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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...
cracking roast beef french chef
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
Frum House
  06/05/25
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cracking roast beef french chef
  06/05/25
just be tall
deranged startled field boistinker
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
cracking roast beef french chef
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
deranged startled field boistinker
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Razzmatazz theatre tank
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
Razzle-dazzle point
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Underhanded Smoky Electric Furnace Center
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
Frum House
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Underhanded Smoky Electric Furnace Center
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
cracking roast beef french chef
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
Frum House
  06/06/25
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Motley lavender mother station
  06/06/25
Devastating
Aqua meetinghouse
  06/06/25
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Razzmatazz theatre tank
  06/06/25
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talking sienna liquid oxygen hell
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Razzmatazz theatre tank
  06/06/25
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talking sienna liquid oxygen hell
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
cracking roast beef french chef
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
Swashbuckling Degenerate
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Razzmatazz theatre tank
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
cracking roast beef french chef
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
ungodly salmon organic girlfriend
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: cracking roast beef french chef

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: Frum House

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: cracking roast beef french chef



(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: deranged startled field boistinker

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: cracking roast beef french chef

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: deranged startled field boistinker

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: Razzmatazz theatre tank

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: Razzle-dazzle point

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: Underhanded Smoky Electric Furnace Center

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: Frum House

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: Underhanded Smoky Electric Furnace Center

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: cracking roast beef french chef

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: Frum House

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: Motley lavender mother station



(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: Aqua meetinghouse

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: Razzmatazz theatre tank



(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: talking sienna liquid oxygen hell



(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: Razzmatazz theatre tank

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: talking sienna liquid oxygen hell



(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: cracking roast beef french chef

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: Swashbuckling Degenerate

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: Razzmatazz theatre tank

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: cracking roast beef french chef

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: ungodly salmon organic girlfriend

lol, u fag

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