[dando]

>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