Basically you're saying that as the interviewer keeps using the same question they increase how much they penalize people for not getting it?
I think one fix is to have an explicit criteria scoring a given question, and training interviewers to not rely too heavily on a single question.
I noticed I had this same issue, that I would give interviewees a pass if it was a sub-field I was unfamiliar with(javascript at the time) and more critical if it something I was really into.(leveraging the type system to prevent different classes of errors).
I think one fix is to have an explicit criteria scoring a given question, and training interviewers to not rely too heavily on a single question.
I noticed I had this same issue, that I would give interviewees a pass if it was a sub-field I was unfamiliar with(javascript at the time) and more critical if it something I was really into.(leveraging the type system to prevent different classes of errors).