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Interview questions — Manager (mid-level)

1. How do you tell whether a team is healthy, and which signals do you actually act on?
2. Tell me about a time you managed up — pushing back on a decision made by your own manager.
3. Describe your approach to delegating a critical project to a team member you don't fully trust yet.
4. Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult feedback to a high-performing employee. What happened?
5. How do you decide when to step in on a project your team is already handling?
6. Describe a conflict between two direct reports that you had to mediate. How did you resolve it?
7. How do you structure one-on-ones so they produce real outcomes rather than status updates?
8. Walk me through how you build a quarterly plan when priorities keep shifting.
9. What does your process look like when you have to let someone go?
10. How do you balance being available for your team with protecting your own focus time?

What to listen for: Listen for a clear framework around delegation and feedback, ownership of team failures, and comfort with hard people conversations rather than vague 'I listen' answers.