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The kid blew it by saying "Markov chains"! I'm sure they hit the silent alarm pretty quickly after that.

Blew it? What's the point of interviewing a smart kid if you want him to be dumb during the interview?

No, they want him to be smart enough to tailor his response to the audience.

Feynman was a smart guy, by all measures, but he knew how to speak at the appropriate level for his audience.

Intended to be sarcasm...

I actually think the kid did a great job and the interviewer was pretty useless.