Practice answers
Seven questions with a first sentence for each, a place to mark what you have said aloud, and a playback checklist for the recording.
The questions list and the playback checklist are essential on a first pass: they hold the work of Practice answers. The playback notes are optional. Seed rows come from your setup when you have saved one; delete or rewrite any of them.
Questions and first sentences
Essential on a first pass (Practice answers). Seven rows: five likely questions, the one you dread and the closing question. The first sentence answers the question that was asked.
Playback checklist
Essential on a first pass (Practice answers). Tick what you heard on the recording. It records what you did; it does not grade you.
Playback notes
Optional. What you noticed about pace and filler words, and anything else.
How to use this sheet
- Seven rows to start. Five likely questions, the one you dread and the closing question. The first sentence answers the question that was asked; the next column is where you go back to your point.
- Tick "Said aloud" only after you have said it. Reading it silently does not count as practice.
- Playback records what you did. Tick what you heard on the recording. The checklist does not grade readiness.
Dana Ruiz (fictional) lists "How did the tool library start?" as likely, "What happens if someone is hurt using a tool they borrowed from you?" as the one she dreads, and "Is there anything else?" as the closing question. Her first sentence answers the dreaded question: "I can't say what would happen legally, and I won't guess." Its reason line: that is a question for a lawyer, and she has not asked one.
Practice makes answers clearer and shorter. It does not predict the questions, and it does not decide what an outlet uses. The checklist is a record of what you noticed, not a score.