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.

How do you grow your team?

There are two ways to grow your team. The first is organic growth, and the second is expanding the scope intentionally.

Organic growth: When the adoption of one of your products or services increases, you need to work on a larger scale. With more customers using the service/product, new requirements arise, and new operational issues start showing up. You'll need more people to handle these added requirements and operational load. Also, if your products/services are doing well with respect to business, your senior leadership team will be happy to invest in you. This is organic ...