[nescioquid]

That's a good way for a candidate to help the interviewer. Often an overly general question sends the candidate to empty out their mental filing cabinets in hope of finding the magic word the interviewer is waiting for.

If a candidate does that, I feel I've screwed up as an interviewer. The best interviews I've conducted turn out to just be conversations where we're talking shop and we get to know each other a little.

There's so much coaching on the interviewee side of the equation, yet the only guidance or coaching I've seen given to interviewers is to shield the company from discrimination claims by turning in a consistent set of interview questions to HR.