Originally Posted by
ps2sunvalley
That's a cop out, or you do not have enough experience to have a story for that question.
The rules are the rules yes, but often they do not cover every situation and in good pilot judgement sometimes you need to deviate in order to safely put the airplane where it needs to go. The airlines know this is how it is and they want to know if you have sound decision making and know when the time to break a rule is and how to mitigate it safely.
I guess my advice would be, if you’re going to use experience as a qualifier for answering this question. Maybe try finding a story that starts with “I had to use PIC authority to prevent an unsafe situation.” And not, “I know we weren’t approved for it, but I did it anyway” “because, you know they might approve it soon”.