Yes, my article might be a little misleading, as I was really looking for the excitement more than anything, work-related projects fully included. The most important objective of my question was to put the candidate in a full comfort zone. No surprises, we talk about your stuff, the stuff you prefered. And we go deep into it (we would discuss it for 30 minutes). I would be respectful and genuinely interested, I could ask any technical questions I wanted because it was their grounds. We would discuss architecture, design patterns, technical choices, etc. (so it wasn't just one question in the interview... more like one question to lead to a situation where i could get the most info out of).