But before you face the formidable challenge of thinking like your interviewer and her CEO, try taking on the perspective of a lesser intellect: a fly on the wall.
Ask specific questions about the challenges the person would face in the position, and look for whether he's answering on the fly or has given some thought to the issue ahead of time.
His sentiments certainly fly in the face of the campaigns encouraging us to respond to the ageing of the baby boomers by rethinking our bias towards youth, both inside the workplace and outside.