Strategy question

If you are a product manager at Google's food delivery service, how will you increase the market share?

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What this question tests

Competitive growth strategy in a market with an established incumbent, requiring a differentiated angle rather than copying the leader.

Clarify the competitive landscape: an incumbent likely already has strong restaurant partnerships and delivery logistics in this market.
Assess Google's actual advantage: massive search and Maps distribution, giving visibility into local restaurant search intent that competitors lack.
Identify the wedge: integrate ordering directly into Search and Maps at the moment of intent, reducing the need to open a separate app.
Propose a specific tactic: zero-commission or lower-fee onboarding for restaurants to build supply quickly against an entrenched incumbent's existing take rate.
Address logistics: partner with existing delivery networks rather than building a fleet from scratch, given the incumbent's logistics head start.
Success metric: order conversion rate from Search and Maps intent, and restaurant partner growth rate versus the incumbent's take rate.

Grounds the strategy in Google's real distribution advantage, Search and Maps intent capture, rather than trying to out-execute an incumbent's existing delivery network.
Proposes a specific competitive tactic, lower fees to win restaurant supply, a realistic lever against an entrenched incumbent's take rate.
Recommends partnering rather than building logistics from scratch, a pragmatic way to close the incumbent's operational head start faster.

Proposing to build a delivery fleet from scratch with no acknowledgment of the incumbent's logistics head start.
No use of Google's actual distribution advantage through Search and Maps.
Vague growth tactic like better marketing with no specific mechanism.

How would you convince restaurants to switch from an entrenched incumbent's platform?
What would you do if the incumbent responds by cutting their own fees?