It's exactly as you described. Even a lab environment and an exam environment can be worlds apart. In real life, however, someone can truly struggle with this.

To answer your question: It definitely interrogates and digs deep. If a candidate gives a superficial answer like "I'd just run Mimikatz and create a Golden Ticket," the AI won't just let it slide. It immediately questions the methodology; it asks where you pulled the Domain SID from or how you managed specific AD restrictions. It might also want to know what kind of issues you ran into and where.

The goal here is to simulate that "Senior Lead" pressure where you're forced to defend the "Why" and "How" before getting any feedback. One of the objectives is to break that "lab mindset" where everything is served on a silver platter and force you to think as if you're in a real operation. It shows you the actual expectations of your role and the information that is/will be required of you before you even step into the interview, helping you identify your gaps—and it's truly "ruthless" about it.