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Practice
43 questions- Briefing exerciseWalk me through a one-page briefing for the deputy administrator on whether to extend a pilot program.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd structure the evidence section in a brief about a contentious budget reallocation.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd structure a brief on whether to attend an international conference under a tight diplomatic constraint.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd write a brief recommending against a course of action the decision-maker is publicly committed to.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd convert a 20-page interagency report into a 1-page brief.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through your structure for a brief that has to deliver bad news and a recommendation in one page.