Clarification and Gathering Context
Explore how to clarify interview questions and gather relevant context to analyze product metrics effectively. This lesson helps you specify factors like time frames, understand metric definitions, and consider internal and external causes to approach product analytics problems systematically.
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Clarification
Let’s start by clarifying the question. We have to specify many different factors with this, including the time frame. Was this a one-time event or a progressive movement?
A one-time event means that friend requests were at normal rates when they suddenly dropped by 10%, whereas a progressive event means that friend requests were at normal rates a month ago, but over this month, they declined progressively.
It could’ve been 9.8% yesterday, but today it’s 10%. By determining this time frame, we can begin to dive into the nuances and rule out certain causes. If it’s a one-time event, we can ...