Engineering Manager Interview Questions

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Asked at GitHub • 3 years ago
How would you describe the culture of the teams you have worked on?
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Behavioral
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Asked at Ripple • 4 years ago
The Director was adamant about asking questions not in the job description, discussing her intervention in the tech team's coding practices, which my current organization and many large organizatio...
Engineering Manager
Technical
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"I was able to answer some questions but Management questions I was able to answer confidently"
Jatin C. - "I was able to answer some questions but Management questions I was able to answer confidently"See full answer
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Technical
Design a queuing system for a call center with N representatives to handle more than N requests, where each request takes between 2 and 4 seconds to complete.
Engineering Manager
Technical
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"Blocking Queue's with multiple threads enqueuing and dequeuing calls. Follow-ups included refactoring to add a finite list of priorities for some types of calls"
Faraz A. - "Blocking Queue's with multiple threads enqueuing and dequeuing calls. Follow-ups included refactoring to add a finite list of priorities for some types of calls"See full answer
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Technical
Asked at Qualtrics • 3 years ago
Write a job description for an engineering manager.
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Behavioral
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"• Leadership and Team Management: • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development sessions with team members. • Facilitate effective communication and collaboration within the team and with other departments. • Project Management: • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, w"
Scott S. - "• Leadership and Team Management: • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development sessions with team members. • Facilitate effective communication and collaboration within the team and with other departments. • Project Management: • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, w"See full answer
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Asked at Nike • 3 years ago
Talk about a good partnership with a co-worker.
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