--- title: Five things you should never say in a software developer... description: Software developers need to make sure they don't say arrogant, ignorant or inconsiderate things in interviews. Never say, "That is a stupid... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Five things you should never say in a software developer interview | daily.dev og:description: Software developers need to make sure they don't say arrogant, ignorant or inconsiderate things in interviews. Never say, "That is a stupid... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R6v3ZEsG7.png og:image:alt: Five things you should never say in a software developer interview og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Five things you should never say in a software developer interview **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Software developers need to make sure they don't say arrogant, ignorant or inconsiderate things in interviews. Never say, "That is a stupid framework/technology/language - why would anyone still use it today" Never say "I would rather write new features from scratch than fix other people's bugs" ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Five things you should never say in a software developer interview","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7"},"datePublished":"2020-10-27T14:30:18.228Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Software developers need to make sure they don't say arrogant, ignorant or inconsiderate things in interviews. Never say, \"That is a stupid...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c5f812e35e34ad7c0412a12a61c19c6","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c5f812e35e34ad7c0412a12a61c19c6","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/five-things-you-should-never-say-in-a-software-developer-interview-r6v3zesg7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":16},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"general-programming,testing","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Five things you should never say in a software developer interview"}]} ```