It is a job, not a religion. I want to work at X due to some combination of having skills that match their needs, room for growth, reasonable work culture and reasonable compensation. Just like everyone else who applies. I am not going to have some deep seated emotional attachment to the company, and i am definitely not going to have it at the interview stage. For that matter i might not have even heard of the company before seeing their job advert. My knowledge of what the company is really like at this stage of the game is very limited.

>Why do you want to work here?

Because it's 30 minutes from where I live and the office seems friendly. Most people in the world choose their job for prosaic reasons and because they need to pay rent, they're not on some heroes journey. Employers in the software world need to stop it with the self-inflated ego. You have firms out there who write ad software for billboards and they'll ask you whether you truly believe in their mission during an interview

Thousands of companies that have openings for positions that match your skills, that advertise at a time when you are looking for a job, and that are roughly within your reach (geographically or sponsoring a visa)? I don't believe you.