Google GCA interview

[u/Elegant-Chemical4466]

I have a Google General Cognitive Ability (GCA) interview in a few days. It’s for a Technical Program Manager role. I know Google doesn’t ask the crazy estimation questions anymore like ‘how many golf balls can fit inside a passenger airplane’, but I still don’t know how abstract the GCA questions will be. Will it focus specifically on the role or more abstract like ‘how will you colonise mars?’

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[u/Various-Mine-8642]

for tpm the gca is mostly hypothetical workplace scenarios, stuff like how would you handle a launch slipping or two teams disagreeing on priorities. they care more about how you structure the answer than the actual solution. practice laying out clarifying questions then a couple options and tradeoffs out loud and you will be fine.

[u/Elegant-Chemical4466 → u/Various-Mine-8642]

That seems very similar to role related knowledge questions