Detecting and Mitigating Cheating in Games
Overview
This question evaluates a product manager's competency in anti-cheat strategy for online games, covering detection signals, data pipelines, modeling approaches, prevention via product and policy interventions, enforcement mechanisms, and rebuilding player trust.
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Online Game Cheating: Detection, Prevention, Enforcement, and Trust
Context
Assume you are the Product Manager for a competitive online game with real-time matches, ranked leaderboards, and an in-game economy. The game is cross-platform (mobile/PC), operates at scale, and must react to cheating both in real time and via batch analysis.
Questions
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Detection
- What key signals would you instrument and monitor to detect cheating?
- What data pipelines are required to capture, process, and score those signals in real time and offline?
- Which algorithms and modeling approaches would you use?
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Prevention
- Why do players cheat?
- Which product and policy interventions would discourage cheating?
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Enforcement and Trust
- Once cheating is identified, how would you enforce restrictions (graduated responses, communication, recovery)?
- If enforcement actions frustrate some users (including false positives), how would you address concerns and rebuild trust?
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