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interview tomorrow for a Senior Software Engineering Manager job. tips pls

i'm a manager but literally know nothing about management. i...
pearly den
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
dashing scourge upon the earth spot
  06/05/25
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pearly den
  06/05/25
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Cerebral Place Of Business National
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
pearly den
  06/05/25
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Cerebral Place Of Business National
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Drab native
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
multi-colored fishy skinny woman
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Tan business firm yarmulke
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
dashing scourge upon the earth spot
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Tan business firm yarmulke
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
pearly den
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
dashing scourge upon the earth spot
  06/06/25
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cerise therapy milk
  06/06/25
Devastating
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Drab native
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titillating ladyboy
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Drab native
  06/06/25
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titillating ladyboy
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
pearly den
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
gold tanning salon nowag
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Drab native
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
pearly den
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
Boyish misanthropic home deer antler
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: pearly den

i'm a manager but literally know nothing about management. i just know how to communicate better than the coder autists around me, which is why my company made me a manager.

my IRL management philosophy is: i don't give a shit what you do as long as you don't fuck up anything big

wtf is the STAR method? what am i supposed to say? what do they want to hear?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990385)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:46 PM
Author: dashing scourge upon the earth spot

talk about "managing priorities" and "aligning work with department goals" and "managing to strengths" etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990390)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: pearly den



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: Cerebral Place Of Business National



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: pearly den

i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990738)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:43 PM
Author: Cerebral Place Of Business National



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:08 AM
Author: Drab native

a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48991582)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy skinny woman

male balls and taint

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Tan business firm yarmulke

I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to "prepare" too much. They will ask you questions, and the immediacy of the moment will trigger an intellectual survival instinct that compels you to answer in a more natural and unrehearsed way. If you suck, then you weren't going to get the job anyway.

also, a huge part of this is gauging the autistic and unlikable personality that is interviewing you and trying to parry and strike at it, which you can't prepare for anyhow afaik.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990760)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: dashing scourge upon the earth spot

ur an individual contributor afaict

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990834)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:47 PM
Author: Tan business firm yarmulke

yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage" if i wanted to (i don't).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48990882)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: pearly den

sure bud sure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48991581)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: dashing scourge upon the earth spot

i_manage_oyt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48992344)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: cerise therapy milk



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: smoky excitant parlor

Devastating

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Drab native



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: titillating ladyboy



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Drab native

Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C suite dicks in person.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48991583)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: titillating ladyboy



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: pearly den

informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've managed people

but the next round is a CODING CHALLENGE. i want to be in management to get away from coding because i hate coding. will probably tell them to fuck off or ghost them. i'm not practicing leetcode for some no-name company

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48993285)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: gold tanning salon nowag

lmao fuck that shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48993314)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: Drab native

i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering managers and not having a codecuck portion of the interview

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48993352)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:29 PM
Author: pearly den

codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was common to see engineering managers who could barely code. industry has turned to shit since all those layoffs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48993390)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: Boyish misanthropic home deer antler

lol, u fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2:#48993355)