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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.

Situational · Resource Constraint

You're an asset manager at an electric utility. Next year's O&M budget just came back 12% lower. Your two biggest line items are cycle-based vegetation management and replacing a set of aging substation transformers your inspection program has flagged. Leadership wants your recommendation by Friday on what gets cut. What do you recommend?

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I wouldn’t peanut-butter the cut across both — that buys the appearance of fairness and two half-managed risks.…

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