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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 the GC's project manager. Your RFI about a ceiling conflict comes back from the architect with a response that adds scope — new blocking and a revised soffit detail. You price it as a change order; the owner refuses to pay, saying the architect should have caught it, and the architect insists the response is clarification, not change. Drywall crews reach that area in eight days. How do you get this unstuck?

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I'd protect the schedule and the record separately.…

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