People Management

How do you establish performance goals that are both challenging and achievable for your team? What do you think the role of a DE Manager in establishing these goals is?

Data Engineering Manager

Google

Apple

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  • What is your method for creating performance goals that motivate your team without being unattainable? What role does a DE Manager play in this task at {company}?
  • How do you establish performance goals that are both challenging and achievable for your team? What do you think the role of a DE Manager in establishing these goals is?
  • What approach do you take to set realistic yet ambitious performance objectives for your team? As a DE Manager, how do you contribute to this process?
  • When setting performance targets for your team, how do you strike a balance between ambition and realism? And in your capacity as a DE Manager, how do you influence this?
  • How do you formulate performance targets that push the team to excel but are still within reach? What is your part as a DE Manager in crafting these goals?
  • How do you design performance goals that challenge your team but are also attainable? In what ways do you, as a DE Manager, participate in setting these objectives?
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Interview question asked to Data Engineering Managers interviewing at Google and Apple: How do you establish performance goals that are both challenging and achievable for your team? What do you think the role of a DE Manager in establishing these goals is?.