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Answer the question with the question

I was recently at the job interview and the interviewer asked me about things I were knowledgeable, yet I didn't get a job from a very reason the way I answered his questions. I made a rookie mistake: I just tried to say everything I know about the thing in question. This caused my answer to be chaotic and not very to the point. My interviewer listened to me, so I thought that I made a good impression. I knew things after all! And few day later the rejection letter came to me. It contained the thorough feedback. I think it's good to have feedback like this, and I'm glad this company wrote it. However, to my surprise, I was rejected from the very reason I hoped to get through. It was communicated to me that I had problems with the clear explanation of technical matters. And they feared that I wouldn't manage to work in environment where there's a need of constant explaining things to many people, especially ones with smaller technical knowledge. What did I do w...