[bsvalley]

It's like hiring your own manager. Make it look like a weekly 1-1 meeting. Expose the project you're working on right now to see if he can get his hands dirty and understand your pain points, etc. See where he could be technically helpful to you.

Then, ask about his past experience working on career growth. Has he ever promoted anyone? What's his management style, hands-on/off? etc.

Honestly, algorithm questions are really out of the scope here (don't ask algo stuff... please :-)

[fallmonkey]

Exactly! I've read many HN stories about bad interview experience and I really wish to make it an enjoyable one for both me and candidate by staying away from those new-grad leetcode algorithm questions. Thanks for the kind advice!