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Coding Challenge Success Metrics

As a product manager at a tech hiring company, what key success metrics will you focus on for a mega coding challenge?
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Advanced
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Education
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#b2c #HEART

One possible approach is to use the HEART framework

HEART framework for measuring success of a mega coding challenge

Explaining some of the metrics

  • Happiness: The level of satisfaction and enjoyment that participants experience during the coding challenge can be a useful metric for assessing the overall user experience. This can be measured through surveys or app ratings.
  • Task success: The percentage of participants who successfully complete the coding challenge can be a useful metric for evaluating the difficulty and fairness of the challenge. This can be measured by tracking the percentage of successful submissions.

Why did you choose number of visits from social channels chosen as a key engagement metric?

People often like to showcase interesting and worthwhile experiences on social media, which can indicate that they enjoyed the experience. One metric that could be used to measure the impact of these social media shares is the number of visits to the event or experience from social channels.

Why specifically number of visits from social channels and not the number of shares?

It is important to note that not all social media shares are equal, and the number of followers an account has can influence the reach and impact of a share. For example, a share from an account with 10,000 followers may have a greater impact than a share from an account with 1,000 followers. As a result, it may be necessary to consider the number of followers an account has when evaluating the impact of social media shares on event attendance.