Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
It definitely depends on the intentions of the interviewer, but I find that it's a really good question to judge someone's humility. Everyone sucks at something, and being able to admit it without shame is really important in the workplace sometimes. There's a lot of times I will let pride take over and go into overdrive to finish a project when I could have avoided hours of stress, frustration and anxiety by just admitting to my manager that I totally lost track of time this week or getting someone to help review my code.
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
I agree! That’s the one question I definitely don’t like since it doesn’t really tell you anything about a candidate.
It definitely depends on the intentions of the interviewer, but I find that it's a really good question to judge someone's humility. Everyone sucks at something, and being able to admit it without shame is really important in the workplace sometimes. There's a lot of times I will let pride take over and go into overdrive to finish a project when I could have avoided hours of stress, frustration and anxiety by just admitting to my manager that I totally lost track of time this week or getting someone to help review my code.