First, you will hear the templated answer and then learn the dissection. Yes, there is a big difference between hearing and listening. Make sure your interviewer listens to you rather than hears you.

𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Stop cramming and try to understand the psychology of a question. Everyone has different life experiences and, therefore, different answers.

𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀; 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀?

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 2-𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙏𝙪𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝘼𝙄𝙈-𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺!

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