I truly dislike this question. If you enjoy reading, traveling, playing musical instruments, learning new hobbies, spending time with loved ones and so on, you

I truly dislike this question. If you enjoy reading, traveling, playing musical instruments, learning new hobbies, spending time with loved ones and so on, you will likely not have time to program another 2-3 hours a day after an already long day at work as a software engineer (including the long hours that come with the job). Basically the question can be translated to: "Is programming the only thing you care about in life, if so we're more likely to hire you because we need a machine rather than a human being". As an employer, I can probably see that being a better bang for your buck. In fact if you could have a codemonkey work 12 hours a day without burning out for years for the same pay as a guy who works 8 hour days, would you really turn that guy down?