Occupancy is up but host earnings are down — do you ship?

Decide from resultsMedium

Problem. A price-guidance experiment (properly run at the market level) raises occupancy by a significant +4%, but host earnings per listing fell −2%. The team wants to ship on the occupancy 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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