Metrics question

Imagine you are the head of Product at AirBnb. What are the top 2-3 metrics you would monitor?

Practice this question out loud. An AI interviewer asks it, follows up like a real interviewer would, and scores your answer. Type or speak.

What this question tests

Ability to identify the small set of metrics that capture a two-sided marketplace's health.

Frame Airbnb as a two-sided marketplace, guests and hosts, so metrics must cover both sides plus the transaction.
Pick a demand-side metric: nights booked, or booking conversion from search to confirmed stay.
Pick a supply-side metric: active listings or host retention, since supply constraints cap growth directly.
Pick a trust metric: average review score or cancellation rate, since trust is core when strangers transact.
Explain the interaction: growth in bookings without growth in quality supply or trust erodes the marketplace over time.

Explicitly frames metrics around both sides of the marketplace, not just guest-facing engagement.
Picks metrics that would surface a real risk, like host churn quietly capping growth while bookings look healthy.
Gives one sentence on how the three metrics interact, showing systems thinking.

Only picking guest-side metrics and ignoring host supply, Airbnb's actual growth bottleneck.
Listing more than three metrics or picking vanity metrics like total downloads.

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