PM for Maps (Google or Apple) 
Design a parking solution as Google or Apple PM

Context - Market, product, mission 
Goal - Increase adoption and engagement for the parking solution within Maps app

Users 
Maps data users 
	Individuals
		Regular commuters 
			Light - occasional use when in certain locations
			Moderate - daily driver
			Heavy - drivers + car-sync + uses in all travels + places contributor
		Gig workers - Uber, Lyft or delivery drivers
		Emergency vehicles
	Organizations
		Businesses - Listings, messaging
		Maps API users
		Non-profits and Research orgs
		Govt, environment/weather, disaster relief and urban planners
Platform moderators and admins
Advertisers 


Journey & pain points - for Individuals - regular - heavy commuters 
Sign up 
Find locations
Decide where to go
- Can I reserve park ahead of time? 
- Is there parking available?
Navigate
- Exact location of parking
- Is the parking spot free? >>> Prioritize this
- Is it cash only?
- How to navigate to my end destination after parking?
End


Solutions for "is the parking spot free?"
- Track parking data from the garage - partner data + sensor data via APIs
- Crowdsourced parking availability - prompting prior user to enter feedback on parking
- Drone or parking garage or street camera capture to find free spots
- AirTag as parking slip to track parking spots taken by customers
- Dynamic availability score -  aggregate signals to build a prediction model per area and time of day

Metrics 
- NSM - % of heavy drivers who park in suggested area and not abandon it within 5 min.
- Supporting metrics - 
	- Adoption rate of clicks for 'parking availability'
	- Accuracy - suggested parking vs actual parking
	- Engagement - repeat usage 
	- Time to park reduction in key metro areas

### Meta screening interview 7/30/2025 - Aryeh
Prompt: As a Google Maps PM, design Parking solution 
Assume - US market 
Goal - increase engagement on Maps 
Users - 
- Individuals 
	- regular commuters (point a to b travel) 
	- going to unfamiliar place - weekend goers / travelers >> P0 
	- gig workers Organizations 
- businesses (SMB / large ent) 
	- data research orgs 
	- urban planners 
- Platform mods 
- Other partners 
	- Emergency svc 
	- Parking garages, lots, spaces 

Journey - 
Sign up - n/a Discover place > Finalize place > Navigate to the place > Find parking > Park vehicle > Walk to place > Go back to car > Drive home 
Pain points - How do I 
- Find nearest or cheapest parking 
- Know if there are available spots >> P0 
	- Will my size of car have available spots 
- reserve a spot in advance + know how much to pay? 

Solution - 
- IR sensor based detection 
- Drone captures available spots real-time 
- Assign parking exact location at entrance >> P0 
- Camera feed scans for available spots 

MVP - is with partner garages building digital maps that get synced with Google Maps, and when user is near the destination, it can nudge user to select one of the available garages > bring up spot location when user reaches entrance of the garage > detect from location if user parked at assigned location or not > confirm parking.
