The one question that made me turn down a job offer

Last month, I went through a full interview process for a tech lead role. It went well — I liked the team and product, and they seemed to like me — until the very last minute in the CTO interview. One question completely threw me off balance: – Why is it you? I’m not asking about your resume, I’m asking about you. -Well, I did all [this things…] and the job is what I aspire to do and… -That’s your CV, and I don’t care what you want, but why should we want YOU? I was so unsettled that the rest of the interview was an absolute mess. I more or less dodged questions. Something in me just didn’t want to answer that question. It felt wrong. The whole process was most likely screwed at that point anyway, but that interview was so unpleasant that I decided to pull the plug. At first, you could think: well, this is a good question, no? It shows the candidate has reflexive thinking. It could highlight things beyond the usual: soft skills, personality, etc. It could also show that I can answer “h