Process
The interview preparation process is very well structured; it feels like an open-book exam.
They really want to know you and your experiences. Some of the technical design and coding questions are much easier to master with online reading, but the career, project, and management questions tease out a lot of signals that are personal to your experience.
However, the company is horrible at closing. The interview feedback was very positive, and the recruiter kept in touch every two days with updates for about two weeks. After that, they stopped responding to emails, phone calls, or texts altogether.
This was a very strange experience, and not worth the time you put into the prep process.
Questions
What is the value of one-on-one meetings with your reports?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 51 interview experiences for the Meta Engineering Manager role in United States.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Engineering Manager interview process in United States.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to workEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeJune 2, 2023Pros: Reasonably strong team, good compensation and benefits.Cons: Org overhead has become significant, at times getting to the point where documents are written to justify 100 lines of code.
- 5.0Move fast and break thingsEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 19, 2012Pros: Facebook is a rapidly growing company where you can work on digital products (and the infrastructure that supports them) that impact a billion people around the world. The company culture is richer and uplifted more so than any other company I've worked at, including Microsoft, IBM, and the NYT. We're encouraged to take control of and have ownership over our work; micromanagement is micromanaged out, and big-impact work is rewarded, even—no, especially—if it's not sexy. There are few places in the world which provide the hat trick of being an exciting place to work, provide freedom to work on what you want, and provide social and cultural impact to a significant portion of global humanity.Cons: The biggest downside is the double-edged sword of Facebook's culture. It's easy to get lost in the whirlwind of cool stuff, great perks, and exciting smart people, and forget to get something done. For those cranking away, the intentional self-exploration (hackathons, etc.) can result in occasional duplicated work or dead ends. You can't say we won't take risks and try new things; instead, you could say this might happen a little too much. Also, Facebook is a pretty constant target of the media for both good and bad news. This can be a bit trying when you just want to get your job done, and your friends and family are bugging you about the latest features added (or not added).
- 5.0Nothing bad to sayEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 11, 2024Pros: Money, money, money, money, money.Cons: Growth could be a bit better.
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