Product design question
What are the next top three big technologies that Google should be aware of? Implement one of them.
- Product design
- Hard
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What this question tests
Strategic foresight and technical judgment: identifying real emerging technology trends and translating one into a concrete product.
How to approach it
- Name three plausible, current technology trends relevant to Google, such as generative AI agents, ambient computing, and quantum computing.
- Briefly justify why each matters to Google's business, like AI agents affecting Search and Assistant.
- Pick one to implement, ideally the one most tied to Google's existing strengths, such as AI agents.
- Sketch a concrete implementation, like an AI agent integrated into Search that completes multi-step tasks for users.
- Define success metrics, like task completion rate or reduced search sessions needed to complete a goal.
What a strong answer includes
- Names specific, current, defensible trends rather than vague buzzwords like 'the future of tech.'
- Picks the trend most aligned with Google's existing assets (Search, data, and AI research) to implement.
- Sketches a concrete feature, like an agent that books a restaurant reservation end-to-end from a search query.
- Uses an assumed metric, e.g. targeting 25 percent of complex queries resolved via agent action.
Common mistakes
- Naming vague trends like 'the metaverse' with no specific Google tie-in.
- Picking a technology to implement with no concrete product sketch.
- Ignoring feasibility or Google's existing strengths when choosing what to build.
Likely follow-up questions
- Why did you pick this trend over the other two?
- What risks does Google face in building this?
- How would you measure early success of this feature?
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Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.
- Chapter 4: Discovery and strategy for AI products
- Chapter 7: AI UX and human oversight: design for a system that is wrong sometimes
- Chapter 14: Get the job: the AI PM interview loop