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In this module9 lessons
  1. Choosing a north-star metricFree
  2. Metric trees: breaking a goal into parts
  3. Setting goals for a product or feature
  4. Diagnosing a metric drop
  5. A/B tests a PM must be able to read
  6. Making trade-off decisions
  7. Worked cases 1 to 5
  8. Worked cases 6 to 10
  9. Common traps and how to recover

Common traps and how to recover

Spot the twelve mistakes that sink metrics answers, and use a one-line recovery for each when you catch yourself mid-answer.

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Why recovery matters

Strong candidates make mistakes too. The difference is that they notice and correct course out loud, calmly. Interviewers usually give credit for a clean recovery, because noticing your own error is what good PMs do with real data.

Each trap below shows what it sounds like, why it costs points and a line you can say to recover.

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