Treat staffing model as one factor, not the entire office decision.

It can affect travel, project variety, relationship building, and how often you work with your local office, but actual staffing also changes with demand, practice area, and senior relationships.

Compare the offices on dimensions that are more durable: industries served, office size, recruiting competitiveness, language requirements, personal network, and where you genuinely want to live.

Use coffee chats to understand how staffing works in practice, but avoid choosing an office solely because of one current staffing pattern that may change after you join.

I would practice this with a timer. The pressure changes the way you respond more than the actual concept does.

For me the biggest improvement came from writing down the decision I was trying to make before doing the analysis.