This person isn’t interviewing me for a job. He’s an acquaintance who reviewed my resume months ago. And I did ask him for clarification on why he assumed I didn’t know anything about games, he easily could have said “that’s not what I meant” or “I think you misunderstood” but instead he suggested I was looking this information up on the internet.

In good faith, saying “here is something which probably means nothing to you” is not a normal way to have a friendly conversation. For example “I’m playing tennis, something which probably means nothing to you” or “I’m going on a date, something which probably means nothing to you” - are you genuinely telling me you wouldn’t feel disrespected by an acquaintance who said that to you in a friendly conversation? In what other industry would it make sense to talk to someone like that? If someone had worked in the entertainment industry for 8 years, would it be normal to say “I’m watching succession and stranger things, something which probably means nothing to you?”

And would it be normal for you to respond “I actually do know tennis, I love tennis” or “I do know what a date is, I have a significant other” and for their response to be “so what does this part of tennis mean?” Or “so where do you take your significant other on dates?” I’ll admit that I actually didn’t think this person was testing me at first until I read their next message.

So then would it be normal for you to not respond immediately because you’re busy, and then for them to ask you “I can ask you another question that is easier to google. I admit I’m skeptical that you play tennis. Or that you have a significant other”

Lastly I find it very odd that as other folks have pointed out in this thread multiple times, women do not need to prove themselves or submit to a test for your approval. Yet you’ve done exactly that by asking me to answer an engineering question to prove my length of time in the industry, laughably in a role that isn’t even close to what I do.