FICTIONAL WORKSHOP SOURCE
Blair Chen practice exercise
XL-P002-COACH | candidate_private | 2026-10-30 | S01

Candidate-private coaching material. Goal: Translate divisional experience honestly and ask what support the group CFO role would provide.
Practice question: Explain why a division-level result is relevant without claiming group-level scope.
First response to critique: I led the entire transformation and delivered the business result myself.
Candidate's evidence to use: I replaced a spreadsheet handoff with a named owner for each reconciliation. The divisional controller checked the first two closes before we changed the timetable. Six days was the normal close by the fourth month. I have not owned covenant reporting or treasury for the group.
Try again in 90 seconds: describe the situation, your decision, tradeoff, result and uncertainty. Ask a partner which statement they would want to verify.
Observe specificity, attribution, treatment of uncertainty and relevance. Do not evaluate accent, personality or protected characteristics. Do not invent experiences or transfer these private coaching notes into a client assessment.
