Sure, that factually correct answer is fine, but you've changed the question to something less insightful. It wouldn't make sense to ask a candidate why they us

Sure, that factually correct answer is fine, but you've changed the question to something less insightful. It wouldn't make sense to ask a candidate why they used language X for project Y unless they had a choice the decision. Most people don't. I know that. If you gave me that "stock answer" I'd ask followups. This isn't a trivia question with a secret "right answer" password. And hey, it's not the Worlds Greatest Interview Question, but I like it a whole lot better than "explain Quicksort" or "write out pseudocode for calculating a checksum on the whiteboard"