Design AI features for Google Docs (writing, reviewing, and summarization).
### Signal to interviewer
I can design AI that supports collaboration quality, not just single-user drafting speed.
### Clarify
I would clarify document types, collaboration patterns, and whether users optimize for speed, quality, or governance.
### Approach
Use a lifecycle loop: guided writing, rationale-based review, and intent-specific summarization with source anchoring.
### Metrics & instrumentation
Primary metric: time to collaboration-ready draft. Secondary metrics: suggestion acceptance, comment resolution speed, and summary usefulness ratings. Guardrails: incorrect factual rewrites, voice drift complaints, and review churn.
### Tradeoffs
Stronger auto-rewrite can improve speed but reduce authorship confidence. Strict safeguards improve trust but may lower perceived intelligence.
### Risks & mitigations
Risk: summary distortion; mitigate with citation links. Risk: reviewer overload; mitigate with priority-ranked suggestions. Risk: style mismatch; mitigate with customizable tone profiles.
### Example
In policy drafting, AI flags ambiguous clauses, proposes alternatives with legal tone, and generates executive and implementation summaries from one source doc.
### 90-second version
Design Docs AI as a lifecycle partner for writing, review, and summarization with grounded suggestions, configurable control, and collaboration-aware metrics.
- Which document category should launch first: strategy, legal, or ops?
- How will you define summary quality for different audiences?
- How would you preserve author voice while applying structural edits?
- What evaluation framework compares review-assist quality over time?