> Using some older/unfashionable languages or maintenance-only frameworks indicates a lack of investment or interest in technology. It probably also indicates a lot as far as what your colleagues would be like and how much you'd learn from them.
Not everyone is looking for the same thing. Over interest in new technologies cautions me that a candidate may be more interested in hype than finding suitable technology for a problem, it's a continuum, but sometimes you see a pattern of hit and run, trying new tech and then leaving projects behind (not even them knowing what happened to them, if it turned out to be a good decision long term)... that's not attractive from a business perspective where stability is valued.
At the other end you get people who are not comfortable stepping out of the box they've made for themselves. You want a bit of both, it's good to be interested in new things and even consider them for use in production - but it must be accompanied with a healthy amount of scepticism and keeping your evangelism in check, because technology can be subjective.
Not everyone is looking for the same thing. Over interest in new technologies cautions me that a candidate may be more interested in hype than finding suitable technology for a problem, it's a continuum, but sometimes you see a pattern of hit and run, trying new tech and then leaving projects behind (not even them knowing what happened to them, if it turned out to be a good decision long term)... that's not attractive from a business perspective where stability is valued.
At the other end you get people who are not comfortable stepping out of the box they've made for themselves. You want a bit of both, it's good to be interested in new things and even consider them for use in production - but it must be accompanied with a healthy amount of scepticism and keeping your evangelism in check, because technology can be subjective.