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Data Analyst · Product Analyst · Mid-level · Theory

On Monday morning you see on the dashboard that DAU has dropped fifteen percent compared to last week. How would you investigate?

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They're checking whether an analyst can investigate a metric anomaly systematically: first make sure the data is honest, then rule out external factors, then localize the drop through decomposition and tie it to a specific cause — without forgetting to tell the team.

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