I wrote two articles that have been published that list interview questions you can ask when interviewing engineering manager and senior software engineer candidates. In the articles I explain why certain interview questions are asked and how they try to find out how skilful and communicative the prospective manager or developer are: 7 Key Engineering Manager Interview Questions 10+ Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions Hope they help out other team leaders and hiring managers (and perhaps help candidates prepare for their interviews)! The post Interview questions for engineering manag ..read more

In this podcast episode we talk about how a team lead should be a coach and mentor to the team. I talk about a few scenarios and about the contrasts between the “coach” and “fixer” mindsets that leaders can adapt. Transcript Hi I’m Rudolf Olah, and welcome to the NeverFriday Software Leadership podcast. On this podcast I talk about leadership in software development. When coaching, you are developing someone’s skills and knowledge so that they can become more developed as a person and as a team member Today I wanted to address coaching for team leads. What I’m going to cove ..read more