to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question :
The interviewer's questions really put him on the spot.
to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question :
The interviewer's questions really put him on the spot.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005