Admit when you don't know the answer. Too many people seem to think they need to know everything to ace the interview. No, it's for them to vet you and you to vet them. It's doing a disservice to both of you to try showing off. Just saying "I don't know the answer to that, but I'd probably start by trying A or Googling B and see where those rabbit holes take me." The interviewer may help lead you to an answer, but it shows you know what you don't know which is a huge plus on soft skills.
Assume you aren't getting the job. This could just be because I default to being an anxious overthinker, but by going in with the mental assumption that it all doesn't matter, I'm way more myself and comfortable answering and asking questions and being honest with who I am, what I know, and what I want out of the arrangement. It may seem like it's ballsy to say "I'd Google it" to a question you don't know, but secretly it's just that I assume they already think I don't know anything, so what do I have to lose by telling them my process I'd use to get to the answer I don't know?
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Admit when you don't know the answer. Too many people seem to think they need to know everything to ace the interview. No, it's for them to vet you and you to vet them. It's doing a disservice to both of you to try showing off. Just saying "I don't know the answer to that, but I'd probably start by trying A or Googling B and see where those rabbit holes take me." The interviewer may help lead you to an answer, but it shows you know what you don't know which is a huge plus on soft skills.
Assume you aren't getting the job. This could just be because I default to being an anxious overthinker, but by going in with the mental assumption that it all doesn't matter, I'm way more myself and comfortable answering and asking questions and being honest with who I am, what I know, and what I want out of the arrangement. It may seem like it's ballsy to say "I'd Google it" to a question you don't know, but secretly it's just that I assume they already think I don't know anything, so what do I have to lose by telling them my process I'd use to get to the answer I don't know?