It all depends on the need for a successful outcome. I talk confidently when there’s no real pressure for me to get the job. But if I need a positive outcome it is less so. Maybe it’s nerves but interviews are stressful.
Yeah, the more necessary you feel the job to be, the worse the nerves are. Many years ago I was desperate to escape my job to one better suited to my skills. Did fine on the phone screens.
However, the nervousness of the whole in-person interview situation caused me to basically blow it. Stuff I knew like the back of my hand, or would get almost instantly under calmer circumstances, I simply kept stumbling on.
