This is a bad way of figuring out what sort of assistance and management to expect from a manager. Because the kind of assistance and management they're going t

This is a bad way of figuring out what sort of assistance and management to expect from a manager. Because the kind of assistance and management they're going to give you (unless, maybe, you're this thing called a "junior developer" that I just read about on HN - pardon me, I'm not a programmer) is definitely not code. Maybe ask it of the other coders on the interview panel instead? But don't be an ass about it, as they are your potential future peers.