are in charge of pricing for an immersive ar/vr experience type offering. how would you price it?How technically deep are you? describe a project where you had a large impact on technical direction. draw a system diagram of a system you are familiar with (in as much detail). (most questions because of technical background.)What is a non tech product you really like. why do you like it? how would you improve it? if you were the ceo of xyz product, what would you do?Why pm?
why google?
why now? consistently asked by each interviewer (sr pm position).
choose any product, you are the only pm on it. you have to create a metrics dashboard for it, what would be on this dashboard.
ceo of google walks into the room, you have to recommend a 10x idea to him, what would you recommend and why.Design an app for an amusement parkWhat product (or service) will be obsolete in 5-10 years? then, how would you advise the producer/creator/company in this shifting landscape?Design residential apartment for googleWhat is your favorite non google product? why do you think it better than other competitor products? what do think about the strategy for it in the future? (my answer is airbnb, compare with booking, how airbnb model different or similar to uber)1. estimate the daily watch time of cooking videos on youtube
2. you’re the pm for google cloud storage - how would you measure success?1. you’re the pm in company that is a e-commerce marketplace, and you’re responsible for the recommendations feature. in the past quarter you ran an a/b test for your new recommendation feature and you’re supposed to present the results to the execs. what metrics would you present to them?
2. come up with a delightful feature for recommendations that is differentiated than what exists today.1. your eng lead and ux lead disagree on the approach for your p0 quarterly item - how would you approach the situation?
2. how do you think about the product role - is it your role to be the tie breaker?
3. what do you think google should do with regards to commitment to diversity?Pick an app on your phone that you use everyday and talk about 3 specific features that make you dislike the productOne day all of new yorks google maps street view is lost. what is the cost of rebuilding it?Estimate the no. of youtube users. if the goal is to increase engagement, provide 3-4 features that will help reach the goal. what metrics would you track to ensure that the engagement goal is being met with the features proposed.Estimate how much data youtube delivers every day.Design an app for amusement park Estimate the revenues for netflixHow will you improve twitter?What are you 3 favorite apps? pick one - how would you improve it? How would you improve an airport (pick one you are familiar with)? Due to covid, gcp demand has increased. extrapolating current trends, we will reach limit in 18 months. how will you handle?Design personalized radio station for music streaming application like youtube musicYou are a pm @ prime video team, you need to increase the market share, which strategy will you follow? and then build a solution/product considering covid.Large amount of americans might become homeless on the next 5 years. you have 100 days to come with a plan/solution to irradicate or aliviate the homeless situation on the us. where do you start?You are a pm @ google cloud and you realized that for a set of users vms (virtual machines) have been underutilized or not utilized at all. how do you identify the root cause and how do you solve and ensure that the issue won't happen again?Estimate the storage required for you tube to run on daily basis.Build a feature for self driving cars that addresses people’s inherent fear to purchase You are a pm of lime scooters, there is no conversion. users signing up but are not using the scooters.
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