In the early days of COVID, Facebook reached out through their recruiters. I had a conversation with a recruiter and felt it could be a potential good match. My extensive experience in a particular area of software engineering was spot-on, and I felt I could grow as a manager, building on my previous experience in small to medium-sized companies. I had a remote interview with a single senior manager. It was unfortunately very superficial, without any actual interest in my profile or competencies. It felt like I was answering a questionnaire with predefined good/bad answering categories, reflecting only the way big American companies manage. It was probably a bad attempt at being unbiased in interviews. This approach did not explore my experience or show real interest in me as a person.

After this interview, Facebook did not see a good match for a manager role. I also did not feel sought after, so the conclusion was mutual.

Facebook did ask if I wanted to interview for an IC (Individual Contributor) position, which I agreed to, just to see what that would be like. They never did follow up as promised, so my verdict remains negative when it comes to the process at Facebook.

Facebook will provide lots of material on the interview process itself. I was asked about:

• The type of engineering leader I am
• Handling conflict, making decisions, building consensus, etc.
• Defining my own success and team's success
• Professional failures and learnings
• 1:1s, personal development of your team, coaching and mentorship
• Career management
• Technical decisions
• Design tradeoffs, constraints, and learnings in systems