Guess I should clarify, Yup the forms you fill out are standardized relative to the clearance or ticket to be issued. What I meant to address with "the 3 witches", is the fact that how information from those forms and interviews brings the DoD or other issuing authority to a Yes/No on the award of the clearance is well, murky.
The only little piece of advice I have to offer here would be to let people named in your forms or other friends relatives know that they might be interviewed in connection with DD's /DS's military service. AND that its not the time to tell funny stories or "punk" the applicant with references to some absurd made-up story that "anybody would know was a joke".
This process and the people who run it have NO sense of humor, and they aren't paid to comprehend nuanced replies, allegories, Etc..
I know a truly talented, dedicated and well thought of USNA grad, now JO who went through a long painful review process; was suspended from his job; and was almost separated from the USN because former room mates gave "funny" answers in interviews............... Or, noting "The 3 Witches", he THINKS that was why.