I agree with the original post.
I just hired my manager a few months back : ut-most importance is to figure out if you can work well with your new manager. 2nd, look for the skill set the company needs. If you do it the other way around, you'll be on your way out if you hire them and don't get along.
Areas where I focused my questions, making sure their answers sat well with my own opinions.
How do you measure and evaluate their direct reports/your own position? (e.g. what does a good senior developer/tester/lead/etc look like?)
How do you evaluate yourself? Measure your own effectiveness?
What is the role and purpose of the position they are interviewing for?
How have you dealt with poor performing employees? How do you motivate people?
Give examples of how you grow your employees careers.
After this, you can see how well the candidate satisfies the actual job roles.
While you can argue that you shouldn't focus on "being a happy camper", no one else is looking out for you here, and if you consider yourself valuable to the company, you should look at ways to retain yourself as well.
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- How do you measure and evaluate their direct reports/your own position? (e.g. what does a good senior developer/tester/lead/etc look like?)
- How do you evaluate yourself? Measure your own effectiveness?
- What is the role and purpose of the position they are interviewing for?
- How have you dealt with poor performing employees? How do you motivate people?
- Give examples of how you grow your employees careers.
After this, you can see how well the candidate satisfies the actual job roles. While you can argue that you shouldn't focus on "being a happy camper", no one else is looking out for you here, and if you consider yourself valuable to the company, you should look at ways to retain yourself as well.