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You are the PM for a streaming video service. You come into the office and see that one key metric
has dropped by 80%. What will you do?
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feature change was met even with this big of a KPI drop.
hotfix. If the issue is a server, than sys ops can look into
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Shashidhar Shivayogi
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Mat Griffiths
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Jan 19, 2022
again.
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IngaM
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Jun 3, 2020
Interviewer: Yes.
Clarifying questions.
large.
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drop?
Interviewer: External.
I: Yes.
Interviewer: Mobile.
android)?
I: Yes.
I: No.
questions.
I: Yes.
I: Yes.
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want to watch, watch it, log out, repeat. Is this the right
I: Yes.
I: Monthly.
to investigate further.
Internal:
I: No.
I: No.
on UX?
I: No
paid service?
I: No
External:
year/quarter/month?
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I: No
I: No.
I: Bingo.
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Bijan
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problem statement.
problem
Things to improve
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drop
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Igal Pronin
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PM
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Palash Kala
Platinum PM
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Awareness
channel)
Acquisition
Activation
last 24 hours
Engagement
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Active user is
day
product on average
activated user
Retention
Stickiness; DAU/MAU
Cohort analysis
first logged in
Referral
Revenue
Churn
number of subscribers
Performance metrics
comments
Content
Channel
load (buffering)
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Site/app crash
Network issues
group
Other issues
Social Media
P 29 votes | 1 feedback
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Prashant Ranjan
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Oct 22, 2022
Nice approach.
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solders15
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Aug 12, 2018
(US/UK)?
before? Over what time frame has this key metric fallen?
metric to go down?
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pankaj kumar
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Aug 7, 2022
happens.
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Prashant Ranjan
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Oct 22, 2022
problem.
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PMhummingbird
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Aug 12, 2018
Start the call & inform everyone about the issue and ask
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Try to access the site from inside & outside the network.
1) Informing quickly
2) Escalating
3) Problem solving
solution.
Y 9 votes | 3 feedback
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yunusshamu
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Jun 24, 2021
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Sharayu Kulkarni
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Varsha Datta
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into the office and see that one key metric has dropped
Clarifying questions
base
platforms?
sudden?
large)?
Assumptions
Framework
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sudden?
Geography
ISP Health
Content
Seasonality
Implementation/Design
Timeframe: 1 day
Factors:
External Factors:
Weather/natural calamity
control.
Internal Factors:
Conclusion
improvised content
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Floydimus
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Sep 16, 2020
critical pointers.
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Varsha Datta
Bronze PM
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2 Vote Reply
SPMdavid
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Platinum PM
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Aug 12, 2018
(daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly)?
metric)?
retention, revenue?
language, genre?
Few scenarios-
the product.
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day.
day 4 of the week comparing the data for day 2 and day
sign up.
yesterday?
points
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rahul_g
Platinum PM
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Apr 7, 2021
answer is yes
Data sanity:
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related metrics
today
Isolate:
Internal factors
changes release
definition
to
suddenly dropping
App version
Country/region
Extenal
saying
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much
the issue
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Patikoo
Silver PM
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P
Apr 11, 2020
to revenue or engagement?
Interviewer: Revenue.
Interviewer: Yes.
Me: Great.
affected
Language
App version
2- Feature property
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affected
Language
workflow?
2P votes | 2 feedback
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Bijan
Platinum PM
P
Hey there,
investigation.
just over?
I hope it helps.
3 Vote Reply
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Patikoo
Silver PM
S
feedback thanks.
0 Vote Reply
Devashishv2012
Silver PM
S
D
Aug 7, 2022
or gradual – Abrupt
2. External
error etc → no
3. Any bad press which resulted into people
digital platform
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3. Internal
new releases.
1 vote | 0 feedback
productmanager123
Gold PM
G
P
Jun 12, 2021
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WAUs.
Has this metric been volatile all the time? For e.g, Did we
see many major WoW WAU drops (> 40% ) in the last 6
Now lets look at who are the users and how they access
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Shashank Gupta
PM
PM
problem)
step -
segmentation.
power users?
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Hari Govind
PM
PM
Acquisition metrics:
subscription
time
Engagement metrics:
CTR of a button
Retention Metrics:
No of successful renewals
working as expected.
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0 votes | 0 feedback
S
PM
PM
says key metric but is unclear about what metric they are
you need to gather the right people and try to find the
0 votes | 0 feedback
Sagar Anand
Silver PM
S
Clarifying Questions -
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After clarification -
drop.
content, etc.
calamities, events
1 or 2.
drop rate at major steps in the user journey and then dig
downloads, etc.
Reasons
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website] at step 1
C- External factors
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JK2
PM
PM
J
Apr 25, 2022
advertisement revenue.
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2. Internal causes
Bugs.
New features.
time.
3. Shows
ended.
particular show.
teenagers.
at least 30 seconds.
the show.
the show.
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