A management audition is similar to a technical audition, but because the functional skills are so different, and because senior technical people may also require some management capability, I see these as two different kinds of auditions.

As usual, your mileage may vary. Here are some possible management auditions:

• Facilitate a meeting
• Give a presentation
• Analyze some budget information. Don't forget to ask what they would do with that budget and why
• Organize a project portfolio
• Develop an audition for a manager. (ok, that's slightly evil :-)

If you have other good ideas, please comment away.

Labels: audition, interview

posted by Johanna Rothman at at 1:30 PM | link |