Feedback & Recognition • Tactical Rehearsal

Giving Feedback to a Peer on Low-Quality Work — Arrogant

Hard Difficulty5–10 minYour Role: Teammate giving feedback
Your Strategic Objective

Give helpful, constructive feedback and maintain a strong working relationship

The High-Stakes Context

Your peer recently submitted code that didn’t meet project or client expectations. You need to have a professional but honest conversation about what went wrong and how to avoid it in the future.

A technically strong engineer who tends to dismiss feedback and believes their work is beyond criticism.

Anticipated AI Pushbacks (Curveballs)

Your counterpart is programmed to test your poise. Expect realistic objections like:

“Honestly, I don’t see why it’s a problem.”
Suggested Opening Icebreaker

Unsure how to start? In the simulator, you can pre-fill or adapt this opener:

"Hey, do you have a moment to talk about the last bit of work you submitted?"
Competencies:#feedback#peer#communication#Arrogant#Dismissive#Confident#Skeptical
Counterpart Dossier
Chris Patel

Chris Patel

AI Persona

Peer software engineer who delivered poor-quality work

Stance: arrogant

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