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During an interview I asked a hiring manager “How do you define success for your engineers” and they responded “Wow I’ve never thought about that”. That’s a re
by dieselgate 4y ago
During an interview I asked a hiring manager “How do you define success for your engineers” and they responded “Wow I’ve never thought about that”.
That’s a red flag for me because if there isn’t a clear definition of success/failure for the role how do you know if you’re meeting/exceeding expectations. This is relevant for reviews, compensation, growth for employees, growth for the Org, growth for a Team etc.
I typically expect a response along the lines of “the person can write the code and not break things” - which is “lame” in my opinion but tolerable.
Edit: clarity