Manager Engineering Interview Questions

9,669 manager engineering interview questions shared by candidates

Describe the bottleneck of the system (system design I showed) Describe challenging moment you had with an employee. An employee you had to fire, how was it done. Describe something you have achieved and how you have done it. Describe e a situation in which you and a coluege disagreed and how you managed it.
avatar

Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Jun 4, 2023

Describe the bottleneck of the system (system design I showed) Describe challenging moment you had with an employee. An employee you had to fire, how was it done. Describe something you have achieved and how you have done it. Describe e a situation in which you and a coluege disagreed and how you managed it.

During the initial application steps, I was asked to complete an online assessment from the Predictive Index and sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). This raised a few questions for me as a candidate: Is it common for the Predictive Index assessment to be part of the very first stage of the process? Should the NDA provided to candidates have a specific end date for its terms? If the NDA states that a copy will be provided after signing, is it standard practice not to share one? How can candidates review the terms later for personal reference if they do not receive a copy? I decided not to proceed further because I personally prefer time-bound agreements and to keep copies of documents I sign. The recruitment team, however, responded promptly and professionally to my inquiries.
avatar

Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Calix

4.5
Aug 11, 2025

During the initial application steps, I was asked to complete an online assessment from the Predictive Index and sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). This raised a few questions for me as a candidate: Is it common for the Predictive Index assessment to be part of the very first stage of the process? Should the NDA provided to candidates have a specific end date for its terms? If the NDA states that a copy will be provided after signing, is it standard practice not to share one? How can candidates review the terms later for personal reference if they do not receive a copy? I decided not to proceed further because I personally prefer time-bound agreements and to keep copies of documents I sign. The recruitment team, however, responded promptly and professionally to my inquiries.

Game of Snakes Remember the old phone game of snake? The snake can move up, down, left or right in a 2Dimensional board of arbitrary size. Lets try to pmplement the bae logic of this game Rules: • Every time moveSnake() is called, the snake moves up, down, left or right • The snake’s initial size is 3 and grows by 1 every 5 moves • The game ends when the snake hits itself We can use the following as a starting point (pseudo-code): Interface SnakeGame { moveSnake(snakeDirection); isGameOver(); } Proposed Changes Change#1 Make scale-up 2 optional Remove scale-up 2 completely Change#2 Add new optional scale up: snake grows when it eats food rather than every 5moves. Food is dropped at a random position on the board.
avatar

Senior Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Atlassian

3.2
Sep 7, 2025

Game of Snakes Remember the old phone game of snake? The snake can move up, down, left or right in a 2Dimensional board of arbitrary size. Lets try to pmplement the bae logic of this game Rules: • Every time moveSnake() is called, the snake moves up, down, left or right • The snake’s initial size is 3 and grows by 1 every 5 moves • The game ends when the snake hits itself We can use the following as a starting point (pseudo-code): Interface SnakeGame { moveSnake(snakeDirection); isGameOver(); } Proposed Changes Change#1 Make scale-up 2 optional Remove scale-up 2 completely Change#2 Add new optional scale up: snake grows when it eats food rather than every 5moves. Food is dropped at a random position on the board.

Viewing 7601 - 7610 interview questions

See Interview Questions for Similar Jobs

Glassdoor has 9,669 interview questions and reports from Manager engineering interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.