> How long have you been interested in computer coding, and searching, and things like that?
If you're going to have someone do an interview about computer science, at least let the interviewer be someone with a cursory knowledge of the field.
The interviewer wasnt terrible. If the interview was being shown where the primary audience was geeks your argument makes sense. Given that the audience of that video could be a mix of geeks and non-geeks, I think it was just appropriate. After all, if he starts talking in terms of Markov chains, how many people in his audience are gonna understand that ?
> "Good luck in the future and I have a feeling we're going to be seeing more of you in the (uhh..) future."
That's just bad interviewer.
"So what's your next step?"
"Well, I might do this..."
15 seconds in,
"Okay sorry to cut you off short, I'm a terrible interviewer and my degree is in liberal arts, you're smart and stuff bye."
Feynman was a smart guy, by all measures, but he knew how to speak at the appropriate level for his audience.
I actually think the kid did a great job and the interviewer was pretty useless.
Making your point without denigrating an entire educational system is usually feasible.