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Emily Carter
Senior FP&A Analyst · Finance · Meridian Group
Session completed Sep 29, 2026 · 52 minutes · 19 exchanges
87AIQ™ score
#1of 4 for this role
73Role average
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The call
Emily leads the AI and checks its work. She caught a wrong figure, found what it missed and held a position she could defend to the CFO.
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Key moments
- Questioned the AI's 6.2% figureRecalculated from the source files: plan $48.0M, actuals $45.9M. The real miss was 4.4%.Critical thinking · 88
- Asked whether renewals slipped a quarterFound $1.1M of Q3 renewals signed on October 3, which the AI never checked.Questioning · 91
- Separated timing from real churnTook the slipped renewals out and worked out the underlying miss was about 2%.Reasoning · 86
- Updated her view when the facts changedDropped her first draft as soon as the corrected figures came in.Adaptability · 85
- Held the Q4 forecastOverruled the AI's suggested 6.2% cut and flagged mid-market churn as the real risk.Judgment · 84
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Where to probe in the interview
Didn't source the churn assumptionShe accepted the AI’s mid-market churn rate without asking where it came from. Ask how she would verify it before using it in a decision.
- "Where would you have checked the churn rate before putting it in front of the CFO?"
- "If the October renewals hadn't existed, would you still have held the forecast?"
- "Which of the AI's suggestions did you discard and why?"
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Her decision, in her own words
"Keep the Q4 forecast. Q3 came in 4.4% under plan, not 6.2%. Marcus pulled the wrong plan version. Of that miss, $1.1M is renewals that signed on October 3, so the underlying gap is about 2%. I'd hold the forecast, call out the slipped renewals for the board and add a churn watch on mid-market before changing anything. I used Marcus's draft structure but not his numbers, which didn't match the source files."Written at 49:20 · included unedited
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Scores
Critical thinking88
Questioning91
Reasoning86
Adaptability85
Judgment84
Emily Role average
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Session integrity
- Single-use link, completed in one sitting
- Typing and timing consistent with live work
- No pasted content matching public sources
- Same scenario as every other candidate for this role