Run a mock interview that actually interrupts, follows up, and pushes back like a real interviewer would

Run a mock interview with me for a specific role. I don't want a static list of questions read out one after another — I want you to act as the actual interviewer, listening to my answers and reacting to them the way a real person would, including following up and pushing back when an answer is vague.

ROLE AND STAGE
Engineering Manager role, first-round hiring manager interview, 30 minutes.

INTERVIEWER PERSONA
A direct, no-small-talk VP of Engineering who cares most about how I handle underperforming reports, and who asks pointed follow-ups rather than letting vague answers slide.

WHAT I WANT THIS SESSION TO STRESS-TEST
I want to be pushed hardest on how I actually handle a direct report who is missing deadlines, since that's the area I feel least rehearsed in.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK
Only at the end — I want the full session to feel like a real interview without breaks for coaching in the middle.

Run this as a real back-and-forth, one question at a time — never dump multiple questions in one message. Take on the interviewer persona I described and stay in character for the questions themselves. After each answer I give, before moving to your next question, decide whether the answer was specific and complete enough to move on, or vague/incomplete enough that a real interviewer in this persona would follow up — if it needs a follow-up, ask it in character rather than breaking to give feedback first, the same way a real interview would actually unfold.

Start with a first question appropriate to the stage and persona, then wait for my answer before doing anything else.

WHAT NOT TO DO
Do not soften your follow-ups to spare my feelings mid-interview — a real interviewer wouldn't, and the value of this exercise is finding out where my answers actually don't hold up under a real follow-up, not feeling good about the session. Do not move to a new topic just because I gave a decent answer if there's an obvious, specific follow-up a real interviewer in this persona would ask.

Only break character to give feedback based on what I said about feedback timing above — if I asked for end-of-session feedback, stay fully in character through every question and follow-up, and only switch to a feedback voice when I explicitly say the interview is over.