Google Project Manager interview questions

Confusing, disappointing, and mostly a waste of time. I remember thinking "I wonder if this is how a cow feels getting pushed through a slaughterhouse." The job description was vague enough to get me to apply, along with the encouragement of the recruiter, but clearly there was a significant mismatch between the actual position versus my background. This was not apparent until I started the phone interviews. The phone interview was awkward and the person interviewing was rude and made it apparent I was wasting his time. Wish I had known what I was getting myself into.

This review may seems salty (it is), but the fact is because the company is Google, you end up being asked super high-level questions that are supposed to be special and unique that in reality, do not really represent or measure one’s ability to do well in a job. My interviewer (over the phone), who was 10 min late btw to our 30 min interview, basically asked me questions about a) what will you do if you are Google CEO (suppose to measure your strategic thinking), b) how would you figure out the total number of linear miles on Google Map (supposed to measure your quantitative skill), c)what Gmail feature will you build for senior citizen users (this one is ok) d) explain internet search to a 6 year old in 60s. During the interview, I was repeatedly interrupted when I try to answer the “how” would I approach the answer, as he was only interested in the “what”, as if these vague questions do not need any additional clarifications or assumptions. If this is how solving product problems at Google look like, I am sorry but yes I certainly do not quality (despite my 10+ years of product management moving needles for different companies.).