Someone asked me if I was independently wealthy nobility because, he then explained, if that were so, he’d worry the money would not be something he could use for leverage. I told him the truth, and then explained that I thought that was a peculiar way of thinking, and that I was actually mainly interested in the interesting aspects of the work, in any case.
It worked out for a while, but eventually turned out there were deeper depths to his corruption. Interviews are often full of information about the issues of the employer.