Companies use behavioral interviews to answer 2 critical questions: Do you fit with both the role and the company? And if you do fit, at what level will you be most effective?
If you get the fit wrong, you will be rejected no matter how skilled you are.
Companies measure your level across 4 dimensions that are present across every story you tell: Scope; Impact; Difficulty; Contribution.
If there’s no clear purpose, no decision to make, and no meaningful discussion needed, cancel it.
With 8 people there are 28 communication paths, and with 6 there are 15.
AI is a multiplier. If it's being used to create slop grenades it's multiplying the things the leadership rewards.
“Overcommunication” is usually the right amount of communication.
In September 2026 I published a series of LinkedIn posts that distilled my thinking on engineering leadership, AI‑augmented development, and organizational dynamics. Each post linked to a longer “Engineering Leadership” article and highlighted practical guidelines for teams and senior leaders.
- Build the RIGHT things first – product‑fit beats code volume.
1000x power, $10k tokens burned, 0 value created.
If our engineering process is 50% sequential, we can expect the maximum productivity increase of 2x.
If our engineering process is 10% sequential and 90% parallel, we could get a 10x increase of productivity.
With 70% confidence, I estimate that we can finish this within 2 to 3 weeks.
Key decisions I announced: prioritize outcome‑driven work over metric‑only reviews, shift AI rollout to experimental token‑budget pilots, and reduce sequential steps in the SDLC to unlock 5–10× AI‑driven productivity.
I link this series back to my linkedin profile page, where my broader engineering‑leadership activities are recorded.
- Collaboration over isolation – high‑performers combine technical depth with relationship‑building.
- Metrics vs. outcomes – avoid gaming artificial metrics.
- Goodhart’s Law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
- AI productivity limits (Amdahl’s Law): 50 % sequential → max 2× boost; 10 % sequential → ~10× boost.
- Senior mindset: saying “I don’t know” signals seniority.
- Reputation builder: calibrated estimates with confidence percentages.
- AI‑native team guidance: generous token budgets, experimental ownership.
- Company politics: map influence diagrams beyond reporting lines.
- “The Multiplier Mindset” book in progress.