I once made a bad design decision that led through a chain of errors to ~ £120K in contract penalties (That was the profit on that contract for the first quarte

I once made a bad design decision that led through a chain of errors to ~ £120K in contract penalties (That was the profit on that contract for the first quarter wiped out, allegedly) From them on I always asked at interviews how would such a issue be dealt with. Most interviewers would go on about how it's never only the fault of the developer, etc .. but one basically said: Well, we might need to reevaluate your position at the company. Turns out that the guy was a totally incompetent manager who was sacked so I dodged a bullet there (Evaluation of his skills by three different people, not me obviously)