Follow the interviewer, but do not abandon your own logic. Take the exhibit, identify what question it can answer, and connect the insight back to the objective or one of your structure branches.

Sometimes the interviewer is intentionally controlling the sequence. That is normal. The structure is a map, not a script the interviewer must follow.

After the exhibit, briefly synthesize what changed and where you would go next if you were driving the case. If useful, this guide on case interview structure and flow gives more detail.

follow their lead but connect it back after the exhibit.