Technical Manager Interviews

Technical Manager Interview Questions

"When hiring a technical manager, an employer will look for candidates with the management skills and industry knowledge to oversee company projects that require members to have large amounts of technical knowledge, usually in the form of programming and software development. Some of the interview questions you may be asked will target your management experience and philosophy while others will focus on your understanding of the technical processes you will be working with in the project."

Top Technical Manager Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Have you ever dealt with staff members who were resistant to new technology or technological processes? How did you handle the situation?

How to answer
How to answer: A technical manager often introduces and rolls out new technology products and processes to an organization's staff members, so it's important to know how to do so in a positive way. When answering this question, try to think about a specific situation in which you dealt with resistant staff and how you interacted with those individuals in a positive way. As you describe the situation, use the STAR method: Situation, Task, Action, Result. This question allows you to describe your problem-solving and communication skills.
Question 2

Question #2: Describe your process for researching and implementing new technology.

How to answer
How to answer: When answering a question about your process, consider a specific situation in which you researched and/or implemented a new technology in a previous role. Describe the steps you took and why you took each step, as well as the outcome of your research and rollout processes.
Question 3

Question #3: How did the last company you worked for benefit from your technical expertise?

How to answer
How to answer: Answering a question about your technical expertise allows you to elaborate on your technical skills and strengths and how they benefited those around you in your previous role. Describe specific situations that highlight the importance of your work, such as new technologies that you implemented or rolled out that led to significant improvements or positive results.

10,265 technical manager interview questions shared by candidates

Software Engineering interview: questions about my projects, about decisions I made: algorithms, cache, architecture, data-bases. Questions about data structures in general, about team-leading. The interview was very nice. I wanted to share my knowledge and always had feedback from interviewer.
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Technical Project Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jan 12, 2014

Software Engineering interview: questions about my projects, about decisions I made: algorithms, cache, architecture, data-bases. Questions about data structures in general, about team-leading. The interview was very nice. I wanted to share my knowledge and always had feedback from interviewer.

Q: what is the difference between rdb and nosql. Q: how would you set up a server with db, no downtime, redundant, resilient, multi location, ..etc Q: how will you troubleshoot issues on linux, like network, process..etc Q: lots of S.T.A.R. questions. like tell me a time when you have failed, achieved something more than you think, stressed, ...etc how did you deal with it, what did you do...etc Q: when you enter a domain name into browser , what happens. Q: what is proxy Q: what is the difference proxy and routing Q: how CDN works Q: what is IDS/IPS, which layer in osi does it work? Q: how would you do a sql replication? Q: What is NAT Q: how does load balancer works , which brand would you use, Q: how would you connect to your servers for administration and troubleshooting, linux and windows? Q: what are the differences between windows and linux Q: what is error 500 on a web page.
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Senior Technical Account Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
May 27, 2016

Q: what is the difference between rdb and nosql. Q: how would you set up a server with db, no downtime, redundant, resilient, multi location, ..etc Q: how will you troubleshoot issues on linux, like network, process..etc Q: lots of S.T.A.R. questions. like tell me a time when you have failed, achieved something more than you think, stressed, ...etc how did you deal with it, what did you do...etc Q: when you enter a domain name into browser , what happens. Q: what is proxy Q: what is the difference proxy and routing Q: how CDN works Q: what is IDS/IPS, which layer in osi does it work? Q: how would you do a sql replication? Q: What is NAT Q: how does load balancer works , which brand would you use, Q: how would you connect to your servers for administration and troubleshooting, linux and windows? Q: what are the differences between windows and linux Q: what is error 500 on a web page.

What is the most difficult projects you have worked? How did you handle conflict there? What are the lessons learned and how can you ensure not to repeat that in future? Any questions you have about Amazon? How can you perform better?
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Senior Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Aug 9, 2017

What is the most difficult projects you have worked? How did you handle conflict there? What are the lessons learned and how can you ensure not to repeat that in future? Any questions you have about Amazon? How can you perform better?

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