I completely blanked out in a coding interview even though I knew the problem

had an interview recently and it’s still bothering me a bit. the question wasn’t even something new, I’ve practiced similar problems before and I knew the general approach going in

but once the interviewer asked me to start coding and explain my thinking at the same time, everything just fell apart. I kept jumping between ideas, couldn’t organize my thoughts properly and ended up making it look like I didn’t understand the problem at all

the weird part is after the interview I could literally solve it without much trouble. it’s like the pressure just completely changes how I think

now I’m starting to wonder if practicing alone is even enough, because clearly there’s a gap between knowing something and being able to perform it in that moment

does this happen to others too or am I just not practicing the right way