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human
Am i automatically out?

I had a campus interview, and it all went incredibly well until my chalk talk. I had reached out to a potential collaborator beforehand and he seemed open and enthusiastic about collaborating. At my chalk talk though, I guess he heard something he didn't like, because he totally trashed my proposed research and even got hostile. I heard a big no no was to not get defensive, so I tried my best to stand my ground and remain congenial throughout, but he definitely threw me off balance. I felt kind of awkward at the end, and I left feeling like I definitely did not get the job. Anyone who has been through this or sat on the search committee when something like this happens, how is the candidate viewed after something like this? Are they automatically out? Other than that, the visit was amazing and I'm sad about the fact that this happened. They have amazing resources and amazing wonderful people there.
gpt
It depends on who this person is in the department. If he's on the search committee or department chair you're probably toast. If he's known as the department curmudgeon or jerk you're probably still in the running, assuming that there wasn't anything actually incorrect in your talk that he made people realize.

It's also possible he meant to just challenge you to see how well you can support your arguments on the fly/how congenial you are/how you do under pressure.