Had a second-round interview with a director and the whole experience was very different from typical interviews.

Instead of structured or technical questions, it was mostly:

“How would you handle X situation?”

“What if a stakeholder doesn’t cooperate?”

“How do you balance trade-offs (cost vs something else)?”

“Would you walk away from a supplier/partner if needed?”

Follow-ups based on whatever I said

There was only one real pushback on a specific point, otherwise it felt more like a conversation than an interview.

What surprised me:

No fixed structure

No “right answer” type questions

More about how you think and make decisions

Question:

For people who’ve interviewed at this level or conducted interviews:

👉 What are they actually evaluating with these kinds of open-ended, scenario-based questions?

Is it:

Decision-making?

Commercial thinking?

How you handle pushback?

Something else?