Click-through is up but bookings and ratings are down — do you ship?

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Problem. A search change lifts listing click-through +6% (significant), but search → book conversion fell −1% and trip ratings on resulting stays dipped. The team wants to ship on the engagement win. What's your call?

Before you reveal: say your answer out loud, as if you were in the real interview — get your reasoning across clearly first. There is no single correct answer: reading what the interviewer is really after and defending your own thinking is what makes an answer strong.

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