Yeah, I think there's definitely an ego/butthurt attitude here I wouldn't put up with. Don't get me wrong, I think everyone needs to have a certain confidence

Yeah, I think there's definitely an ego/butthurt attitude here I wouldn't put up with. Don't get me wrong, I think everyone needs to have a certain confidence on their abilities and expertise, but it works both ways: when hiring for our startup we'd look for honesty and humble acknowledgment of the candidate's shortcomings/lack of expertise. I wouldn't fail you for not knowing what the Newton's method for finding square roots is, but I will fail you for thinking it's irrelevant or not caring. If you don't care about my requirements in an interview, I don't think you'll do much better with actual work.