Prepare for Follow-Up Questions Without Memorizing a Script

Follow-up questions usually test the weakest bridge in your first answer. Preparing for that bridge is more useful than memorizing every possible variation.

Build a follow-up map

1. Numbers: what changed and by how much?
2. Ownership: what did you personally decide?
3. Trade-off: what did you choose not to do?

Each map entry should be a fact you can explain in one sentence. If a fact needs a new story, the first answer was too broad.

Practice the repair

Answer once, take one follow-up, and repair only the sentence that did not hold. Repeating the full answer from the beginning hides the learning.