There were no attempts to justify an inappropriately authoritative behaviour among supervisors. Some providers saw it as a sign of supervisor insecurity, as this dialogue in FGD6: ‘You may also have [show] all s/he is asking you and get low marks because s/he wants to keep confidence for it is not her/his domain.’ (P13, female, A2 degree)‘Therefore, if those who come are not in your domain nor have a more advanced level … they try to complicate things … to show you that they know more than you.’ (P14, female, A2 degree)