I’ve interviewed at hundreds of places all within SV - I can say quite confidently that they’re almost all the same. There are some minor variations but they’re

I’ve interviewed at hundreds of places all within SV - I can say quite confidently that they’re almost all the same. There are some minor variations but they’re almost all completely forgettable by the end of the day. If they have something truly novel - it’s usually very off putting and requires intense amounts of unpaid labor… which you can’t take with you to other interviews. The variations you’re talking about are quite minute. Whether someone asks you about your resume or asks you about your most technically challenging project is all relatively mundane stuff.