> What I found off putting about the way you presented the story was the bit at the end where you gloated about your current employment status and achievements

> What I found off putting about the way you presented the story was the bit at the end where you gloated about your current employment status and achievements as if they missed out on some great mind. Yeah, that's fair. I'm not one to gloat usually but I never felt like I got closure from what was a pretty unpleasant interview experience so I couldn't resist the urge to get a dig in. > This is the type of conversation I tend to enjoy during interview problem solving because IMO it most accurately reflects the type of conversation you'd actually have with teammates when building a system. My Google interviews were so much better in this respect. The interviewers were really candid and fluid. They did a great job of letting me bring up points that I thought were relevant but not get too ratholed. Overall just a miles better experience. > sometimes personalities just don't gel. One way to look at it was that the interview was a success because it established that I likely wouldn't be happy working with those devs and that kind of culture.