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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...
floppy macaca
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
green theater
  06/05/25
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floppy macaca
  06/05/25
just be tall
balding turdskin
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
floppy macaca
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
balding turdskin
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Beady-eyed reading party lodge
  06/06/25
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Rambunctious office trump supporter
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
zombie-like french chef cuckold
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
green theater
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
zombie-like french chef cuckold
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
floppy macaca
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
green theater
  06/06/25
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  06/06/25
Devastating
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stubborn boyish death wish
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
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  06/06/25
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stubborn boyish death wish
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
floppy macaca
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
frisky meetinghouse
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Beady-eyed reading party lodge
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
floppy macaca
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
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  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: floppy macaca

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: green theater

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: floppy macaca



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48990722)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: balding turdskin

just be tall

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48990724)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: floppy macaca

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: balding turdskin

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: Beady-eyed reading party lodge

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: Rambunctious office trump supporter

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: zombie-like french chef cuckold

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: green theater

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: zombie-like french chef cuckold

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: floppy macaca

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: green theater

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: Ebony private investor



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: dun hunting ground famous landscape painting

Devastating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48991588)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Beady-eyed reading party lodge



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: stubborn boyish death wish



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Beady-eyed reading party lodge

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: stubborn boyish death wish



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: floppy macaca

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: frisky meetinghouse

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: Beady-eyed reading party lodge

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: floppy macaca

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: Naked cyan indirect expression parlor

lol, u fag

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