How should you structure a scenario-based drill to assess decision-making under stress?

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Assessing decision-making under stress works best when you immerse someone in a believable, time-pressured situation that includes data they must use. The strongest approach is to present a realistic scenario, provide relevant data, require a concrete course-of-action decision, and then observe both the decision made and the time taken, followed by a debrief with feedback to reinforce learning.

Using an abstract hypothetical with no data won’t reveal how someone analyzes information, prioritizes tasks, or handles time pressure. A lecture followed by a multiple-choice test measures recall more than real-time decision-making under stress. Asking only one quick question at the end similarly fails to engage sustained judgment and action under pressure. The structured drill with realistic data and a thorough debrief best captures how decisions are made when under stress and how to improve them.