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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...
Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
mind-boggling principal's office
  06/05/25
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Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/05/25
just be tall
boyish awkward property
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
boyish awkward property
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
hot forum
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Embarrassed to the bone native generalized bond
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
mind-boggling principal's office
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Embarrassed to the bone native generalized bond
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
mind-boggling principal's office
  06/06/25
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Wild grizzly parlour
  06/06/25
Devastating
Histrionic effete partner
  06/06/25
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Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction
  06/06/25
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Turquoise 180 background story bawdyhouse
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction
  06/06/25
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Turquoise 180 background story bawdyhouse
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
aggressive hyperactive hall dingle berry
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
Sickened vibrant business firm
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan

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: mind-boggling principal's office

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: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan



(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: boyish awkward property

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: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan

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: boyish awkward property

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: Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction

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: hot forum

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: Embarrassed to the bone native generalized bond

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: mind-boggling principal's office

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: Embarrassed to the bone native generalized bond

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: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan

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: mind-boggling principal's office

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: Wild grizzly parlour



(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: Histrionic effete partner

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: Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction



(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: Turquoise 180 background story bawdyhouse



(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: Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction

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: Turquoise 180 background story bawdyhouse



(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: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan

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: aggressive hyperactive hall dingle berry

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: Floppy Sanctuary Dysfunction

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: Sexy Primrose Coldplay Fan

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: Sickened vibrant business firm

lol, u fag

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