Manager Interview Questions
A list of interview questions for manager roles.
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Management
- How would you describe your management philosophy?
- If I were interviewing for this role, what question would you ask me and why?
- How do you create a long-term vision?
- How do you learn from your mistakes?
- How do you create the best team environment? What is your ideal culture?
- How do you receive and act on feedback? Talk through examples. How did it land?
- Have you ever had to make a very difficult decision? High risk/big scope
- When do you use technical expertise, when do you not?
People Management
- How do you help individuals grow? What have you done in the past?
- How do you build trust with individuals on your team?
- How do you build trust with your partners?
- How have you dealt with conflict in the past? (individuals, partners, team members)
- How would you deal with a conflict between two of your direct reports?
- Tell me about a time you had to provide constructive feedback to a team member or partner. How did you approach the feedback? What was the outcome?
- How would you deal with someone on the team who wasnโt performing or delivering what was expected of them?
Project Management
- How would you help your team provide estimates to stakeholders/partners?
- How would you approach an issue that arises in a project? If a team member lets you know that an issue has popped up that will delay the deliverable, what do you do?
Partnerships
- When have you recognized that your team needs to invest in a technology or new architecture? How did you influence others to see your vision?
- How do you like to work with product managers and designers?
- How would you approach a product manager if you donโt feel the vision or direction is the right option for the company?
- How will you help influence your team to make technical architectural changes?
- How do you approach a stakeholder or partner about a direction you disagree with?
Technical
- Tell me about a technical or architectural change you led. Why was it important to the business? What tradeoffs did you have to make?
- How will you help influence your team to make technical architectural changes?
- When is the right time to migrate to a new technology or codebase?
Contributing
- Fork it
- Run
npm install - Run
node addto updateREADME.mdwith your changes - Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am "Add some feature") - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request