When interviewing a Tech Lead or an Engineering Manager for a team in your company, what practices do you employ? What are the themes of your interview? What characteristics do you look for? How do you know if the candidate is good at managing people, time and resources?
The first steps is deciding what type of person you want to hire.<p>Do you want somebody with strong technical chops who's going to lead white boarding sessions and mentor candidates?<p>Do you want someone with strong people management skills, who is going to make sure that everyone who has a meeting with them feels good?<p>Do you want someone with strong project management skills, where all of the important stakeholders are going to get a nice looking report every two weeks?<p>These are all people who would do well or poorly in those positions depending on the company.