I didn't mention what I was subtly after, which was the facial expression after asking that question. Usually it's sigh and a nod of the head (as if they are r

I didn't mention what I was subtly after, which was the facial expression after asking that question. Usually it's sigh and a nod of the head (as if they are remembering THAT company). That's a good sign for me. There is a mutual recognition that we've both worked in some terrible companies and learnt how NOT to do some things. This generally means (and some good followup questions) that they have CI/CD,a PR review process, some ticket tracking, agile/kanban etc. I'm generally not worried about how my questions are perceived as that's a red flag for me. If they have a problem with that, then most likely not a good place (culturally) I want to work.