>No, it would not be a perfect answer, and could work against you: it shows you are not willing to work with me and assume some intelligence on my part (until proven otherwise) and thus you are potentially not going to work well with the rest of the team
I don't know how what was said implies this in anyway.
This is one of the biggest problems with interviews. Every interviewer has some dorky idea that x means y is a terrible developer while another interviewer thinks x means y is a great developer.
"I want an opportunity to learn" - Oh great. We want someone whose interested in learning more and isn't cocky.
"I want an opportunity to learn" - Oh no, that just tells me you don't know much and aren't interested in contributing
When you put people under the pressure of not having a job, a time limit and worst, the pressure of having someone looking over you, bugging you, and judging you, it can be incredibly hard to think straight or say anything at all.
You can act buddy all you want, but people aren't stupid. They know if they take a few extra seconds too long, you're already thinking "this guy sucks"
There is nothing fundamental about this. It stems from a lack of understanding, not human nature.
The concept of a single genius coming up with everything exist mostly to people who don't know any better, not to people who actually have extensive study of the field.
Another big thing I think that has not been mentioned is that a lot of people live in apartments and don't have garages or anywhere to charge their car.
Imagine having to plan a trip to a local charging station every day or two and wait 40 mins to charge your car.
How? 20mph for a road bike is slower than what trained cyclists do