You can take it literally at face value. They want to know about you, so they asked. The idea that an interviewer would conclude that “renovated my house” is a wrong answer that get you blacklisted, is something that person seems to have just decided for themselves.
Too many people think of interviews like they’re exams, where there’s a set pass mark. There isn’t. There’s just, would I rather spend the next few years working with person A or person B, let’s ask them some questions to find out.
Then what would pe a poitive interpretation of this question in particular?
You can take it literally at face value. They want to know about you, so they asked. The idea that an interviewer would conclude that “renovated my house” is a wrong answer that get you blacklisted, is something that person seems to have just decided for themselves.
Too many people think of interviews like they’re exams, where there’s a set pass mark. There isn’t. There’s just, would I rather spend the next few years working with person A or person B, let’s ask them some questions to find out.