⚠️ COMMON INTERVIEW MISTAKE #2 - Going Silent While Coding

Interviewers aren't just grading your final code. They're grading how you think.

If you go completely silent for 5 minutes while typing, the interviewer has zero signal about your thought process - and silence under pressure often reads as "stuck" even when you're not.

✅ What to do instead - narrate as you go:

"I'm going to start by handling the edge case where the array is empty."
"I'm using a dictionary here so I get O(1) lookups instead of scanning the array again."
"Let me trace through this with the example to make sure it's correct before I move on."

This isn't about talking nonstop - brief, purposeful narration. It turns a silent black box into a conversation, and it gives the interviewer chances to nudge you in the right direction if you're drifting off track (which they usually WANT to do - most interviewers are rooting for you).

Do you naturally talk while coding, or does it feel forced? Genuinely curious 👇