Is age an issue?
brk: Without blathering on too much...Yes, age is an issue.If you are too young, there is a worry that you will be some combination of immature, inexperienced, difficult, unreliable.If you are too old, there is a worry that you will be some combination of less productive, untrainable, unreliable, demotivated, coasting.When dealing at either of these extremes, you may find it helpful to adjust your resume to be short with an entry at the end "further detailed experience available on request" (ie: to hide your 20 year work history, or your 5 year work history), and/or do a phone interview first (so that your apparent age is less obvious) to build interest.YMMV