Video scene · 0:20 · Motivation, Self-awareness
Money or lessons
You teach guitar lessons at a music store.
You love teaching, and your schedule is full. The store manager is leaving, and the owner, Ellen, wants you to take over: better pay, but almost no teaching. As your fellow teacher Dev packs up in the lesson room, Ellen comes in to ask you.
What's said in the scene
Ellen: It's twelve thousand more a year. I need an answer by Friday.
Dev: Take it. You'd be crazy not to. Nobody gets rich teaching scales.
Ellen: You'd give up most of your students, I won't pretend otherwise.
Dev: Money or lessons. Come on, what matters more to you?
The two questions
- 1How would you make this decision, and what would you say to Ellen?
- 2What would you want your work to give you besides income, and why?
What raters look for
- Motivation
- Shows genuine, sustained drive and a clear reason for choices, including when work is unglamorous.
- Self-awareness
- Recognizes own biases, limits and emotions, and seeks and uses feedback.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Watch the scene once, record your answers, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
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