[jiggawatts]

I've heard of senior people applying for jobs like this simply turning the interview question around and demanding that the person asking it solve it in the allotted time. A surprisingly high percentage of the time they can't.

[Xcelerate]

This company receives so many candidates that the interviewer would have just ended the call and moved on to the next candidate.

I get the notion of making the point out of principle, but it’s sort of like arguing on the phone with someone at a call center—it’s better to just cut your losses quickly and move on to the next option in the current market.

[jagged-chisel]

And we, as software engineers, should also take that advice: it's better to just cut your losses quickly and move on to the next option in the current market.