Growing Your Team

There are two aspects to team growth: the growth of team members and the growth of the team itself by increasing its size. We’ve discussed team members' growth in depth in the people management section. Here, we'll focus on scaling the team. Engineering managers spend significant time working on their team's growth, hiring, and looking for new opportunities for the team. Growing teams have their own challenges, and effective managers need to understand these challenges and how to tackle them to ensure that their team scales well. Here are some typical questions asked about team growth during EM interviews.