Strategy question

What is an area where Google is under invested?

Practice this question out loud. An AI interviewer asks it, follows up like a real interviewer would, and scores your answer. Type or speak.

What this question tests

Strategic awareness of a real company's portfolio gaps, requiring a grounded, defensible opinion rather than a random guess.

Pick a specific area, for example consumer hardware ecosystem cohesion, rather than something vague like 'innovation'.
State the evidence: Google has launched and discontinued several hardware and social products (Google Plus, various messaging apps), suggesting under investment or lack of follow through in some categories.
Explain why this matters strategically: competitors like Apple and Samsung benefit from tighter hardware-software-ecosystem integration that drives lock-in and loyalty.
Propose what under investment looks like concretely: fragmented messaging strategy across RCS, Google Chat, and Meet compared with a unified competitor offering.
Recommend a focus area and a first step, such as consolidating messaging investment behind one clear product with sustained, long term commitment.

Uses real, well known evidence, Google's history of discontinued products and fragmented messaging apps, rather than an unsupported opinion.
Connects the gap to a concrete competitive disadvantage, weaker ecosystem lock-in versus Apple, not just 'they should try harder'.
Proposes a specific first step, consolidating messaging investment, instead of a vague call to invest more.

Naming an area without any evidence or reasoning for why it is actually under invested.
Picking something Google is clearly already investing heavily in, which undermines the answer's credibility.

Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.