How would you separate product metrics from model metrics?

Instruction: Explain how you would distinguish user-facing KPIs from model-level quality signals.

Context: Checks whether the candidate can explain the core concept clearly and connect it to real production decisions. Explain how you would distinguish user-facing KPIs from model-level quality signals.

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The way I'd approach it in an interview is this: I separate them by asking two different questions. Model metrics tell me how the AI component behaved. Product metrics tell me whether users got the outcome they wanted in the product.

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