Google is renown for having very tough interviews - which is totally understandable since it is one of the most sought after employers in the word. With hundreds of applicants per position Google recruiters are know to use slightly different methods to test their interviewees.
I had the great opportunity to be part of a Google interview process a couple of years ago. And as I had expected, I was asked one of their wacky questions. There are many other blog posts about the fact that Google's interview questions are slightly different with numerous lists of example questions.
My Google interview question was this:
Imagine you are running a company that sold ever-lasting light bulbs - how would you determine a pricing strategy?
In my head I was completely dazzled, as expected with such a surreal question. I took a moment to think about it and as I knew that it was not about the final answer ('The bulbs would be priced at XX$') I thought about a path to answering it instead.
How many light bulbs does an average house hold need a year? How many light bulbs is there in a house hold on average? How much does a normal light bulb cost? How much more would I have to charge?
As it would be a risk that the demand is saturated maybe I would have to consider an annual pricing/subscription model?
These are all questions that I thought about during my answer. What I did is I spoke about these questions out loud and tried to answer them as I went along to get a result. However I never came up with an actual figure.
I still don't know if the answers I gave where correct as I never got feedback, but it still may help you with your answer in case you get one of these questions in your interview.
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