The IAC Title Is Two Jobs
The Observation I spent a long day scoring auctioneers. Prelims first. Then finals: interview, then selling again. Prelims decide who keeps competing. They ask a hard question: can you call bids under pressure, in front of people who do this for a living? That skill is real. It’s not the whole title. The final score is not the prelim run again. You sit and answer for the trade. Then you sell again on the block. Only people who advance face that second test. ...