First principle that every interview guide teaches you is to take time to understand the questions. A candidate who has spent months preparing for a FAANG inter

First principle that every interview guide teaches you is to take time to understand the questions. A candidate who has spent months preparing for a FAANG interview will highly unlikely rush into answering a question, even if they have seen the question before. One reason for folks to jump right into the solution is the interview anxiety - which is both due to lack of practice and trying to compare oneself to folks preparing for months ahead of interviews.