Course 16 / 4 working modules
From General Answers to Useful Evidence
Recognise vague answers and use precise follow-ups to recover examples, sources, mechanisms, and limits.
Start module 1The question you will answer
What do I ask when an interview answer sounds polished but says very little?
The thing you will leave with
A specificity follow-up toolkit
A diagnostic card for six kinds of vague answer, with reusable follow-ups and a short practice transcript.
Course outline
Four modules. One working draft.
Follow the sequence or open any module. Nothing is locked behind a completion score.
- 01Module 1 / 3 method steps + workpadDiagnose what is missingA broad answer may lack a moment, actor, comparison, mechanism, evidence, or boundary. Name the missing element before choosing a follow-up.Open
- 02Module 2 / 3 method steps + workpadRetrieve a specific momentMemory works better with time, place, sequence, and sensory or procedural cues. Ask for the first, last, hardest, or most consequential instance.Open
- 03Module 3 / 3 method steps + workpadAsk for the receipt and mechanismEvidence shows that something happened; mechanism explains how the claimed cause could produce it. Good follow-ups separate the two.Open
- 04Module 4 / 3 method steps + workpadProtect nuance and consentOffer ways to be specific without overexposing people or pretending the evidence is stronger than it is.Open