20 toughest questions from Google job interviews

        20 TOUGHEST QUESTIONS FROM                GOOGLE JOB INTERVIEWS

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20 toughest questions from Google job interviews

Ask a youngster fresh out of college and chances are that his dream company to work would be Google, Apple or Facebook – though we aren’t sure if the social networking giant still holds the same aspirational value as earlier. There’s a reason why tech companies are most-sought after as they offer benefits, top salaries, fun and quirky perks, in short they tick all the boxes for a dream job. Not to forget these are companies that come with a certified “cool” tag. However, getting into these tech giants – especially Google – is anything but a cakewalk. In its recruitment interviews, Google is known to ask weird, mind-boggling and tough questions. Over the years, successful and unsuccessful candidates have shared the questions the tech giant asks in interview. Here we list out 20 tough questions that have been asked in Google interviews:

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​Profile: Creative specialist

Question: How would I explain the importance of HTML 5 to Larry Page and then to my grandma?

This question was asked in an interview of a creative specialist in January 2016.

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​Profile: Database Administrator

Question: How could you solve humankind's biggest crisis given $1 billion and a spacecraft?

The question was asked to a database administrator in December 2015.

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​Profile: Software engineer

Question: Let’s say you have to construct Google maps from scratch and guide a person standing on Gateway of India (Mumbai) to India Gate (Delhi). How do you do the same?

A software engineer was asked this question in an interview.

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​Profile: Product Marketing Manager

Question: Estimate the number of students who are college seniors, attend four-year schools, and graduate with a job in the United States every year.

This question was asked to a candidate interviewing for the post of product marketing manager.

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​Profile: Associate Product Manager

Question: If you had access to a bank's database, how would you use that information to design an ATM for elderly people?

This question was asked in an interview in February 2015.

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​Profile: Product Manager

Question: How would you solve homelessness in downtown San Francisco?

Asked in November 2015 to a candidate interviewing for the post of product manager.

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​Profile: Software engineer

Question: A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?

A software engineer candidate was asked this question in an interview at Google.

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​Profile: Quantitative Compensation Analyst

Question: Anywhere in the world, where would you open up a new Google office and how would you figure out compensation for all the employees at this new office?

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​Profile: Business Analyst

Question: Design an evacuation plan for the building.

This question was asked in a November 2014 interview

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​Profile: Quantitative Analyst

Question: A coin was flipped 1,000 times and there were 560 heads. Do you think the coin is biased.

This question was asked in an interview in September 2015

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​Profile: Administrative Assistant

Question: What is your opinion on whether or not individuals should be required to use their official name when opening a Gmail or Google + account?

A candidate interviewing for the post of administrative assistant was asked this question in 2014.

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​Profile: Engineering manager

Question: You’re the captain of a pirate ship, and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up. If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?

This question was asked to a candidate interviewing for the post of engineering manager

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​Profile: Business Associate

Question: How many ways can you think of to find a needle in a haystack?
Asked in an interview in May 2014

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​Profile: Associate Account Strategist

Question: If you could only choose one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it be?

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​Profile: Software engineer

Question: What’s 2 to the power of 64?

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​Profile: Product manager

Question: How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?

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​Profile: Quantitative compensation analyst

Question: What is the probability of breaking a stick into 3 pieces and forming a triangle?

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​Profile: BOLD candidate

Question: Tell me what you think about Google charging users $1 per month to use Gmail.
This question was asked in an interview in 2015

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​Profile: Business Associate

Question: How many haircuts do you think happen in America every year?

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​Profile: Adwords Associate

Question: How would you deal with angry or frustrated advertisers on the phone?