Hangar flying
When I took my instructor's check ride, the FAA guy asked for the typical Lazy Eight and chandelle demos. Lazy Eight met his approval, but he didn't like my chandelle. "Stall warner was sounding for 5-10 seconds solid" - well, yes, that was how we did them. So I asked what he wanted. "Just an occasional beep" was his goal.
I said "Can I do it again?" - and he was satisfied this time.
The difference, of course, was that I had been practicing recovery with a bit of burble - itself a reliable stall warning in a C150 (or in all the other light singles I had been flying). Attitude and feel = old school. The examiner was of the "by the numbers" school and expected his candidate instructors to follow suit.
But I think he respected the fact I could adapt, and demo both styles.