The interviewer’s phrasing is a little clumsy, but an interview goes both ways. The candidate has a responsibility to maintain boundaries too. It sounds like th

The interviewer’s phrasing is a little clumsy, but an interview goes both ways. The candidate has a responsibility to maintain boundaries too. It sounds like the interviewer was trying to give you the opportunity to provide a non-work related response if you wanted, and anticipated something like you volunteering on a difficult project where you overcame challenges and helped people. Really, the challenge isn’t what’s important, it’s how you handled it and the result that matters. It’s like how, in the US, if a stranger asks how you’re doing, you shouldn’t actually tell them how you’re doing. You should just say you’re doing fine, because they aren’t asking the question literally.