This is actually something I've encountered outside of interviews in day-to-day work with teams. When the topic is something where I know some underlying compl

This is actually something I've encountered outside of interviews in day-to-day work with teams. When the topic is something where I know some underlying complexity exists, or the stakes are high, I often want to spend a bit of time thinking it through by myself because that's how I think best about those sorts of problems. I've encountered friction at times with those that aren't familiar with and/or care about the underlying complexities and just want to talk high-level and make decisions and move on. Sometimes it is important to make quick decisions to avoid analysis paralysis, but often it is worth giving those who do best thinking through things on their own a chunk of time to go off and do what they do best. I wish more people took that into consideration when conducting brainstorms.