Scene to read · Problem solving, Self-awareness
The erased booking
You are the neighbor who keeps the sign-up sheet for your building's common room, and you made the booking error.
In the ground-floor common room, Joachim, 41, and Joao, 54, discuss Saturday's bookings: a grandmother's eightieth birthday and a weekly study group preparing for exams. You accidentally erased booking dates and confirmed both reservations; neither knows. Two smaller rooms are available, but using them would split the study group, whose members tutor each other. The birthday guests cannot fit there; moving their celebration would require finding and paying for another venue.
The scene
Joachim: Forty relatives are coming Saturday. Another venue means costs we hadn't budgeted.
Joao: Those smaller rooms split our tutors up when everyone needs exam help.
Joachim: Could your group rotate tutors? I'd help arrange rooms and move furniture.
Joao: Maybe, but we'd lose study time. What support can you actually offer?
The two questions
- 1What would you tell Joachim and Joao about your mistake, and how would you weigh splitting the study group against relocating the birthday celebration?
- 2Tell us about a time you made a mistake that affected other people. How did you handle it?
What raters look for
- Problem solving
- Gathers facts before acting, considers options and consequences, and chooses a workable next step.
- Self-awareness
- Recognizes own biases, limits and emotions, and seeks and uses feedback.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
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