Does anyone else completely lose their ability to think during interviews?
I swear interviews activate a completely different brain than the one I use while actually working.
At work, I can solve problems, debug things calmly, and think clearly.
But during remote interviews, especially live coding or rapid technical questions, my brain suddenly feels overloaded. I either forget things I literally use every day, start talking in circles, blank out mid-sentence or lose track of my thoughts while explaining.
It’s frustrating because the issue usually isn’t knowledge. It’s the pressure + context switching + trying to think and communicate at the same time.
I got so tired of it that I started building a small tool for myself to help organize my thoughts during interviews in real time.
Curious if this is an ADHD thing or if remote interviews are just mentally exhausting for everyone now.