When I hear someone mention "cultural fit", I immediately roll my eyes and start thinking this is a company that is heading down the road of agism and political homogeny, and not necessarily goals-focused.

Older teammates tend to be vastly more experienced but are looked down upon by younger teammates who can simply code and work faster. I don't know where this arrogance comes from. Political differences perhaps? Older people tend to be more politically conservative rather than liberal. But older people are also much more tolerant to political diversity than younger people are today. I see it everyday in the company I work for. I have been the target of agist younger employees many times.

For example, one look at the so-called culture that Google has created (dare we say cultivated) where politically conservative employees are allowed to be maligned and impugned by Google's other staff, and you begin to see the kind of homogeny that is not good for any company to harbor.

If you are looking for a good "culture fit", err on the side of experience and tolerance. It just seems it's very difficult to find tolerance in the younger set these days. I would love to hire younger talent, but they cannot tolerate anyone with a difference of political views, sadly.