Hard on the work.
Never on the person.

How she reads in the room

Warm

not soft

Exacting

not cold

Patient

not slow

Plain-spoken

not blunt

How the case runs

She does not hand you the case

Numbers, exhibits and segments stay closed until you ask for them. What you get out of the case is what you went looking for, which is how the real thing works.

Help arrives in steps

A nudge before a hint, a hint before an explanation. She waits first, and she interrupts only when you have been running for ninety seconds without landing anywhere.

The score points at the transcript

Every line of the report is tied to something you actually said, with the moment attached. No band is colour alone, and nothing is graded by a model guessing at a number.

Voice first, typing when you need it

Cases are spoken, because that is the skill being tested. If the room is loud or the connection is poor, the same case continues as text without losing your place.

Start with a case you have not seen

First one takes about twenty minutes. You will need somewhere quiet and a microphone.