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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...
Sinister boiling water
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
Razzle-dazzle Poppy Theatre
  06/05/25
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Sinister boiling water
  06/05/25
just be tall
indigo jap kitty cat
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Sinister boiling water
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
indigo jap kitty cat
  06/05/25
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  06/06/25
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  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Embarrassed to the bone senate deer antler
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Razzle-dazzle Poppy Theatre
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Embarrassed to the bone senate deer antler
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Sinister boiling water
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
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informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Sinister boiling water
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
White bat-shit-crazy hall dragon
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Puce know-it-all tanning salon
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Sinister boiling water
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
Stimulating Space
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Sinister boiling water

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...id.#48990385)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:46 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Poppy Theatre

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...id.#48990390)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: Sinister boiling water



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: indigo jap kitty cat

just be tall

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Sinister boiling water

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

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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:43 PM
Author: indigo jap kitty cat

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

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:08 AM
Author: Puce know-it-all tanning salon

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

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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: obsidian school main people

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone senate deer antler

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...id.#48990760)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Poppy Theatre

ur an individual contributor afaict

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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:47 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone senate deer antler

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...id.#48990882)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: Sinister boiling water

sure bud sure

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Poppy Theatre

i_manage_oyt

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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: Big-titted fluffy gay wizard generalized bond



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: wine wonderful son of senegal toaster

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Puce know-it-all tanning salon



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Abusive balding school cafeteria



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Puce know-it-all tanning salon

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: Abusive balding school cafeteria



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Sinister boiling water

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...id.#48993285)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: White bat-shit-crazy hall dragon

lmao fuck that shit

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: Puce know-it-all tanning salon

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...id.#48993352)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:29 PM
Author: Sinister boiling water

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...id.#48993390)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: Stimulating Space

lol, u fag

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