I interviewed with a company once who taught me to give the people interviewing you as much rope as possible, by which I mean ask them to tell you about the com

I interviewed with a company once who taught me to give the people interviewing you as much rope as possible, by which I mean ask them to tell you about the company, and then ask them to expand on what they said, and then ask them to expand again. Two managers interviewed me first, proudly boasting that they don't do "Clone and Own" development. Wha...? Turns out they had one code-base, and everyone had to develop from that. Okay, fine, but... integration? "OH YEAH, that's another great thing!" I was told. "Just a few times a year, we have to make everything work together, so we go 24/7 to integrate it all, and IT'S GREAT, the upper management is there too on the weekends, and buys us pizza!". Okay, wow... Then I talked to an engineer, and I asked them how often this "24/7" thing happened. They looked haggard and said, "it's going on all the time...". I did tell the next manager/group-leader type about test-first development, and he seemed mildly interested. Oddly enough, I didn't pursue the job opportunity there.