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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...
Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
frozen chartreuse hall
  06/05/25
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Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/05/25
just be tall
Transparent Federal Factory Reset Button Striped Hyena
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
Transparent Federal Factory Reset Button Striped Hyena
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
Exciting Orchestra Pit Circlehead
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Pea-brained spectacular police squad state
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
frozen chartreuse hall
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Pea-brained spectacular police squad state
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
frozen chartreuse hall
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hideous whorehouse
  06/06/25
Devastating
Glassy yarmulke
  06/06/25
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Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo
  06/06/25
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Canary bawdyhouse
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo
  06/06/25
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Canary bawdyhouse
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
hyperactive sanctuary dragon
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
French library people who are hurt
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib

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: frozen chartreuse hall

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: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: Transparent Federal Factory Reset Button Striped Hyena

just be tall

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib

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: Transparent Federal Factory Reset Button Striped Hyena

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: Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo

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 Orchestra Pit Circlehead

male balls and taint

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Pea-brained spectacular police squad state

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: frozen chartreuse hall

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: Pea-brained spectacular police squad state

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: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib

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: frozen chartreuse hall

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: hideous whorehouse



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Glassy yarmulke

Devastating

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2).#48991595)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Canary bawdyhouse



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo

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: Canary bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2).#48993227)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib

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: hyperactive sanctuary dragon

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: Nighttime Indigo Sandwich Tattoo

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: Blathering Magenta Resort Shitlib

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: French library people who are hurt

lol, u fag

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