No, it's not that general, at all. Either you say the specific words that are in their script, or highlight the stuff they're really into, or you fail. Replyi

No, it's not that general, at all. Either you say the specific words that are in their script, or highlight the stuff they're really into, or you fail. Replying here because of wacky thread depth limitations in HN: Often personal preferences. And there's no discussion, just failure because you didn't say the right thing. Especially if you have more experience than the interviewer. Arguing that someone shouldn't get hired because they didn't check whatever box is something you would never get fired for. My last example was using GET instead of POST for a login endpoint, which is a perfectly fine thing to do.