Interviewing Your Future Boss?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday June 19, 2004 @05:40AM from the putting-forth-pointed-queries dept.

crimethinker asks: "I am an embedded systems engineer for a small division of a large company. Up to now, we have managed to get by with little more than a 'team lead' position, but as our division grows, they are looking to hire a full-on engineering manager. I was one of the candidates, with my current boss's favorable recommendation, but I withdrew my resume when they told me the job was all paper and schedules; I'd never touch code or hardware again. Now the VP has a 'short list' of candidates, and has invited me to be one of the interviewers. Yes, you read that correctly: I will be interviewing the person who will become my boss. So, I put the question to you, Slashdot: what questions should I ask my prospective boss?"

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Re:Ask more about Life, less about Tech. by cduffy · 2004-06-19 05:55 · Score: 5, Informative

Right, like a woman is ever going to be the boss in a embedded systems team.

Huh? The best manager I've ever had was Sandy Hoag, when she was the VP of Engineering back at MontaVista (MontaVista being, as you may recall, an embedded software company).

Consequently, I can say with certainty that the chauvinistic horseshit in your post is empirically wrong.