Interview: Engineering manager

Eight questions for a engineering manager interview.

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Interview: Engineering manager (Candidate)

**Candidate:** Candidate
**Date:** today

1. How do you grow senior engineers?
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2. Tell me about a time you had to let someone go.
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3. How do you balance technical debt and features?
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4. How do you run 1:1s?
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5. Describe a conflict in your team and how you resolved it.
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6. How do you hire well?
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7. How do you measure your team's health?
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8. What is your approach to on-call?
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**Overall:** Strong yes

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Eight questions for a engineering manager interview.

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Interview: Engineering manager ({{Candidate}})

**Candidate:** {{Candidate}}
**Date:** {{date}}

1. How do you grow senior engineers?
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2. Tell me about a time you had to let someone go.
   - 
3. How do you balance technical debt and features?
   - 
4. How do you run 1:1s?
   - 
5. Describe a conflict in your team and how you resolved it.
   - 
6. How do you hire well?
   - 
7. How do you measure your team's health?
   - 
8. What is your approach to on-call?
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**Overall:** {{choice:Verdict|Strong yes|Yes|No|Strong no}}

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