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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...
Jet-lagged talented hall background story
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
Big shivering business firm
  06/05/25
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Jet-lagged talented hall background story
  06/05/25
just be tall
mind-boggling pea-brained rehab dog poop
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Jet-lagged talented hall background story
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
mind-boggling pea-brained rehab dog poop
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Copper theatre
  06/06/25
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pearly judgmental love of her life school cafeteria
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Pale sadistic private investor
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Big shivering business firm
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Pale sadistic private investor
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Jet-lagged talented hall background story
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
Big shivering business firm
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Light stimulating hell
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Devastating
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Copper theatre
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Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Copper theatre
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Contagious Maniacal Institution Dingle Berry
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Jet-lagged talented hall background story
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
snowy boiling water area
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Copper theatre
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Jet-lagged talented hall background story
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lol, u fag
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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Jet-lagged talented hall background story

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: Big shivering business firm

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: Jet-lagged talented hall background story



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: mind-boggling pea-brained rehab dog poop

just be tall

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Jet-lagged talented hall background story

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: mind-boggling pea-brained rehab dog poop

6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48990750)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:08 AM
Author: Copper theatre

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: pearly judgmental love of her life school cafeteria

male balls and taint

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48990754)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Pale sadistic private investor

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: Big shivering business firm

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: Pale sadistic private investor

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: Jet-lagged talented hall background story

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: Big shivering business firm

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: Light stimulating hell



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Exciting twinkling uncleanness office

Devastating

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Copper theatre



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Contagious Maniacal Institution Dingle Berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48991598)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Copper theatre

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: Contagious Maniacal Institution Dingle Berry



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Jet-lagged talented hall background story

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: snowy boiling water area

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: Copper theatre

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: Jet-lagged talented hall background story

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: gay coiffed stage

lol, u fag

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