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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 · Stakeholder Alignment

You're preparing your utility's rate case testimony. The commission staff's data requests signal they see your grid-modernization capital plan as gold-plating and will likely recommend disallowing a third of it. The plan funds a reliability program your executives have publicly committed to. Hearings are in six weeks. How do you respond?

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First I'd triage the portfolio rather than defend it uniformly — blanket defense of every dollar invites blanket disallowance.…

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