This question evaluates a candidate's competency in data-driven analytics, causal inference, metrics design, and experimentation for customer support performance.
You are given three related tables for a Wayfair-style e-commerce customer-support dataset.
complaints
complaint_id
STRING
customer_id
STRING
order_id
STRING
product_category
STRING
issue_type
STRING
complaint_channel
STRING
complaint_created_at
TIMESTAMP
region
STRING
resolutions
complaint_id
STRING
resolution_type
STRING
first_response_at
TIMESTAMP
resolved_at
TIMESTAMP
agent_id
STRING
escalated_flag
BOOLEAN
refund_amount
DECIMAL(10,2)
replacement_sent_flag
BOOLEAN
service_ratings
complaint_id
STRING
customer_service_rating
INT
rating_submitted_at
TIMESTAMP
Each complaint_id refers to one customer complaint and may or may not have a submitted rating. You do not have a full orders table, so be careful to distinguish complaint volume from complaint rate. The business goal is to improve customer experience while controlling support and refund costs.
Answer the following: