Coach Mode · ByteDance (TikTok / Douyin) 2018
TikTok 2018: How the Algorithm Beat the Social Graph
Two steps. First, build your structure with guided prompts, there's an example at every step, so you can't freeze. Then the AI plays your professor and pressure-tests what you built. New to cases? Start at step one. Done this before? Skip straight to the questioning. 8–15 minutes.
Step 1 of 2 · Build your structure
Before the tough questions, let's lay out your thinking. Five quick steps, there's an example at each one, and the coach reacts to what you write. The fourth step is the one that matters most: going a level deeper.
What's the one decision on the table?
Every good analysis answers one clear question. Write it as a decision, something you can say yes or no to, or explain.
2. Break it into buckets
3. Where to dig first
4. Go one level deeper
5. Your gut answer