Engineering Manager Mock Interview (with Square Director of Engineering): Time You Made a Mistake
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Rahul Thathoo (Director of Engineering, Square) sat down for an engineering manager mock interview and answered the question, "Tell me about a time you made a mistake."
He draws analogies between managing and comedic improv. Using a "yes, and" response to feedback and suggestions instead of "no" led him to make dramatic changes in his leadership style.
Watch another EM mock interview here: • Amazon Engineering Man...
Chapters -
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - Question
02:29 - Answer
05:33 - Follow-up questions
11:59 - Interview analysis
13:15 - Tips
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Love the "Yes And" framework and candid interview. It was refreshing to hear honest answers.
I think you missed the chance to ask some more very interesting and practical questions to a DIRECTOR.
Very candid video. Great stuff. Thanks for publishing
It resonates with me a lot… My experience overshadows my professional empathy when responding to juniors with ideas… I am definitely going to try this “Yes, Let’s try…” model going forward.
I had the same problem and I started to fix it at the end of the university days when I realized this negative standard response to change and new ideas. My initial procedure to stop it was first explain people that I had the problem but that I would come up with a solution in the the or next day and make them aware.
After a time I was able to be positive andget excited when people dropped new ideas
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Contradictory statements, he said he was in a team which constantly asked others for features and dependencies and on top of it he said "no" to whatever was asked of him 😳
A little too high level and academic in the answers. Would have loved for the interviewer to help drill down into more details.
5:35 didn't answer question, just went off on a zigzag
thats why he is manager/director
@@mr.fusion9872 lmao
You know
How can someone in director role use the "a" Slangs in an interview 9:25
😂😂😂
Yes, and… is called plussing and it comes from Walt Disney originally not from improv
What I took from this is he believed he needed to change his attitude so that he could climb the ladder but he didn’t really believe it.
Not a great example of an interview. He may be technically capable to pass interviews on that alone but he failed the behavioral module.
Looks more artificial mock and these doesn't show real life scenario
I will neither hire him nor work in his team.
me too, pure sugarcoated answers. total bullshit
Sorry to say - No energy, no passion and it’s not even clear to understand him.
I don't think he did well, but there was enough substance that I believe he would be a much stronger candidate with better preparation. I believe this candidate threw himself under the bus by portraying himself as dismissive and rude.
Yes And doesn't impress, just a dry language trick
Not so impressive
Sorry. Not impressive.