Engineering Manager
Sample Questions
Our goal with these open-ended questions is to engage the candidate in a conversation that will help us to better understand how they think.
- Have you conducted interviews as part of a hiring process before?
- If so, do you have a favorite question to ask candidates?
- What do you think makes a good manager?
- If being a good manager involves helping your team to be successful, how do you measure success? Are there any specific metrics you use?
- Not everyone is going to meet expectations. How do you handle those scenarios?
- Have you ever had to give difficult feedback? If so, tell me about it.
- What was their response?
- Have you ever had to let someone go for cause?
- Tell me about what led up to that.
- Are there any processes you feel are essential to effective management?
- How do you approach building relationships with those on your team?
- How often do you hold 1on1s?
- What do you typically talk about on a 1on1?
- How often do you hold 1on1s?
- Do you have any opinions on how meetings should be handled?
- Have you ever faced a scenario where you had competing priorities?
- How did you decide what to focus on?
- Was any communication to stakeholders necessary?
- Have you had the opportunity to introduce a new process into an organization?
- How did you get buy in?
- Is there any question you wish we had asked you? Anything else you would like to talk about?