# Engineering Management Interview Prep

Land your dream engineering manager role at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, and other top companies. Learn from mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. Explore system design, people management, project retros, behavioral interviews, and more.

## Curriculum

### Welcome to our Engineering Management Interview Course

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XStqtnUGgTc)

### Featured Videos

Start with a free lesson, then unlock all 63 video lessons.

**Stop Sounding Like a Robot**  
 **Measuring Impact as an Engineering Manager**  
 **Demonstrating Ownership (Part 2: Analysis)**

## What People Like About This Course

**Doug**  
Engineering Manager, Slack  
The Engineering Manager course was extremely helpful in not only providing the information, but real examples of questions and answers.

**Diego**  
Engineering Manager, Amazon  
Exponent captured the essentials of real EM interviews, including practical and useful recommendations to prepare for them.

## What You'll Find in This Course

5 courses  
63 videos  
34 hours

### Engineering Management Introduction

6 lessons  
2 videos  
Here's our overview of how to tackle the engineering manager interview.

1. [Welcome to Exponent's EM Course!](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/welcome-em/index.html)
2. [What is Engineering Management?](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/what-is-em/index.html)
3. [Transitioning from IC to Manager](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/em-transitioning/index.html)
4. [The EM Interview Loop](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/em-interview-loop/index.html)
5. [Engineering Management Glossary](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/em-glossary/index.html)
6. [Video: How Google Hires Engineering Managers](/content/courses/engineering-management/em-intro/how-google-hires-engineering-managers/index.html)

### People Management Questions

5 modules  
21 lessons  
8 videos  
Here's how to answer questions about people management in engineering manager interviews.

- **Managing Individuals**  
[Managing Individuals](/content/courses/engineering-management/people-management/managing-individuals/index.html)
- **Performance Management**  
[Performance Management](/content/courses/engineering-management/people-management/performance-management/index.html)
- **Managing Team Execution**  
[Managing Team Execution](/content/courses/engineering-management/people-management/team-execution/index.html)
- **Cross-Functional Collaboration**  
[Cross-functional Collaboration](/content/courses/engineering-management/people-management/cross-functional-collaboration/index.html)

### System Design Interviews

11 modules  
71 lessons  
32 videos  
Learn how to answer the latest system design questions across product, infrastructure, and AI domains. Features in-depth video examples, written breakdowns, and helpful reference patterns. Watch senior engineers and managers answer these questions in mock interview videos.

- [Introduction to the System Design Interview](/content/courses/engineering-management/system-design-interviews/system-design-interview/index.html)
- [Read-Heavy Systems](/content/courses/engineering-management/system-design-interviews/read-heavy-systems/index.html)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What's included in the Exponent membership?**  
With a paid monthly or annual membership, you’ll get:

- Full access to this interview course and 100+ other interview prep courses and modules.
- Hundreds of real interview questions, answers, and walkthroughs.
- Self-paced video lessons with expert interview answer frameworks.

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