One way I play this is to be like, "well I've blocked out the hardest problems, probably due to trauma, but here's a problem that I worked on that might apply t

One way I play this is to be like, "well I've blocked out the hardest problems, probably due to trauma, but here's a problem that I worked on that might apply to what you guys are doing here." I find this easier because usually hearing the interviewer talking about things will trigger my memory as to when I was working on similar problems. It's probably better for them to know a relevant example anyway.