Google Interview Warmup questions, and how to practise them now
Google Interview Warmup asked three kinds of questions: background questions about your experience, situational questions about how you would handle something, and technical questions tied to a field. The tool is retired now, so this guide gives you original prompts in the same style and a way to practise them aloud with feedback.
What kinds of questions did the tool ask?
Three kinds. Background questions asked about your path and experience. Situational questions asked how you would handle a moment at work. Technical questions checked field knowledge in areas tied to Google's career certificates, such as data or IT support, with a general set for everyone else.
That mix is close to what a real screening round asks, which is why the tool was a good warmup. A screening interview mostly wants your background, one or two situations, and a check that you know your field.
What are good warmup questions to practise with?
Use prompts in the same three styles. These are original prompts written for this guide, not copies of Google's set, and they work for most roles.
- Background. Walk me through your current role and the part of it you do best.
- Background. Which piece of work from the last year are you most proud of, and what was your part in it?
- Situational. A deadline moves up by a week and you cannot finish everything. What do you do first?
- Situational. A colleague disagrees with your plan in front of others. How do you respond?
- Situational. You spot a mistake in work you already handed over. What happens next?
- Technical. Explain one tool or method you use often, to someone outside your field.
- Technical. What do you check first when something in your work looks wrong?
For full answer skeletons under prompts like these, use the practice questions and answers guide.
How should you answer a warmup question?
Answer aloud, keep it under two minutes, and give one real example. Name the situation, say what you did, and end with what changed because of it. Then review your answer once and retry it with one specific improvement.
Do not write a script. The goal of a warmup is recall and order, and a memorised paragraph breaks the moment a question is phrased differently.
Where can you practise these questions aloud now?
Any voice recorder covers the speaking part. If you also want generated questions and feedback, Just One Interview Practice builds a round from the role and skills you choose, listens to your spoken answers, and gives you a report with coaching feedback. The free plan includes 20 minutes of practice a month.
Open Just One Interview to practice. Sign in, choose Practice, pick your role, and the round generates questions in these same styles.
How is practising with AI different from the old tool?
The old tool showed you patterns in your wording. An AI interview warmup goes further: the questions match a role you choose, and the report comments on the content of your answers, so you know what to fix rather than only what you said.