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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...
Rambunctious vermilion gaping
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
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  06/05/25
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Rambunctious vermilion gaping
  06/05/25
just be tall
Bright filthy center
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Rambunctious vermilion gaping
  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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  06/06/25
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I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Pearl hell
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
rough-skinned soggy tanning salon
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Pearl hell
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
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  06/06/25
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  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
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  06/06/25
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Razzmatazz Cumskin Potus
  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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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Rambunctious vermilion gaping

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: rough-skinned soggy tanning salon

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: Rambunctious vermilion gaping



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: Bright filthy center

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: Rambunctious vermilion gaping

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: Bright filthy center

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: geriatric sound barrier fanboi

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: Olive parlour immigrant

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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Pearl hell

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: rough-skinned soggy tanning salon

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: Pearl hell

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: Rambunctious vermilion gaping

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: rough-skinned soggy tanning salon

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2#48992344)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: greedy copper school

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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: geriatric sound barrier fanboi



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: contagious flatulent place of business



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: geriatric sound barrier fanboi

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(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: contagious flatulent place of business



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Rambunctious vermilion gaping

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: Razzmatazz Cumskin Potus

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: geriatric sound barrier fanboi

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: Rambunctious vermilion gaping

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: big wrinkle locale

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