I had a similar experience. I was being interviewed for a friend / fellow software developer to get a high-level security clearance. Most of the questions wer

I had a similar experience. I was being interviewed for a friend / fellow software developer to get a high-level security clearance. Most of the questions were pretty mundane until they got to one: "Is X a hacker?" Working in startups I'm completely desensitized to people using "hacker" synonymous with effective software engineer in this context, so I said, yes, of course, he's a great hacker. They started writing very quickly and the disconnect was confirmed when the next question was, "Would X ever compromise national security?" Ohhhh no, no, no, we have very different definitions of "hacker"... I explained how the word evolved to have several different distinct meanings nowadays in tech, and how we commonly use it in startups specifically, which was new to them. They definitely had a radically different image in mind. Anyway, he got his job, so all was fine in the long run.