And here I thought I was the crazy one for having been burned by the negative answers to these questions in the past and thought I was the only one asking. It's

And here I thought I was the crazy one for having been burned by the negative answers to these questions in the past and thought I was the only one asking. It's been my experience that the actual content of the answer doesn't really matter, the technology or process could lean one way or another for all I care, it's the candor by which the questions are answered: "oh god no we don't use container shit" (actual answer I've had) versus "it's something we're looking into and evaluating". "why do we need to use config management shit" (actual answer, same company as above) versus "we've had some success with it, struggles otherwise, do you have experience that you could lend us with that?" "change control? you mean doing everything as root and cowboying it doesn't count? what kind of idiot are you?" (less verbatim answer, same company, but hints at what I'm getting at). If the interviewer answers like a child (and I have been the receiving end of that), I don't really care about the answers at all. If they are thoughtful, I'll considering going along with the rest of the process.