Make the mistake here, not in real life. Verism simulates real days in careers you're considering, and the conversations that actually shape them. The other person responds the way real people do. The debrief tells you what your choices revealed.
Pick a career you're considering. Live a normal day in it — six acts, real decisions, real consequences. Then read what your choices revealed about how you'd actually do the job.
The AI plays the other person. Realistically. Not generously. They push back where a real manager would, and only give ground when you give them a reason to.
Skip lunch in Act 2 and feel it in Act 4. Impress someone in Act 1 and it pays off in Act 5.
Every choice has a visible tradeoff. Good decisions still have costs. The simulation grades behavior, not intention.
Macabacus, Bloomberg IB Chat, Critique, Phabricator — the simulation uses what your job actually uses.