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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There might just be more politics in academia than there is in business. At least a new person with money can make waves in business (possibly), but to succeed in academia you have to suck a thousand cocks from the thirteen committees that decide what you have for breakfast until you get tenure, at which point you are the one getting your cock sucked.