Tell me about a project where you had to define how to measure its success. How did you decide which metrics mattered, and how did you track whether your work actually made a difference?
I'm interested in your thought process for connecting the work you do as an engineer to outcomes that matter for users or the business. What did the data tell you, and did anything surprise you?
How to approach it
- Hint 1
Pick a project where you actively chose the success metrics, not one where someone handed you a dashboard to watch.
- Hint 2
Explain why you chose those specific metrics over other possible ones. What tradeoffs did you consider? Did you think about leading versus lagging indicators, or proxy metrics versus direct measures?
- Hint 3
Share what the data actually showed. Did the metrics move the way you expected? Did you discover something unexpected that changed your understanding of the impact?
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