> They tend to indicate the interviewer isn't competent freely discussing the subjects at hand.
Ding ding ding.
Even the question, as asked, was OK. The interaction with the interviewee wasn't.
OP's joke was clearly just asking the interviewer to be more specific. Instead of exploring the question with the interviewee (e.g. "well, can you think of something that one might naively assume to be in the inode, but that is not"), they get pissed? lolwat?
Ding ding ding.
Even the question, as asked, was OK. The interaction with the interviewee wasn't.
OP's joke was clearly just asking the interviewer to be more specific. Instead of exploring the question with the interviewee (e.g. "well, can you think of something that one might naively assume to be in the inode, but that is not"), they get pissed? lolwat?