(Not an expert at all) Maybe everyone else is just as stressed as you? It's like any other skill I guess, everyone is bad the first time, and you get better w

(Not an expert at all) Maybe everyone else is just as stressed as you? It's like any other skill I guess, everyone is bad the first time, and you get better with practise. >I would love to know whether that particular interviewer solved that particular problem when they encountered it for the first time ever Why not ask, when they ask if you have any questions?! If that's the one thing you really want to know, why not. Also, I've found in a lot of situations, people freeze or freak out imagining the worst thing that could happen, but that very state, living like that in fear, is already worse than anything that could come from external things going badly as possible. Be kind to yourself! Treat yourself like you would treat someone you really love. It sounds like you're really torturing yourself. Can you flip from mentally being in a position of begging them to give you something, to offering them what you have? If you really think you have nothing to offer, apply to work somewhere you can feel you have something to offer, or educate/train/tool up/learn more until you do.