Google interview notes, page 115 of 215

“I picked something I actually had strong feelings about which helped, but I spent too long on the complaint and not enough on the why underneath it.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent way too long on the problem space before picking a user segment.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The first part felt like a warmup and I kind of treated it that way, which was a mistake.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a story ready but halfway through I realized I was spending way too long on the backstory and not enough on what I actually did.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The no-string constraint is the whole point of this problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just do a nested loop and i had to stop myself.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent too long on the user side and barely touched the business model angle.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had an answer ready in theory but fumbled when they pushed for a concrete example.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was Union-Find and I started going down that road before realizing UNFRIEND completely breaks it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I froze a little because I wasn't expecting a third-party platform as the canvas.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.