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Common traps and how to recover
Spot the ten mistakes that sink strategy answers, from framework dumps to fence-sitting, and use a ready recovery line for each one mid-interview.
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Strategy answers rarely fail because a candidate lacks ideas. They fail because of a handful of habits that make a smart person sound unfocused or unsure. Each trap below comes with what it sounds like, why it costs you, and a line you can use to recover in the moment. Recovering well is itself a signal: interviewers notice when you catch your own mistake.
Key idea You can recover from almost any trap by saying, in one sentence, what you are doing next and why. Interviewers score where you end up, not just where you started.
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