Strategy question
How do you capture customer satisfaction when there is a lack of survey responses?
- Uber
- Strategy
- Medium
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What this question tests
Tests measurement strategy under real data constraints: finding proxy signals when direct feedback is sparse.
How to approach it
- Diagnose why survey response is low: fatigue, poor timing, or low perceived value, confirm with the interviewer.
- Identify implicit proxy signals: repeat usage rate, support ticket sentiment, star ratings already collected.
- Improve survey design itself: shorter, better-timed right after the experience, and lightly incentivized.
- Use a stratified sample: survey a representative subset deeply rather than everyone shallowly.
- Combine implicit and explicit signals into a composite satisfaction score rather than relying on surveys alone.
- Define success as response-rate improvement and whether the composite score correlates with retention.
What a strong answer includes
- Proposes concrete proxy metrics, repeat usage and ticket sentiment, instead of just trying harder on surveys.
- Diagnoses the root cause of low response before jumping to fixes.
- Combines implicit and explicit signals into one view rather than depending on one fragile source.
Common mistakes
- Relying solely on increasing survey incentives without considering proxy signals.
- Treating star ratings as a full substitute for satisfaction, ignoring their selection bias.
Likely follow-up questions
- How would you validate that a proxy signal actually reflects satisfaction?
- How would you avoid survey fatigue while still getting enough data?
- What would you do if implicit and explicit signals disagreed?
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Learn the skill behind it
Chapters of the AI PM course that teach what this question tests.
- Chapter 4: Discovery and strategy for AI products
- Chapter 9: Prove it paid off: outcomes, economics, and pricing
- Chapter 14: Get the job: the AI PM interview loop