Hi David, A few things you could ask your teammate...
- how do they foresee balancing their management tasks with their project tasks (assuming they will still be working on projects) - how do they see their relationship with you-all changing? - if this is a new "layer" in the organization -- the new-manager/former-coworker is now between you and who you used to directly report to -- how would they optimally see you and your old manager interacting with each other? or how do they see their role in terms of being an intermediary or advocate? what differences do they envision there might be with their own relationships with other, more senior staff and managers? how will they change or adapt? - maybe toss out a couple of scenarios and see how they respond---like imagine what specific problems might crop up if the coworker becomes your (or anyone's) manager....like if you know they have a tendency to come in late to meetings or miss deadlines or over-commit or get pulled in too many directions or get snippy under stress or whatever. Build out a hypothetical and see how they respond. Listen maybe not only for the right answer, but how self-aware they seem to be, like "np I handle stress extremely well and stay totally cool under pressure" when you've seen otherwise - ask them how they foresee building up their skills as a manager I could think of lots of others but will stop for now. If you think it'll be worthwhile, maybe you'll tell us a bit more about the circs so we can suggest more relevant Qs and approaches. - Susan On 10/12/07, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I know there's been discussions before about interview questions, but > I don't think there's been discussion on this kind. I've got to > interview a potential teammate who might end up leading us. I'm > curious from those that have been through this as to good questions to > ask to get a good indication of what that person will be like to work > with, as well as possibly work for. > > Any guidance would be great! > > Thanks, > David > > -- > > w: http://www.davidshaw.info > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
