I can only speak for myself, but hires on my team are usually based on my recommendation and I mainly try to tease out whether the candidate has enthusiasm and

I can only speak for myself, but hires on my team are usually based on my recommendation and I mainly try to tease out whether the candidate has enthusiasm and strong opinions about the languages and frameworks we work with. If I ask what their favorite stack is, or how they prefer to organize a project, and they just mumble their way through the answer, I think they are probably not a good fit.