An outstanding candidate might be an average candidate in a wrong setting. With my last job, I fumbled an easy question for me that I usually wouldn't, but it

An outstanding candidate might be an average candidate in a wrong setting. With my last job, I fumbled an easy question for me that I usually wouldn't, but it was a 10pm interview after I got up at 4am that morning and have almost fallen asleep when putting my kids to sleep at 9pm. I got the job (and then got promoted twice in 18 months), but if interviewer "inadvertently" confused me on top of my mental state, it might have been game over for me (and them, since I turned out to be an "outstanding" candidate).