Process
The first phone screening included a couple of JavaScript questions about functions you can perform on strings. There were also CSS-related questions, like the difference between block and inline elements.
This was followed by a homework assignment to build a layout for a calendar. The challenge was to ensure that events added to the calendar that collide in time do not visually overlap but should occupy the same width as other events they collide with.
After that, there was another 45-minute interview. This session was a discussion about my previous projects and my reasons for wanting to work for Facebook. It also included two JavaScript questions on Collabedit.
Questions
Given a node from a DOM tree, find the node in the same position from an identical DOM tree.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 30 interview experiences for the Meta Front End Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Front End Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Front End Engineer interview process in United States.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Very Fun Work EnvironmentFront End Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomFebruary 4, 2021Pros: - Lots of interesting challenges to work on - Very relaxed company atmosphere - Chance to lead your own projectsCons: - Stressful Performance Review Cycles
- 4.0Spectacular engineering talent, but a pretty isolated environmentFront End Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesFebruary 13, 2015Pros: The environment is really fast-paced, with a lot of freedom. As Facebook grows, there's more and more of a spectrum of different types of work environments and managerial relationships--all the way from entirely hands-off to much more hand-holding if you need it. Speaking as a UI engineer: You'll learn more here than pretty much anywhere else. When it comes to UI tech specifically, Facebook seems much more willing to work from first principles and carefully try new concepts at scale than other places.Cons: Major Silicon Valley companies are frequently a bit isolated. To some extent, that's what makes them good at what they do, by helping them ignore the ways things have been done. In Facebook's case, I found the office environment very isolated from the rest of the area. There are walls all around the campus, and it's across a freeway from the rest of the Menlo Park area, so it takes planning if you want to interact with non-Facebook employees in a typical workday. Being so isolated doesn't seem advantageous as a situation for a company that's trying to make the world more open and connected.
- 5.0Working @ FacebookFront End Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaOctober 7, 2021Pros: The best tech company out there.Cons: Lots of proprietary and internal technologies that aren't transferable to other contexts.
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