Listen and Probe for Depth
The best questions are the unplanned ones, built from what the person just said. Holding silence gives them time to produce a longer, more considered answer. Building your next question on their last one proves you were listening and goes where the real story is. Probing past a polished first answer and asking for a specific example turn a general claim into detail you can assess. Follow-ups are also what make people feel heard, which keeps them talking.
Proficiency Level
This is a preview of how skill assessment works in Admire
Measurable Behaviors
Behaviors are optimized to be directly observable for evidence-based skill tracking.
Ask for a specific example when answers stay general
When someone speaks in generalities, asks them to walk through a specific instance, turning vague claims into concrete detail that can be assessed.
Build your next question on their last answer
Makes the next question follow from something the person just said, proving they were heard and going where the conversation has energy.
Capture strong follow-up questions for others to reuse
Writes down a follow-up that reliably unlocks depth where teammates can find it, so the team reaches better detail without rediscovering the move.
Pause at least three seconds after asking
Stays silent for at least three seconds after asking rather than filling the gap, giving the person time to produce a longer, more considered answer.
Probe past the first answer when it stays surface
Pushes gently past a general or polished first answer to reach the actual blocker, not the polite surface response.
This is a preview of how behavior tracking works in Admire
What Deep Listening Looks Like
You hold a pause after each question, build follow-ups on actual responses, and push gently past a surface answer. When someone speaks in generalities, you ask for a real example. The follow-ups that reliably unlock depth get written down where teammates can reuse them.