Do cron jobs run non-interactive, non-login shells? [closed]

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Say I create a cron job that runs a Zsh or Bash script as /path/to/shell_script.sh

Would such a shell be a non-interactive non-login shell? If so, what shell init files would be executed (for Bash & Zsh)?

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zsh sources .zshenv (source).

bash sources $BASH_ENV if set. (source)