I've interviewed a few DS candidates from teams that were very invested in particular data/ML platforms who I could have sworn were doing this. ("How would you

I've interviewed a few DS candidates from teams that were very invested in particular data/ML platforms who I could have sworn were doing this. ("How would you implement X if $PLATFORM didn't implement it for you?" "I'm not sure, but I don't see a reason not to just use $PLATFORM.") I never really thought they were doing this, and I think they were employed by big well-known companies (definitely not the company that makes $PLATFORM). Just kind of a weird pattern.