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I figure you wanted to defend your take regardless, but the quotes indicated to me that the parent was posing as the company that wanted to reject the candidate no matter what the answer was. :)

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And I was roleplaying as myself, rejecting the company.

That was nicely done and I agree - I'd rather be unemployed than work for a company that would think through something like that! Great job. :)

That's right. I was trying to play devil's advocate by showing that a sufficiently malicious interviewer can throw mud on almost anything.

I was trying to play devil's advocate by showing that a sufficiently malicious interviewer can throw mud on almost anything.

Or try too hard to, and reveal their true intentions.

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