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intermediatestakeholder
Underperforming Senior Engineer
Your senior engineer (5 years at company, high compensation) has been consistently missing sprints for 3 months. Team is starting to notice. Peers are frustrated. HR wants documentation. Walk me through your approach.
Performance managementDifficult conversationsHR
25 min
advancedstrategy
Team Wants to Rewrite Legacy System
Your team of 6 engineers wants to rewrite a 5-year-old Ruby monolith in Go (3-6 month project). Product wants new features shipped. Leadership is skeptical of rewrites. Walk me through your decision framework.
Technical decisionsTeam managementBusiness alignment
25 min
advancedethical
Layoff 2 of Your 8 Engineers
Leadership tells you: cut 2 people from your 8-person team by end of month. You have full autonomy on who. Everyone is performing at least adequately. Walk me through your decision-making process, conversations, and post-layoff plan.
Difficult decisionsCommunicationTeam leadership
30 min