This matches my experience. Last time I changed jobs, the questions I asked were all thinly veiled scenarios to draw out whether as a developer I’d have the age

This matches my experience. Last time I changed jobs, the questions I asked were all thinly veiled scenarios to draw out whether as a developer I’d have the agency to do things without micromanagement. My now team lead saw through this pretty quickly and said he doesn’t believe in involving anyone in a decision who can’t add value to the discussion. That answer pretty much convinced me to join.