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Situational questions test reasoning under hypothetical pressure. Interviewers want to see the constraints you name, the trade-offs you choose, and the assumptions you flag.

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You're a new HR generalist at a 200-person company, four days into the job. An employee walks in shaking and says their manager just screamed at them in front of the whole team, and they want to file a formal complaint. Your HR director is on vacation all week. What do you do?

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First, the person in front of me: somewhere private, listen fully, and take factual notes — what was said, when, who witnessed it — without promising any outcome.…

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