The question is just a jumping off point to talk about things like monitoring and alerting, production logging, your release process, testing, etc. It's why I want to start with personal experience.
> Don't read items off a checklist.
I've gone through periods of interviewing 3+ candidates a week for months at a time. It's just not reasonable to expect me to have a unique and interesting conversation with everyone. There are things I need to get into.
That's fine, just be aware that the way you phrase your question is indirect and smells of the typical interview BS. If you'd like to find out how the candidate handles bugs, ask for that directly. Otherwise you're no longer in the realm of a technical question anymore, but in the "can you, on the spot, come up with a plausibly-sounding story that puts you in good light?".
The ability to recall/make up/tell good stories (under pressure!) has nothing to do with engineering.
> Don't read items off a checklist.
I've gone through periods of interviewing 3+ candidates a week for months at a time. It's just not reasonable to expect me to have a unique and interesting conversation with everyone. There are things I need to get into.