Feedback & Recognition • Tactical Rehearsal
Giving Feedback to a Peer on Low-Quality Work — Defensive
Moderate 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 competent but sensitive engineer who tends to get defensive when receiving criticism, even if it's intended to help.
Anticipated AI Pushbacks (Curveballs)
Your counterpart is programmed to test your poise. Expect realistic objections like:
“But the PM approved it as-is, so I didn’t think it was an issue.”
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#Defensive#Guarded#Respectful#Self-protective
Counterpart Dossier
Alex Rivera
AI PersonaPeer software engineer who delivered poor-quality work
Stance: defensive
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