Common traps and how to recover

#Why good candidates still stumble

Most weak technical answers don't fail because the candidate knows too little. They fail because of a handful of habits that show up under pressure. The good news is that each one has a simple recovery you can use in the moment. Interviewers notice recoveries, and a clean one often reads better than never slipping at all.

Here are the eight traps that come up most, with what they look like, why they cost you, and what to say when you catch yourself.