Dealbreakers for hiring a programmer

You are an experienced and settled member in your company. After escaping a series of layoffs, you have reached a stable employment position, and are considered a valued employee. As one of the more seasoned in the workforce your knowledge of recruitment is considered essential. Thus you have been tasked with the responsibility of finding a new programmer for your team. What red flags will you watch out for in your slew of young and eager interviewees?

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Standard practice indeed. I was fired about six months or so ago for ` `not being a team player' ', and now I have to do stupid system admin work because everywhere I go it's like this. It's not like I'm wearing my Sailor Moon t-shirt either. Fucking interviewers, they're like prosecutors trying to convict you, how the fuck could I not be nervous?