Yes. A short pause to organize a final recommendation is generally better than rushing into an unclear answer.

Use the time deliberately: decide the recommendation, supporting reasons, key risk and next step.

Keep the pause brief and signal what you are doing. You do not need several minutes to rewrite the case.

With practice, the synthesis should become faster because you are updating your view throughout the interview.

I ask for about 30 seconds and nobody has ever reacted badly.

Mini-syntheses helped so the final answer wasn't starting from scratch.