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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018) on Sunday March 04, 2018 @03:24PM (#16516483)
One of the responsibilities of this role is to ship features in 2017. Does this position require time travel?
If they are a dishonest candidate they should be deflecting in this way too.

It shuts down the interviewer's chance to strong arm them, without the interviewer coming off as aggressive.

It also signals to the interviewer that the candidate is trustworthy, and isn't going to go off interviewing for other companies sharing their IP.