Isn't this basically the same advice you can find in hundreds of books and blog posts about how to approach a tech company interview? Is there something about h

Isn't this basically the same advice you can find in hundreds of books and blog posts about how to approach a tech company interview? Is there something about having a Ph.D. that makes a person incapable of googling "what to expect in a coding interview" or buying a copy of CTCI before they head out the door to try to find a job? As an interviewer, it's important to set expectations ahead of time so the candidate knows what they're getting into. It sounds like that wasn't done here. But it seems like the cat should be pretty far out of the bag about this style of question for anyone who bothered to prepare in advance.