I agree, but it was partly the interviewer's fault. He should have just said "assume static pages" and/or "assume everyone speaks the same dialect of english a

I agree, but it was partly the interviewer's fault. He should have just said "assume static pages" and/or "assume everyone speaks the same dialect of english and uses the same vocabulary". In cases like these interviewer should always try to eliminate fluffy answers as far as possible. How else would an interviewee know what his intent is? Perhaps the interviewer wants him to critically assess the question? On the other hand, I always make a habit of asking things like "is it safe to assume such and such?". Then I don't have to go into detail unless they ask "Why?". That said, it was quite obvious that guy was trying to avoid the question. That wouldn't have sat well with me.