Quote: (04-02-2017 04:41 PM)ms224 Wrote:
...I seem to fall flat when confronted by more management types.
Here's what I am looking for when I interview tech folks like you. I only want people on my team who will a) support my effective decision making by always giving me complete, accurate, and timely information and their best professional opinion during the decision making process; b) when I have made a decision, will accept it, and, whether they agree or not,
will execute my plan as though it were there own.
Precious few techies (or anyone else) get close to this (Army Ranger) ideal. In addition, many techies suffer from anti-social personalities, poor communication skills (particularly wrt non-technical people), are disdainful of non-technical team members (often deemed not as smart), and lack customer focus.
I am vetting for all that shit.
Are you a Team Player?
Are you manageable?
Do you GET customer focus?
Do you communicate effectively with non-technical people?
Quote: (04-02-2017 04:41 PM)ms224 Wrote:
Usually they ask something to the effect of how I deal with co-worker problems...
...when I did have co-worker issues in the past I usually brought it up to management who didn't really do much.
What's the right answer here?
RIGHT ANSWER #1: "I have never experienced any problems with co-workers in my prior jobs and do not anticipate that I would here either. I have always gotten along well with everybody - from the janitor to the boardroom."
Quote: (04-02-2017 04:41 PM)ms224 Wrote:
how did I do if I was right and management didn't agree or some combination there off.
What's the right answer here?
RIGHT ANSWER #2: "In the past I have had bosses who solicited my input. I always gave my boss my honest assessment and best advice on any given issue, even when I knew we disagreed. That said, when the decision was made, even if it was one with which I disagreed, I publicly and fully supported my boss' decision and executed his plan as though it were my own."