Whoever had less time was assigned the Captain/Pilot Flying role and the other the First Officer/Pilot Monitoring. We sat down at an A320 paper tiger and were given exactly 2 minutes to review 2 laminated sheets that included a brief overview (DEN-LAS flight with an MEL'd EGPWS/terrain) of the scenario, and the ATIS - light snow was falling, temps were in the negatives. After the 2 minutes were up, the Captain was asked to provide a "threats briefing" for the flight (MEL'd EGPWS, light snow falling, some taxiway closures, RCAM 5/5/5 for all runways, 2 junior pilot candidates with 2 senior FAs, temps M07/M09 etc.). The interviewer then jumped to say we were now ready for taxi and asked me (the Captain) if I wanted to taxi out single-engine or both engines and what other special considerations there were (deicing) - I told him I needed Type 1 and 4. He asked the FO what colors they were and what it should look like on the airplane (glossy or opaque). Then we jumped to the runway and he had the FO go through a...

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