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Re: (OT) Interviewing a potential managerby blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) |
on Aug 07, 2007 at 13:53 UTC ( [id://631050]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I view the interview process for a potential boss pretty much the same as for a subordinate. I too have been both a manager and the (barely) managed! :-) My favorite interview questions to ask that can help you generate more questions are:
Getting a feel for a candidate's project management skills (using the questions I've posed as a springboard) is not a bad thing either. One final question I ask after they've gone through their "dream project" discussion is " was the project a success or a failure and what made it such?" The range of types of answers you get are fairly enlightening and can give you more insight into how the person thinks. And finally, "how did you handle handing this project off to others after you were completed?" can be an eye opener as well. Quite often you find out the person never handed their pet project off but in fact used it as a means to justify their existance where they were at. Just some thoughts. My last thought: be fluid in your interviewing strategy and adapt to what you find. Avid the temptation to follow as script because you might miss something if you are not adaptable. Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg
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