Question 1

Transaction volume vs forecast

Accepted Answer

Live transaction volume against the rolling forecast. Example: "Daily transaction volume by segment vs forecast for the last 30 days."

Question 2

AUM movement by advisor

Accepted Answer

Inflows and outflows by advisor and asset class. Example: "Net AUM change by advisor and asset class over the last quarter, ranked by absolute change."

Question 3

Fraud false-positive trend

Accepted Answer

Tune rules using true-positive vs false-positive trend. Example: "False-positive rate on fraud alerts by rule and amount band over the last 30 days."

Question 4

NIM by product

Accepted Answer

Net interest margin and fee income by product line. Example: "Net interest margin and fee income by product line for the last 12 months."

Question 5

Customer lifecycle

Accepted Answer

Cross-product adoption — from one product to three. Example: "Average time for a checking-only customer to adopt a second product, by acquisition cohort."

Question 6

Regulatory metric reconciliation

Accepted Answer

Spot deltas between source-of-record and downstream reports. Example: "Difference between general ledger balance and risk system balance by account class as of yesterday."

Financial Services

Questions you can ask on day one.