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by ativzzz 781 days ago
Preparing for such behavioral questions is part of the standard interview prep process. It's always been part of the interview game and it's really not that hard to come up with something you disagreed with someone on, negotiated with, and resolved.

If you don't disagree with your coworkers on some part their technical decisions on a regular basis, then you probably don't review their code

> some disagreements with coworkers over minor things

Handling minor everyday disagreements gracefully is a valuable soft skill

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> interview game

Yes, mediocre people like to select the same.

> Handling minor everyday disagreements

is a skill that does not need to be "prepared for" in an interview. And naturally the mediocrities that think asking the standard question and getting the standard answer back are also in for a surprise.

> Preparing for such behavioral questions is part of the standard interview prep process

Ah the classic "it's not wrong if everyone's doing it" argument. But to me the op wasn't complaining about the content of the question, just the banality of answering it over and over.