FICTIONAL WORKSHOP SOURCE
Casey Patel practice exercise
XL-P003-COACH | candidate_private | 2026-10-30 | S01

Candidate-private coaching material. Goal: Use the integration example. Say directly where your experience ends and do not invent a deal-negotiation story.
Practice question: The interviewer asks whether you personally negotiated the acquisition. Give an accurate answer and bridge to your relevant experience.
First response to critique: I led the entire transformation and delivered the business result myself.
Candidate's evidence to use: I mapped the two charts of accounts with local finance managers, tested a month of parallel reporting, then asked each unit to sign off the reconciliation. We delivered a common weekly pack. I have not measured the time saved and did not negotiate purchase terms.
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.
