The 3 questions developers actually ask in interviews (hint: not about pizza parties)

After 15 years as a senior dev and conducting 100+ technical interviews, I noticed something interesting.

Developers consistently ask these 3 questions: 1. How long does it take for a new developer to push their first commit to production? 2. Can you show me a recent PR review from your team? 3. What happened to the last person in this role?

Not once has anyone asked about office perks, pizza parties, or ping-pong tables.

Yet companies still think "culture" means free food and forced fun activities. Meanwhile, their CI/CD pipeline takes 2 hours and their documentation was last updated in 2019.

What questions do you ask in interviews that really reveal company