The cynical answer is they absolutely do not care about famous open source project or that successful side project. They did not pour thousands of hours and swe

The cynical answer is they absolutely do not care about famous open source project or that successful side project. They did not pour thousands of hours and sweat building them so how would they even truly recognize how challenging they were to achieve? (if you think thats unfair then just stay self employed and never bother to interview again anywhere) the less cynical answer is that they are used to people overinflating their achievements only to fail at the job. thus they dont care what you did - just that you answer their technical questions correctly