Lessons

1How to run any product case (senior bar)55 min read

10-dimension senior rubric, type-spotting map for every case shape, and a Slack notifications weak vs strong micro-case.

  • →Case Interview Method
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2Case type: Design a 0→1 product55 min read

Full worked 0→1 case (verified rental visit packs) plus a B2B sketch — JTBD, ruthless MVP, non-goals, sequencing.

  • →Product and Metric Design
  • →Case Interview Method
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3Case type: Improve a metric55 min read

Full worked case: learning-app WAL flat YoY — driver tree, soft nodes, sequenced bets, guardrails, false-friend experiments.

  • →Product and Metric Design
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4Case type: Root-cause a metric change55 min read

Full diagnosis case: India checkout conversion −15% WoW — funnel decomp, hypothesis tree, falsification, reversible fix; plus churn/NPS 90-day drill.

  • →Metric Diagnosis
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5Case type: Critique a product55 min read

Full favorite-product critique (Linear) — likes with mechanisms, deliberate trade-offs, one sharp fix, metrics, refuse list.

  • →Product Critique
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6Case type: AI / non-deterministic feature58 min read

Full AI agent-assist case: eval-first Eval Spec, HITL, cost/latency, launch gates; plus eval pipeline taxonomy beat.

  • →AI Product Judgment
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7Case type: Strategy and market entry55 min read

Full strategy case: Should Spotify launch short-form video? Beachhead, asymmetry, kill criteria, choose-to-lose; plus platform API beat.

  • →Strategy, Marketplace, and Trust
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8Case types: Marketplace + Trust & safety (capstone)60 min read

Two full cases — demand-cold local services marketplace and job-phishing T&S — plus 40-minute capstone mock instructions against the senior rubric.

  • →Strategy, Marketplace, and Trust
  • →Case Interview Method
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Skills in this course

  1. 01Case Interview MethodClarify the goal, segment users, prioritize, decide, and measure in a clear narrative.
  2. 02Product and Metric DesignDesign a focused product or metric intervention from a target user and job.
  3. 03Metric DiagnosisBuild and test a metric tree in an efficient falsification order.
  4. 04Product CritiqueEvaluate a product through goals, journeys, evidence, and tradeoffs.
  5. 05AI Product JudgmentDesign non-deterministic features with evals, safeguards, and fallback behavior.
  6. 06Strategy, Marketplace, and TrustMake market and platform decisions with liquidity, safety, and economic constraints.