Hiring and Recruiting
Hiring and Recruiting
As an Engineering Manager, you don't just manage projects; you build the engine that creates them. Hiring isn't an HR task you're saddled with—it's the single most strategic, high-leverage activity you will ever perform. 🎯 Every hire is a decision that compounds over time, shaping the future of your team, your product, and your own career. Think of it as system design with human components. A great hire increases the entire team's throughput and capability. A bad hire introduces bugs, drains resources, and creates a drag on the entire system. This module will equip you with the frameworks to architect a world-class team, one strategic hire at a time.
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Meet Alex, a Senior Engineer with a stellar resume.
Resume Highlights:
Principal engineer on the core storage team at a well-known, high-scale tech company.
Led the architecture and implementation of a new distributed database that resulted in a 50% reduction in latency for key services.
Numerous contributions to open-source projects in the distributed systems space.
Interview Feedback:
System Design: "Brilliant. Alex designed a solution that was more elegant and scalable than what our own team had come up with. A true 10x thinker."
Coding: "Fast, clean, and efficient. Solved both problems with optimal solutions in record time."
Behavioral: "Struggled to provide examples of collaboration. When asked about a time they disagreed with a teammate, Alex said, 'I'm usually right, so it doesn't happen often.' Seemed dismissive of the project management aspects of software development."
Hiring Manager Screen: "Technically one of the strongest candidates I've ever spoken to. However, when I offered a suggestion to their system design, they were abrasive and said 'that wouldn't work' without much explanation. I'm concerned about how they would take feedback."
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