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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...
Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
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  06/05/25
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Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon
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galvanic red dilemma
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
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galvanic red dilemma
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
unholy violet office community account
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
exciting cheese-eating liquid oxygen meetinghouse
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
demanding doctorate affirmative action
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Hairraiser coldplay fan
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
demanding doctorate affirmative action
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
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Devastating
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Vigorous Crotch Piazza
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Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
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Vigorous Crotch Piazza
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
swashbuckling doobsian codepig
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
unholy violet office community account
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon
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lol, u fag
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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon

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: Hairraiser coldplay fan

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: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: galvanic red dilemma



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon

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: galvanic red dilemma



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:08 AM
Author: unholy violet office community account

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: exciting cheese-eating liquid oxygen meetinghouse

male balls and taint

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: demanding doctorate affirmative action

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: Hairraiser coldplay fan

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: demanding doctorate affirmative action

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: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon

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: Hairraiser coldplay fan

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: sapphire internal respiration base



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: sepia rigpig

Devastating

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: unholy violet office community account



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Vigorous Crotch Piazza



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: unholy violet office community account

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: Vigorous Crotch Piazza



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon

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: swashbuckling doobsian codepig

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: unholy violet office community account

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: Henna Cruel-hearted Tanning Salon

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: Underhanded Transparent Faggotry

lol, u fag

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