TheOatmeal
TheOatmeal

Question

Am i wrong if i check with Support or Customer success team if there are any defects due to which i see a decline in user activity in my SAAS tool since last 3 months.

I was asked this question in an interview that what would be your first step if you need to figure out why there is a decline in user activity since last 3 months.

13mo ago
wanderingindian
wanderingindian

First step is to check if the drop in usage activity is a legit drop in itself. Break the data down into chunks and see if there’s a missing datapoint, confirm with data engg teams that the pipeline is working well and once we are sure everything is working well, will start triangulation on what all characteristics we can pinpoint for the drop.

Once we have exhausted quantitative options then go for qualitative options. These questions are never right or wrong.

I work as a B2B SaaS PM. Let me tell you, CSMs and Support team are usually clueless about the larger picture. They only work in silos and only on their accounts not having an overview of whats going on overall so their inputs would also be quite qualitative. 🤪

TallTales69
TallTales69

It's a good approach. Data led to find commonality across customers in user behaviour.

TheOatmeal
TheOatmeal

The person didn’t like it 🥲 I also added we can check if there are competition in the market. Also spoke about talking directly with users about pain points.

TallTales69
TallTales69

Tight rope walk that, but you don't have to be a please all in an interview.

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