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The Manager’s interview – What does that look like? (Part 2)

This is a two-part blog post (or maybe the format is more of an article…) about what the equivalence of code tests and take-home assignments can look like when you start interviewing for manager roles. In the last half we looked at case studies and dilemmas. When I published that, I got some excellent questions that I’d like to start off with addressing.  “Would this same approach to manager interviews also apply to leadership interviews”.…
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The Manager’s interview (Part 1)

When I started out as a developer in the last millennium (yeah ok in 1999...) - my first few jobs were landed just based on interviews. We sat down and conversed about who I was, what the company was looking for and how I might fit into that. That does not seem to be the norm for people starting out today. You go through technical interviews, coding tests or home assignments and maybe even different…
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Summary of 2021

It’s so easy to get caught up in the daily work and miss out on the bigger picture. To help with that, I try to take a moment at least once or twice a year to reflect on what I actually achieved. It helps me ground myself, feel better and in general is a pretty nice self-conficence boost. This year I asked a few colleauges to proof-read and as a bonus got more things to…
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Coaching upwards? Pair-blog #3

Background In case you haven't read about my pair-blogging idea before, a short summary from the first post: A while back I asked on Twitter for people who would be up for pair-blogging. The idea was that we agree on a topic and a date and then we each write a post about that topic. We publish on the same date and promote each other’s posts.  I happened to see a conversation on Twitter between…
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Testing skills I use in management – pair-blog # 1

Background A while back I asked on Twitter for people who would be up for pair-blogging. The idea was that we agree on a topic and a date and then we each write a post about that topic. We publish on the same date and promote each other’s posts.  My reason behind this was both to get to see different views on things, learn some writing skills to improve my own writing and perhaps above…