Quick Guide to Google Strategy Prompts

TL;DR - Start with what you do know rather than get fluster with what you don’t know. These tips will help you gain greater command over what you know and express it effectively to your interviewer.

General Advice: Think critically about Google’s top products and develop a POV on those products.

Reading

Staying up with current trends and looking back on past trends are crucial for strategy prep.

What to Read to Prepare

How To Answer the Strategic Insights Questions/Prompts:

5 Tips for Startegic Insights Interview

Good vs Bad Answers

Frameworks

SWOT vs Lean Canvas: Practice vs Game Day Approaches

Landscape Analysis Framework

Rule of Three: Mission | Stregth | Scale

Clarifying Questions

Rules for Good Clarifying Questions (and here 5 Rules)

Finding the Best Clarifying Questions Quickly

A List of Prompts

Strategy Prompts

See Compound Questions as part of Design Prompts

Phone Screen Prompts

Case Study

Netfilx

Netflix & Microsoft

Logistics:

The Panel Setup

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