Understand that the interviewers are there to have a conversation. If you're always ending up with antagonistic interviewers, I would say you've been really unl

Understand that the interviewers are there to have a conversation. If you're always ending up with antagonistic interviewers, I would say you've been really unlucky. Like you, I do my best too when the interviewer is friendly, or wants to help. Most interviewers go through some sort of training too make them better at this. They're there to help you, if you get stuck just think out aloud. If you're uncomfortable with that, then practice. I don't agree with throwing hard problems at interviewees, but understanding how they work with others to write up a solution is what companies are generally looking for since for the most part you will be working on teams. One suggestion is that the next job you have, actively participate in the interview process, understand how the hiring panel works, what they're looking for and what they aren't, etc. This helped me understand and optimize for the behaviors that these places are looking for.