The Interviewer Names were - Sunil & Ashwtam (Second one, I'm not sure but was something like that)
They questioned the authenticity 13% conversion rates — which is a significant result, especially in the EdTech sector where India’s average conversion rate is usually below 3%. I explained multiple times that the 13% was a weighted average, derived from India’s 2% and the Rest of the World’s 25% submission rates.
Despite this, the interviewers somehow couldn’t even calculate the average between 2% and 25%, which comes to around 13%. At one point, one of them even mentioned that 2% of 180 is 32, and I honestly just sat there wondering how they’re even running a company with that level of understanding.
Instead of discussing the actual strategies, experimentation framework, or hypothesis-driven approach that led to those results, they kept circling around basic math errors and irrelevant points. What could’ve been a great technical conversation about CRO ended up being an example of poor analytical capability from the interviewers themselves.
It was disappointing to see people evaluating a CRO role without understanding the fundamentals of data analysis, averages, or conversion metrics — especially in a company that claims to be data-driven.