Management and lead engineers are available for backing up these claims. So far, he's refused to speak with the lead engineers for clarification.
We do know who this guy is. He's a front-ender that somehow misinterpreted a recommendation for reading about basic SPA security before the interview (XSS, CSRF, input sanitisation, etc) with a bait-and-switch tactic for an AppSec role. The requirements are clear: https://goo.gl/CXqBrQ. We need people building games and features, if you are security minded, it's a huge plus, that's all.
They seem to have have a lot of problems with us having different laws and regulations than them (eg: healthcare, holidays) and we're only one country. How does that work when everyone is from different countries?