AI Fluency
- You’ll decide what to delegate to AI, how to supervise it, and how to validate results.
- Socratify may ask: “How would you use AI here? What stays human‑in‑the‑loop?”
- You’ll outline a workflow with handoffs and checks.
- Debriefs highlight safe delegation, validation patterns, and failure modes.
Assumption
- You’ll surface the hidden bet behind a decision and when it might fail.
- Socratify may ask: “What assumption is this move making? What would make it wrong?”
- You’ll name the assumption, where it breaks, and how you’d test it.
- Debriefs teach risk framing, falsifiability, and fast validation.
Business Model
- You’ll reason through how a business model makes money and the operating trade‑offs.
- Socratify may ask: “When does this model work? What’s the catch?”
- You’ll explain fit, unit drivers, and execution challenges.
- Debriefs reinforce incentives, margins, and practical constraints.
Company Background
- You’ll quickly ground the discussion in positioning, moat, constraints, and recent moves.
- Socratify may ask: “What matters about this company for this decision?”
- You’ll summarize only the context that changes the decision.
- Debriefs focus on relevance over detail‑dumping.
Contrarian
- You’ll make a strong case against the default view.
- Socratify may ask: “What’s the smartest argument in the other direction?”
- You’ll steelman the counter‑view and where it applies.
- Debriefs build bias checks and scenario thinking.
Data
- You’ll choose the most telling signals and why they matter.
- Socratify may ask: “What would you measure in the first two weeks?”
- You’ll pick observable metrics and link them to decisions.
- Debriefs emphasize causality over correlation.
Define Success
- You’ll create a crisp definition of success that won’t backfire.
- Socratify may ask: “What signal means we’re winning without distorting behavior?”
- You’ll propose 1–3 signals and why they’re causal and observable.
- Debriefs build outcome clarity and constraint awareness.
ELI5
- You’ll explain a complex idea simply, without dumbing it down.
- Socratify may ask: “Explain this like you would to a smart friend.”
- You’ll use concrete examples and plain language.
- Debriefs focus on clarity and audience‑fit.
Elevator Pitch
- You’ll make a crisp, defensible 30–60 second case.
- Socratify may ask: “What’s the point, for whom, and why now?”
- You’ll lead with the “so what,” then proof and implications.
- Debriefs improve top‑down structure and persuasion.
Fermi
- You’ll estimate order‑of‑magnitude answers with simple assumptions.
- Socratify may ask: “How big is this, roughly?”
- You’ll show assumptions, quick math, and a sanity check.
- Debriefs build comfort with uncertainty and transparent reasoning.
Fit Interview
- You’ll practice behavioral answers that show judgment, not just stories.
- Socratify may ask: “Tell me about a time… What did you learn?”
- You’ll use a tight structure (situation, action, result, reflection).
- Debriefs deepen reflection, ownership, and transferable lessons.
Flashcard
- You’ll do quick checks for key terms and concepts.
- Socratify may ask: “Define X in one line; give an example.”
- You’ll keep answers tight and concrete.
- Debriefs reinforce precision and retrieval.
Hot Take
- You’ll pick a side and justify it.
- Socratify may ask: “Agree or disagree — and why?”
- You’ll defend your stance and when it could flip.
- Debriefs highlight stakes, trade‑offs, and conditional thinking.
Hypothesis
- You’ll propose testable explanations.
- Socratify may ask: “What could explain this? How would you test it?”
- You’ll list 2–3 plausible hypotheses and a validation plan.
- Debriefs build generative thinking and experiment design.
Industry Trend
- You’ll analyze how a shift changes incentives and constraints.
- Socratify may ask: “Who wins, who loses, and why?”
- You’ll map second‑order effects and strategic responses.
- Debriefs reinforce systems thinking and competitive dynamics.
Issue Tree
- You’ll break a problem into a simple MECE structure.
- Socratify may ask: “What are the main buckets and why?”
- You’ll zoom into the highest‑leverage branch.
- Debriefs build decomposition and prioritization.
Learn Business Model
- You’ll learn when a model fits, how it behaves, and second‑order effects.
- Socratify may ask: “When is this a good idea? What’s the catch?”
- You’ll describe fit conditions, implications, and risks.
- Debriefs build pattern recognition.
Learn Mental Model
- You’ll apply thinking frameworks to real problems.
- Socratify may ask: “How would you apply this model here?”
- You’ll explain the model and the move it suggests.
- Debriefs improve model selection and disciplined application.
Options
- You’ll generate meaningful alternatives and compare them.
- Socratify may ask: “What else could we do? What are the trade‑offs?”
- You’ll list 2–3 options and make a simple comparison.
- Debriefs build divergent thinking and fast prioritization.
Prioritize
- You’ll rank options by impact, effort, risk, and constraints.
- Socratify may ask: “What goes first and why?”
- You’ll choose a simple rubric and make the call.
- Debriefs strengthen justification.
Questions
- You’ll ask the few critical questions that unlock the decision.
- Socratify may ask: “What must we know before moving?”
- You’ll pose 2–3 sharp questions and why they matter.
- Debriefs focus on information value and sequencing.
Rapid Fire
- You’ll do short, focused checks to reinforce understanding.
- Socratify may ask for quick answers to confirm grasp.
- You’ll answer decisively — don’t overthink.
- Debriefs support retention and fluency.
Read the Room
- You’ll tailor decisions to incentives and audience.
- Socratify may ask: “What do they care about? How do you approach?”
- You’ll map stakeholders and choose a strategy.
- Debriefs build empathy, influence, and pragmatic trade‑offs.
Red Team
- You’ll stress‑test an idea by arguing against it.
- Socratify may ask: “If this fails, why?”
- You’ll make the strongest counter‑case and propose mitigations.
- Debriefs build risk anticipation and resilience.
Response
- You’ll predict how others would react and why.
- Socratify may ask: “What do they do next and why?”
- You’ll describe incentives and likely moves.
- Debriefs build game‑theory intuition and anticipation.
Reversal
- You’ll flip the assumption to expose blind spots.
- Socratify may ask: “What if the opposite were true?”
- You’ll explore the alternate world and impacts.
- Debriefs encourage creativity and robust strategy.
Role‑Specific
- You’ll practice questions tailored to your target role.
- Socratify may ask: “In this role, how would you handle…?”
- You’ll answer with role‑appropriate trade‑offs and metrics.
- Debriefs build role fluency and expectations.
Trade‑off
- You’ll weigh gains vs. downsides, clarify constraints, and choose a path.
- Socratify may ask: “What do we gain, what do we risk, and what’s the call?”
- You’ll state the trade‑off, name the constraint, and make a recommendation.
- Debriefs improve decision quality under uncertainty.
Upside
- You’ll identify genuine opportunities if a move works.
- Socratify may ask: “What could go right and why?”
- You’ll propose specific upsides with mechanisms.
- Debriefs build positive‑case reasoning without hand‑waving.