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I recently completed a loop of interviews for a software engineering manager position. Below is a collection of 50+ mostly behavioral questions I was asked by panels at a variety of companies in the SF Bay Area.
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Current role: Development Manager and Head of Front-end Engineering at eBay
Location: Sydney, Australia
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
I graduated with a bachelor and master of Computer Science from the University of Wollongong in Australia and worked in hands-on technical roles before becoming a manager.
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At one of my previous companies, I lowered my bar and made a bad hiring. We were looking for a new team member and spent months interviewing. After some consideration,
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Today begins a new shorter interview series called “IF I ONLY KNEW”. It is just a single question about when you started your engineering management career what is ONE thing that would have helped the most to know.
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Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Current Role: Director, Core Engineering, BAMTECH Media
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
I spent the first decade of my career chasing global scale challenges related to databases and distributed systems.
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Where are you located?
Napa Valley, California. I recently moved to Napa after decades in Marin, just north of San Francisco. My company has a small office in Las Vegas,
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Current role: Host, Coaching for Leaders podcast
Location: Orange County, California
What is your background and how did you get into management?
I had the privilege of managing lots of part-time staff in college (poorly,
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Location: New York City
Current role: Director of Engineering at VTS
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Current Role: Director of Engineering at Stitch Fix
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
I’m a programmer.
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