Here's another issue, the interviewer is sometimes wrong. Or, there was a miscommunication. At least twice in my career I missed an offer because the interviewer didn't think I had experience in something, but turns out I had decades of it. But, I don't brag. Heard thru the grapevine, "oh they said you didn't have database experience," hears me using databases since the late 80s. WTF?
So I could imagine debating a point while being in the right.
> So I could imagine debating a point while being in the right.
I absolutely can. Every single time I've gotten detailed rejection note it turns out to to be over pedantry (or rather, the fact that you didn't follow the letter of the instructions perfectly, god forbid you show some creativity).
It's really hard to not send a point-by-point rebuttal of their nonsense, but it never leads to anything.
So I could imagine debating a point while being in the right.