By cutting out all of the vital clues, the interviewer is making sure that the candidate is even remotely looking for them. Too many clients will smile and nod

By cutting out all of the vital clues, the interviewer is making sure that the candidate is even remotely looking for them. Too many clients will smile and nod when they don't understand something. That's far less of a telling sign than staring blankly. When explaining things, I somewhat worry that I'm going to come off like an arrogant prick when I look someone in the eye and ask "Does that make sense?" If you don't, though, you run the risk of people not opening the floodgate of questions they have -- or, worse, you run the risk of assuming that they actually understand and that everything is golden.