The interviewer didn't do so hot either. Instead of staying silent (mentioned a few times) when things got off track, he should have intervened. Ultimately, th

The interviewer didn't do so hot either. Instead of staying silent (mentioned a few times) when things got off track, he should have intervened. Ultimately, the purpose of the interview is to allow the interviewer to become convinced to recommend hiring. If you're going down a path that isn't going to result in that, you're depriving the candidate of that opportunity. Not to mention wasting everyone's time. Sometimes that means the candidate will have to adapt their answer to the interviewer. Everybody is different, and this is the interviewer who has been assigned. Occasionally, that may even mean dumbing down your answer. Of course, for narrative reasons, the interviewer in this story has to be passive. Otherwise the story would be about 90% shorter.