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If a candidate feels "about an inch tall" because of inane criticism, perhaps it is the candidate that needs to put things in perspective.

We can't all be randian supermen impervious to the prattling of the lesser beings here.

Is criticism in a job interview "inane criticism"?

Not always, but sometimes.

In the hyperbolic hypothetical in the article, "But it isn't responsive!" would be a pretty silly criticism, I think.