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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...
Vigorous deep shrine
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
Trip Henna Corn Cake
  06/05/25
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Vigorous deep shrine
  06/05/25
just be tall
Transparent Territorial Plaza
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Vigorous deep shrine
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
Transparent Territorial Plaza
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
Galvanic domesticated orchestra pit mad cow disease
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Hairraiser spot kitty cat
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Trip Henna Corn Cake
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Hairraiser spot kitty cat
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Vigorous deep shrine
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
Trip Henna Corn Cake
  06/06/25
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Coiffed reading party boiling water
  06/06/25
Devastating
Ivory titillating stage
  06/06/25
...
Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel
  06/06/25
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contagious crystalline juggernaut
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel
  06/06/25
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contagious crystalline juggernaut
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Vigorous deep shrine
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
beta stage
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Vigorous deep shrine
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
Poppy Glittery Brunch
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine

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=2Elisa#48990385)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:46 PM
Author: Trip Henna Corn Cake

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=2Elisa#48990390)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine



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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: Transparent Territorial Plaza

just be tall

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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine

i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48990738)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:43 PM
Author: Transparent Territorial Plaza

6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48990750)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:08 AM
Author: Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel

a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48991582)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: Galvanic domesticated orchestra pit mad cow disease

male balls and taint

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48990754)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Hairraiser spot kitty cat

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=2Elisa#48990760)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: Trip Henna Corn Cake

ur an individual contributor afaict

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48990834)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 9:47 PM
Author: Hairraiser spot kitty cat

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=2Elisa#48990882)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:07 AM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine

sure bud sure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48991581)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Trip Henna Corn Cake

i_manage_oyt

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: Coiffed reading party boiling water



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Ivory titillating stage

Devastating

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: contagious crystalline juggernaut



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel

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=2Elisa#48991583)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: contagious crystalline juggernaut



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine

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=2Elisa#48993285)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: beta stage

lmao fuck that shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733896&forum_id=2Elisa#48993314)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: Exhilarant rose indian lodge incel

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=2Elisa#48993352)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:29 PM
Author: Vigorous deep shrine

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=2Elisa#48993390)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: Poppy Glittery Brunch

lol, u fag

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