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What a role-play with an AI customer can and cannot show
ASTRA Ready editorial ·
What it can show
A role-play with an AI customer puts a learner in a conversation that does not wait for them. In ASTRA role-plays, the customer has read the same documents as the learner and changes the situation partway through. Typical changes are a request to stretch a result, a question the evidence cannot answer, or a deadline.
Graded against a published rubric, a role-play can show whether the learner:
- asks before telling,
- explains in the customer's terms,
- stays inside what the evidence supports,
- names the owner of each decision, and
- agrees a next step that is small and certain.
Learners can repeat it as often as they need, without an audience.
What it cannot show
A role-play is practice. It does not show how someone performs with a real customer, in a real market, over time. It is not a supervised examination either. At ASTRA, role-plays are formative and earn a certificate of completion when passed as a course's final assessment. They never count towards an ASTRA credential.
For colleges
Role-plays work well before placements and interviews. Students can rehearse the same conversation until the habit holds, and teaching staff can discuss the rubric rather than individual transcripts.
Relevant programme: See the ASTRA Tech Fundamentals programme at https://www.astraready.com/programmes/fundamentals and the courses at https://www.astraready.com/courses