The "move fast" culture and the insanely high ratio of competent co-workers make Facebook one of the most satisfying and exciting places to work in the world. It's easily one of the best workplaces where you feel pampered and privileged to have a job there.
The food options are vast; you'll never go hungry. There are plenty of interesting spaces around the office to meet, chill, or focus. Easy access to IT and resources removes roadblocks from your workday.
Projects and tooling are shared openly within the company, and knowledge transfer is highly encouraged.
The ability to easily float between teams makes finding something new that you're passionate about much more likely and keeps your employment fresh.
Your desk area can often get loud. The company often doesn't follow through enough on released products, discontinuing them within 1-2 years. You must come into the office at least 80% of the time, which usually means you must relocate near an office.
Open offices in more affordable areas that don't have extremely high real estate costs.
Have succession plans well in advance for products if they don't work out.
I filed a request on the FB careers page. I had one prescreening with someone from HR and three technical interviews over the phone. My first interview was about programming. It took about 45 minutes. The questions were fairly simple; they just want
I could barely hear the interviewer, and sadly, was asked some basic questions one can easily Google, not the high-level questions expected for an engineer. I would like to see questions like, 'Please explain your system at work and let me know what
I was contacted by a recruiter who found my resume on LinkedIn. I had a quick screening phone interview with the recruiter, followed by two technical phone interviews. During these technical interviews, we shared a collaborative text document so they
I filed a request on the FB careers page. I had one prescreening with someone from HR and three technical interviews over the phone. My first interview was about programming. It took about 45 minutes. The questions were fairly simple; they just want
I could barely hear the interviewer, and sadly, was asked some basic questions one can easily Google, not the high-level questions expected for an engineer. I would like to see questions like, 'Please explain your system at work and let me know what
I was contacted by a recruiter who found my resume on LinkedIn. I had a quick screening phone interview with the recruiter, followed by two technical phone interviews. During these technical interviews, we shared a collaborative text document so they