A more high-status response is to say something trivial and humorous, or even meta, such as “sometimes I don’t answer questions I don’t like”. This is slightly impertiment, not impertinent enough to actually offend the interviewer but enough to send an I-am-high-value-and-know-it message.
A more high-status response is to say something trivial and humorous, or even meta, such as “sometimes I don’t answer questions I don’t like”. This is slightly impertiment, not impertinent enough to actually offend the interviewer but enough to send an I-am-high-value-and-know-it message.