[davidajackson]

Interviewing is a learned skill. I went through a period where I interviewed with every recruiter that reached out, to improve interviewing skills. You should do that. You will get the practice of nailing conversations through that.

[bradlys]

You also need to be sitting down and practicing before/after though. Just exposing oneself to recruiters will not be sufficient. You need to practice and reflect - and then practice with real people.

I think it’s similar to playing a sport. Yes, just playing will get you better eventually but if you practice certain drills - you will get better much faster and it can stop oneself from developing bad habits. I think it’s like doing LC interviews - would you just do them all live or would you study subjects and practice problems instead? Practicing problems and studying subjects is way more effective than getting slotted a random problem and doing it live every time where you’re unlikely to learn what you’re doing wrong/right in the moment.