Engineering managers bridge the gap between technical execution and organizational strategy. Manager interviews test your ability to build high-performing teams, hire talent that scales, design orgs for execution, drive product delivery, maintain culture, and develop people. These conversations demand frameworks, systems thinking, and comfort with quantified tradeoffs.
Manager Interview prepares you to excel in these conversations. You'll practice real scenarios from companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Stripe, and Microsoft — organizations leading in engineering management culture and talent development. Our AI coach gives you immediate feedback on your team-building strategy, hiring decisions, org design, and execution planning.
How it works
- Practice manager cases modeled on real interview questions from Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Stripe, and Microsoft
- Get AI-powered feedback on your team-building, hiring strategy, org design, and execution planning
- Build skills across 20+ manager competencies — from hiring velocity to retention to velocity scaling to team health
- Track your progress across competency levels with adaptive difficulty that matches real interview rigor
Why manager interviews need dedicated prep
Manager interviews are fundamentally different from IC interviews. You're not being asked to solve technical problems — you're being asked to build systems that let other people solve technical problems. This requires a different mindset. Managers must think about hiring quality and velocity, onboarding efficiency, org structure, communication, execution risk, team retention, and culture. Technical depth still matters, but prioritization and people skills dominate.
Our AI coach pushes you to think like an engineering leader. You'll be asked to scale a team while maintaining culture. Build hiring pipelines that source high-quality engineers. Design org structures that enable parallel execution. Forecast velocity and manage execution risk. Balance senior engineers' growth with project delivery. These aren't academic exercises — they're how top engineering organizations actually work.
Built for aspiring engineering leaders
This platform is designed for engineers targeting engineering manager, tech lead manager, and senior+ manager roles at companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Stripe, and Microsoft. Whether you're a staff engineer transitioning to management, a senior engineer stepping into your first manager role, or a manager looking to move to a larger scope, Manager Interview gives you the frameworks and systems thinking to compete at world-class organizations. You'll learn what questions matter, how to think about tradeoffs, and how to communicate strategy under pressure.