4) Are the company representatives 'excited' about new technologies?  You can leave this one off if you'd like.  It's my bias showing.  My experience is that older engineers tend to view new software 'methodologies' with a critical eye.  The younger guys tend to jump on the latest software fad with exuberence, generally breaking things that were working and needing more hardware horsepower to do boot.  I've watched myself get less exuberant and more critical as the years have passed.  A representative that is ready to jump in an unproven software technology without careful consideration of the cost/benefit equation is a red flag for me.  The experienced guys know that it is the same ol' stuff, with a different set of headaches.