If you are still using the ones circulating on the Internet Google PM templates are prepared for interviews and can be easily seen on the spot. After completing the Google PM interview process this time, my biggest feeling is that they are not testing whether you can answer questions at all, but are quickly judging whether you are the kind of PM they really want. Now I’ll break it down by round and talk about what I’m looking at in each round.
Overview of Google PM interview process (2026 actual experience)
The overall process is very clear, but the screening points for each round are completely different:
- Phone Screen/Technical Round
The focus is not on technical depth, but on the ability to dismantle structured problems and judgment logic. - Product Design/UX Round
Emphasize user-centered thinking, product logic clarity, and whether the solution is in line with the Google ecosystem. - Onsite (multiple rounds)
Including strategic products, cross-team collaboration, business judgment and other high-level capabilities, directly determine whether to give an Offer.
Google PM interviews are not about "the more you talk, the better", but the more you talk, the more accurate you are.
Round 1: Technical aspects
High frequency real test prototype
You are responsible for the route planning function of Google Maps. Recently, a large number of users have reported inaccurate navigation. How will you analyze and promote optimization?
Problem-solving ideas
When facing the problem of optimizing the route planning function, we must first dismantle the problem clearly: clarify user pain points, scope of impact and possible causes; then identify the main sources of problems through data analysis; finally formulate an execution sequence, prioritize solving the most critical optimization points, and consider feasibility and resource allocation. The core of the entire process is structured thinking and decision-making priority judgment.
Round 2: Product Design and UX
Classic question types
Design a new feature for Google Workspace that improves team collaboration efficiency, and explain the usage process and core metrics.
It’s very easy to misjudge the difficulty of this round.
Many people will subconsciously start "heaping functions", but at Google, this is very dangerous.
Problem-solving ideas
When designing new features to improve team collaboration efficiency, first clarify the target users and their real pain points, and then distinguish between core needs and superficial needs; design functional solutions based on the user priority principle, while taking into account the existing product ecology and implementation feasibility. The entire process should reflect user understanding, requirements analysis and executability assessment, rather than simply stacking functions.
Round 3 Onsite
Examples of strategic questions
Assume that Google enters the field of health technology and designs a product for public health management to explain its core value and promotion strategy.
Problem-solving ideas
When facing strategic issues, first analyze the market and user needs from a macro perspective, and clarify the core value and positioning of the product; then combine Google's technical advantages to design implementable solutions; at the same time, evaluate practical constraints such as compliance, privacy, and scale. The entire process needs to reflect strategic perspective, global thinking and executability rather than relying on template answers.
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