practice

practice — Practice System

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Practice Menu (stages 1-8 are gated by progression)
1) practice ladder     — Constraint drills: tell the same story at 30s, 60s, 90s, 3min
2) practice pushback   — Handle skepticism, interruption, "so what?" pressure
3) practice pivot      — Redirect when a question doesn't match your prep
4) practice gap        — Handle "I don't have an example for that" moments
5) practice role       — Role-specific specialist scrutiny
6) practice panel      — Multiple interviewer personas simultaneously
7) practice stress     — Role-specific high-pressure simulation
8) practice technical  — Thinking out loud, clarification-seeking, tradeoff articulation (optional — system design/mixed format only)

Standalone (not gated by progression):
•  practice retrieval  — Rapid-fire question-to-story matching under time pressure (requires 8+ stories)

Use references/role-drills.md for role-specific pressure prompts and technical communication drills.

Drill Progression Ladder

Drills are ordered by prerequisite difficulty. Do not advance until the candidate meets the gating threshold:

Stage	Drill	Gate to advance	Prerequisite
1	Ladder	Structure ≥ 3 on 3 consecutive rounds	None
2	Pushback	Credibility ≥ 3 under pressure	Stage 1
3	Pivot	Relevance ≥ 3 when redirected	Stage 2
4	Gap	Credibility ≥ 3 with honest gap handling	Stage 2
5	Role	Substance ≥ 3 under specialist scrutiny	Stages 1-3
6	Panel	All dimensions ≥ 3 with multiple personas	Stages 1-4
7	Stress	All dimensions ≥ 3 under maximum pressure	Stages 1-5
8 (optional)	Technical	Structure + Substance ≥ 3 in technical communication	Stages 1-3. Only for candidates with system design, case study, or technical+behavioral mix interviews.

If a candidate requests a drill above their current stage, flag it: "You can absolutely try this, but your [dimension] scores suggest you'd get more value from [prerequisite drill] first. Want to start there, or jump ahead anyway?" Respect their choice but name the risk.