> But how else is the interviewer going to prove how smart they are, and signal their dominant status to you? 1. This isn't the sole and probably not even the

> But how else is the interviewer going to prove how smart they are, and signal their dominant status to you? 1. This isn't the sole and probably not even the dominant reason for such questions. 2. When people resort to such intimidation you can out-alpha them by threatening to leave as if they were not worth your time (has to be convincing, ofc). Intimidation is a specialty of the insecure so this trick can work, though you may want to consider whether such job is going to be fun.