If you make a mistake, apologize promptly, and set towards a correction path, taking valuable feedback on the fly, and improvising without wasting precious time.

It will make you more human and likeable, and works even if your answers are not precise.

"About 90% people have at least one hot streak" says Prof Dashun Wang, NWU. 

To facilitate a breakthrough, create an environment that will help achieve your full potential. Your work would be more diverse before you see a true hot streak. 

Researchers analyzed the career-long performance of more than 20,000 scientists, 3,000 artists, and 6,000 filmmakers. 

They found and confirmed the existence of a "hot streak" in one's mid-career - a multiyear where there are a series of successful outcomes within a finite period.