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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...
Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
Useless station sandwich
  06/05/25
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Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  06/05/25
just be tall
provocative wild death wish
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
provocative wild death wish
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Dead slippery pit
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
fragrant stubborn home
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Marvelous Godawful Institution Mother
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Useless station sandwich
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Marvelous Godawful Institution Mother
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
Useless station sandwich
  06/06/25
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Flushed elite public bath
  06/06/25
Devastating
floppy gaped halford
  06/06/25
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Dead slippery pit
  06/06/25
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Cheese-eating Yapping Church Building Messiness
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Dead slippery pit
  06/06/25
...
Cheese-eating Yapping Church Building Messiness
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
onyx vigorous persian
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Dead slippery pit
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Histrionic Sinister Shitlib
  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: Histrionic Sinister 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: Useless station sandwich

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: Histrionic Sinister Shitlib



(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: provocative wild death wish

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: Histrionic Sinister 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: provocative wild death wish

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: Dead slippery pit

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: fragrant stubborn home

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: Marvelous Godawful Institution Mother

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: Useless station sandwich

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: Marvelous Godawful Institution Mother

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: Histrionic Sinister 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: Useless station sandwich

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: Flushed elite public bath



(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: floppy gaped halford

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: Dead slippery pit



(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: Cheese-eating Yapping Church Building Messiness



(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: Dead slippery pit

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: Cheese-eating Yapping Church Building Messiness



(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: Histrionic Sinister 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: onyx vigorous persian

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: Dead slippery pit

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: Histrionic Sinister 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: Violent naked location affirmative action

lol, u fag

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