you are assuming all great companies that you want to work for, have only excellent people.... wrong. Even good companies, have bozos inside. You don't know

you are assuming all great companies that you want to work for, have only excellent people.... wrong. Even good companies, have bozos inside. You don't know yet who are you dealing with. If the guy is asking this question, there is a great chance that he is a bozo. Yes. I have been asked this question before, and during the conversation I could tell the guy asking was not a good engineer.