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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...
cucumbers
  06/05/25
talk about "managing priorities" and "alignin...
metaphysics is fallow
  06/05/25
...
cucumbers
  06/05/25
just be tall
i gave my cousin head
  06/05/25
i'm 6' 2" but this is a remote job
cucumbers
  06/05/25
6'2 is a little short but you will probably be fine
i gave my cousin head
  06/05/25
a nice simple pair of lifts and he'll do just fine
Peter Andreas Thiel
  06/06/25
male balls and taint
tarrifs
  06/05/25
I've always done my best in interviews when I don't try to &...
Oh, you travel?
  06/05/25
ur an individual contributor afaict
metaphysics is fallow
  06/05/25
yeah but i'm senior level and could probably "manage&qu...
Oh, you travel?
  06/05/25
sure bud sure
cucumbers
  06/06/25
i_manage_oyt
metaphysics is fallow
  06/06/25
...
Dr. Santa
  06/06/25
Devastating
Nippon Professional Baseball
  06/06/25
...
Peter Andreas Thiel
  06/06/25
...
\"''"\'""\''\"\''"\'
  06/06/25
Real men return to the office so they can suck succulent C s...
Peter Andreas Thiel
  06/06/25
update?
\"''"\'""\''\"\''"\'
  06/06/25
informal conversation about projects i've led and how i've m...
cucumbers
  06/06/25
lmao fuck that shit
Ass Sunstein
  06/06/25
i cant imagine many companies are hiring engineering manager...
Peter Andreas Thiel
  06/06/25
codecuck interviews were childsplay a decade ago, and it was...
cucumbers
  06/06/25
lol, u fag
we have such sights to show you
  06/06/25


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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: cucumbers

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: metaphysics is fallow

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: cucumbers



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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: i gave my cousin head

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: cucumbers

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: i gave my cousin head

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: Peter Andreas Thiel (🧐)

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: tarrifs

male balls and taint

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



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Date: June 5th, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

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: metaphysics is fallow

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: Oh, you travel? ( )

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: cucumbers

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: metaphysics is fallow

i_manage_oyt

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: Dr. Santa



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

Devastating

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Peter Andreas Thiel (🧐)



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: \"''"\'""\''\"\''"\'



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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:09 AM
Author: Peter Andreas Thiel (🧐)

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=2#48991583)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: \"''"\'""\''\"\''"\'

update?

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



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Date: June 6th, 2025 7:52 PM
Author: cucumbers

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: Ass Sunstein

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: Peter Andreas Thiel (🧐)

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: cucumbers

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: we have such sights to show you

lol, u fag

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