How do you handle being put on the spot in a meeting?

Calling on people in a meeting "” even if it puts you on the spot "” is essential for getting broad participation. The interviewer wants you to know their work culture has participatory meetings and wants to make sure preparedness and meeting skills are in your wheelhouse. Sometimes industrial engineers are introverts but know that as long as the people in the meeting are engaged in a topic that is meaningful and participants are attentive when others speak, safety and respect will be present.
You can answer by letting them know the actions that will help the organization if you are ever put on the spot. Say, 'I will always prepare carefully for every meeting I'm in, have trust and have confidence in myself, decline if I have nothing to add, set up my comments so I don't ramble, and think out loud at the appropriate times.'