@shegeley I started out in my career when job interviews were more like conversations where you shared interests and both sides could learn something (and maybe remember each other for future opportunities), so for example even if they had less historical knowledge they might be interested to know Java was developed by Lisp programmers (although more credit was given to Smalltalk because Lisp was maligned by the AI winter, how times have changed), and Javascript was influenced by Scheme. But sadly ever since Google I've found job interviews to be unimaginative, basically a series of quizzes that serve as a bureacratic checklist and a hazing ritual. It's up to you, read the room and then decide how much to give them what you think they want or be yourself. But of course, don't be obnoxious with your opinions, some people really do like PHP.
@technicat not only that. I'm following some "tech career advisers YouTubers" and see that it became a competition to act across tech interviews "saying proper things that's the company wants to hear" to get and offer ASAP or stuff like this. But I feel such a disgust for this "style of conversation" that it's hard to hold it.
Although it's sometimes even "mainstream developers" too to like one mainstream lang & work on another one. So, sometimes I meet a little understanding having to balance