I don&#x27;t know what BFS is.<p>I just googled it. Oh, I know what it is now.<p>If you haven&#x27;t been exposed to it, it&#x27;s just jargon. That&#x27;s the point. You are testing for jargon rather than ability.<p>It is the distinction between saying &#x27;implement FizzBuzz&#x27; and going silent, and actually explaining what it is. As an interviewer it is easy to forget that whilst you may have asked a question 20 times, this may be the candidate&#x27;s first encounter with your terminology.<p>Steelmanning as applied to interviews, basically.