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Google product sense: choose a new-parent segment and design an MVP with success metrics

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A Google product sense question: propose a product that helps new parents. It tests how a PM narrows an open-ended prompt to one segment, ranks real pain points, uses Google's existing strengths to shape a focused first version, and defines success metrics plus the safety and privacy risks of serving families.

You are a product manager at Google. Propose a product that Google should build to help new parents. Decide which parents you are designing for, which problem you solve for them, and what you would build, and explain how you would know the product is working.

Clarifying Questions

  • Who counts as a new parent here: people expecting a baby, parents of a baby in its first year, or parents of older young children, and do second-time parents count?
  • Should this be a brand-new standalone product, or may it extend existing Google products such as Android, Search, Assistant, Calendar, Photos or Nest devices?
  • Which goal matters most to Google for this product: engagement across its ecosystem, a new revenue stream, or trust in family and health use cases?
  • Is there a target market or launch timeline, and is new hardware in scope or only software?

Hints

Hint 1

Narrow before you build: "New parents" covers very different situations. Pick one group and one recurring moment of stress in their week, then ask which Google capabilities give you an edge there that a standalone app maker would not have.

Follow-up questions

  • Your product gives parents guidance about their baby's health. How do you stop a wrong or overconfident answer from causing harm, and what does the product do when it is unsure?
  • How would you make money from this without undermining parents' trust, particularly around advertising aimed at new parents?
  • What would you look at 90 days after launch to decide whether to expand the product or stop?