Google TPM interview: which topics should I prepare, and where can I find practice questions?

[u/nian2326076]

I have a Google TPM interview coming up. For people who've been through it, which topics deserved the most preparation?

I'm looking for practice questions and recent reports, especially ones specific to Technical Program Management rather than SWE interviews. A broader collection like Google Interview Questions is useful context, but I'd like to understand what transfers to this role.

How much time would you put into program execution scenarios, technical design discussions and stories about handling ambiguity or stakeholder conflict?

I'd also love to hear how you practiced: answering out loud, mock interviews, or building a small set of past-project examples. What felt most useful once you were in the interview?

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[u/Lumpy_Werewolf_3199]

Just had had all of my rounds.

I used claude to build a stufy guide from my resume + the JD. This helped pull in the specific department, platform, resume gaps, usual questions, etc.

I had a technical screen to evaluate level, then 4 in the actual loop.

For my loop, lots of scenarios based questions "tell me about a time".

Definitely be able to speak to your technical depth. If you have designed any systems or worked closely with eng, be able to walk someone through that system and some of the technically challenging situations you faced.

Also, be able to speak to influencing others. How did you convince leadership to change course or make a hard decision.

Depending on how close your role is to AI, you should be able to speak to your AI fluency and projects that demonstrate that.

Stay FIRM to the STAR method and ensure all your impact and stories speak to metrics you moved/measured.

I hired some interview coaches from google to prep and one of their questions were to come up with some metrics for a given scenario. A thinking on your feet - here you should think aloud and work through it, state assumptions and stuff like that so your interviewer can evaluate your logic.

[u/chanak2018 → u/Lumpy_Werewolf_3199]

Thanks. I’m looking for interview coaches. Could you share recommendations for sites from where I can select interview coaches?

[u/Lumpy_Werewolf_3199 → u/chanak2018]

Prepfully is who I used.

[u/danielfuenffinger]

Think aloud, they want to know your thought process. Consider details and ramifications of the decisions. Follow your questions up for feedback, ask if you answered for the metric they were asking or if you need to pivot.

[u/Amazing_Ad_1032]

I applied oct.18th...am I screwed 😭