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they had just few questions regarding how I would manage the team and how would I deal in a few problematic situations. I had to manage a team of 24 designers and basically micro manage them and number of hours they are spending at work
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Design Manager

Interviewed at Decorpot

2.8★
Mar 15, 2023

they had just few questions regarding how I would manage the team and how would I deal in a few problematic situations. I had to manage a team of 24 designers and basically micro manage them and number of hours they are spending at work

Have you ever had to help a member of your team decide between multiple career paths? How did you approach it? Tell me about a time when a PM on a product team didn’t understand or value design and constantly left the designer out of important discussions -- what did you do? Tell me about a time when you set goals for your team. How did it go? Describe a time when you were not only responsible for leading a team of people, but also for doing the same job as your team members? How did you balance your time? ......
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User Experience Design Manager

Interviewed at Jungle Scout

3.2★
Oct 18, 2021

Have you ever had to help a member of your team decide between multiple career paths? How did you approach it? Tell me about a time when a PM on a product team didn’t understand or value design and constantly left the designer out of important discussions -- what did you do? Tell me about a time when you set goals for your team. How did it go? Describe a time when you were not only responsible for leading a team of people, but also for doing the same job as your team members? How did you balance your time? ......

Standard questions about process, management style, UX research/insights, how I use data and analytics, projects that have gone well or that I'm proud of, projects that didn't go well, how I handled hard conversations with both my managers and direct reports, and a few more.
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Manager of Product Design

Interviewed at TurboTenant

5★
Feb 21, 2022

Standard questions about process, management style, UX research/insights, how I use data and analytics, projects that have gone well or that I'm proud of, projects that didn't go well, how I handled hard conversations with both my managers and direct reports, and a few more.

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