What You’ll Learn

• Understanding of the interview process for engineering management & leadership roles
• Understanding different engineering leadership levels & their job responsibilities
• Ability to articulate concise and emphatic practical answers in response to situational questions in EM interviews
• Familiarity with key leadership areas such as people management, project management, organization building, and cross-team and cross-functional collaborations
• Understanding key behavioral traits in engineering leaders that are looked for in an interview

Course Content

1.Before We Begin

• About This Course
• Structure of the Course

2.Introduction

• The Interview Process
• Engineering Management Levels
• Leadership/Management Phone Screen
• Technical Interviews

3.People Management

• Introduction to People Management Interviews
• 1:1s with Team Members
• Building Trust in Relationships With Team Members
• Managing Low Performers
• Managing High Performers
• Growing People
• Conflict Resolution
• Employee Retention
• Building Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Managing a Team in Difficult Situations
• Recognition And Reward
• Delivering Feedback
• Performance Reviews and Calibrations
• Managing Distributed Teams
• Managing ICs vs. Managing Managers

4.Project Management

• Roadmap Planning and Execution Process
• Team Mission, Long-term Vision, and Strategy
• Project Retrospectives

5.Organization Building

• Growing Your Team
• Hiring and Sourcing
• Doing a Reorg
• Onboarding New Team Members

6.Managing Collaborations

• Collaborating With Leadership
• Cross-team and Cross-functional Collaborations

7.Behavioural Interviews

• Introduction to Behavioral Interviews
• Impact and Result-driven Approaches
• Conflict Resolution
• Communication
• Learning and Growth

8.Conclusion

• Wrapping Up