Interview prep tells candidates to fake "passion" and (now) "curiosity".
(The prep materials don't say to fake it, but they will phrase it implying that that's the truth, and that it's something that interviewers look for. The prep might give examples of when to be sure to "convey your passion", such as when discussing a project you worked on.)
The net result is that interview prep materials, and companies that select for that, end up selecting for people who will go through the motions of appearances. Which is OK if you are a stodgy huge company sitting on its laurels, that wants everyone to be a compliant worker drone, more than they want excellence. Not OK if you're a startup that really needs to execute with more than worker-drone capabilities.
Maybe an interviewer seeking genuine "passion" and "curiosity" would be better off giving points to someone who seems to have skills but didn't seem to have done interview prep, since they must have gotten that far by being genuine and non-drone?