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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...
Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
internet-worthy dilemma round eye
  06/05/25
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Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/05/25
just be tall
Passionate haunted graveyard
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
Passionate haunted graveyard
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
wine patrolman
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
lascivious lime senate pistol
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
internet-worthy dilemma round eye
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
lascivious lime senate pistol
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
internet-worthy dilemma round eye
  06/06/25
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vibrant plaza idiot
  06/06/25
Devastating
Disrespectful aphrodisiac corner nibblets
  06/06/25
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big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker
  06/06/25
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Aromatic startled library son of senegal
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker
  06/06/25
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Aromatic startled library son of senegal
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
nofapping diverse home
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Cheese-eating Ruby Property
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
laughsome box office
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Cheese-eating Ruby Property

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: internet-worthy dilemma round eye

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: Cheese-eating Ruby Property



(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: Passionate haunted graveyard

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: Cheese-eating Ruby Property

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: Passionate haunted graveyard

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: big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker

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: wine patrolman

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: lascivious lime senate pistol

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: internet-worthy dilemma round eye

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: lascivious lime senate pistol

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: Cheese-eating Ruby Property

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: internet-worthy dilemma round eye

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: vibrant plaza idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2],#48992420)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Disrespectful aphrodisiac corner nibblets

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: big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker



(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: Aromatic startled library son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2],#48991598)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker

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: Aromatic startled library son of senegal



(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: Cheese-eating Ruby Property

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: nofapping diverse home

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: big cowardly people who are hurt windowlicker

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: Cheese-eating Ruby Property

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: laughsome box office

lol, u fag

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