How it went
The candidate interviewed for a Senior Product Manager role on the NotebookLM team within Gemini, referred through a contact. The interview process involved a recruiter screen, a hiring manager discussion, and a two-part on-site interview covering product design, execution, technical system design, and leadership behaviors. A unique aspect was a live-coding exercise during the product design phase, focusing on prompt engineering and iteration.
What came up
Data ModelingMachine LearningConceptStatistics & ExperimentationData AnalysisCodingSQLData Structures & AlgorithmsPeople ManagementProject ManagementProgram SenseCross FunctionalSystem DesignProduct DesignEstimationProduct StrategyAnalyticalTechnicalExecutionBehavioralCustomer InteractionApp CritiqueData Pipeline DesignArtificial IntelligencePresentationPortfolio ReviewDebuggingCode ReviewProject Discussion
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.