Google Estimation Prompts

The dreaded estimation question is considered an analytics question for Google. I have a more diverse list of questions that cover the entire category here, but many people just want a list of estimation questions in one place.

Happy interview prep.

Estimation

• How much will it cost for Facebook to add one additional user?

• How many iPhone and Android Phones are there in the world?

• How would you calculate the total number of automobiles running in the city of Bangalore?

• Calculate the number of queries answered by Google per second.

• Estimate the market size for Google Fi.

• How many video game consoles are sold each year?

• Estimate total storage capacity for all videos on Youtube.

• Estimate the daily bandwidth consumed by YouTube globally.

• Estimate how much does it cost to store google photos

• How much should we pay for a Pixel 7 phone ad at a concert?

• Calculate the network bandwidth required to support a communications contract between a colony on Mars and Earth

• How much storage does Google Maps takes?

• If FedEx were to deliver all of their packages via drones, how many drones would they need?

• Estimate total MacBook sales for each of the next 5 years.

• What is the storage space required to host all images on Google Street View?

• What is the market size for X in the US?

  • Where X is anything from toilet paper to cellphones.

• How many restaurant reviews are written on Google Reviews every month?

• How many kindergarten teachers are there in the US?

• How much ad revenue does X Google product make every year?

  • Think: YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps

• How many computers does Google own?

• What is the market size for driverless cars in 2025?

• How many dentists are there in New York?

• How many bicycles do you need to start a bike-sharing service in New York?

• What is the required Internet bandwidth for an average college campus?

• How many passengers are in the air on a plane at any given time in the US?

• You are opening a new Walmart store. How many cash registers do you need?

• How much money is spent on gas in the US every year?