PM Interview: "Your core feature’s latency has doubled overnight. What steps do you take to identify and fix the issue?"

Assesses technical incident responsivity, cross-team collaboration, and problem diagnosis.

• Checks monitoring/logs for time/cause
• Segments by geography, version, infrastructure
• Works with engineering to narrow down root causes
• Prioritizes quick impact mitigations
• Ensures clear communication with stakeholders

• Most latency bugs arise from deployment changes
• Segmented, structured triage is key
• Stakeholder comms are critical