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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...
Lascivious nowag
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
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  06/05/25
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Lascivious nowag
  06/05/25
just be tall
low-t nursing home puppy
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Lascivious nowag
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
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  06/05/25
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I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
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  06/05/25
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  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
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  06/05/25
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  06/06/25
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informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
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  06/06/25
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  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
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  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
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  06/06/25
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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Lascivious nowag

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: Frozen amethyst coldplay fan pozpig

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: Lascivious nowag



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: low-t nursing home puppy

just be tall

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Lascivious nowag

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: low-t nursing home puppy

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: Comical Idiotic School Cafeteria

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: transparent hyperactive mother

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Provocative institution corn cake

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: Frozen amethyst coldplay fan pozpig

ur an individual contributor afaict

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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:47 PM
Author: Provocative institution corn cake

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: Lascivious nowag

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: Frozen amethyst coldplay fan pozpig

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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: Cyan Cracking Theatre



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: marvelous stain

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Comical Idiotic School Cafeteria



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Flickering chapel gay wizard



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Comical Idiotic School Cafeteria

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: Flickering chapel gay wizard



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Lascivious nowag

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: know-it-all sneaky criminal international law enforcement agency

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: Comical Idiotic School Cafeteria

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: Lascivious nowag

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: Abusive Odious University

lol, u fag

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