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Updated Feb 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Facebook
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
applied online as a software engineer. got an email from a recruiter after a couple of weeks. got explanation about the process. (2 phone interviews + 4 interviews (on-site))
heard the interviews would be mostly about programming. during the interview, got asked to program some typical programming questions. even though the questions were not that hard, failed to write the code cleanly/quickly enough. got rejected just a couple of hours later.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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User Operations Analyst at Facebook
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took 2 days)
Very casual interview. The process was done through my university and it began with a "coffee hour" the day before to meet some of the recruiters and talk a bit more about the company. The interview was very laid-back and asked basic questions about my resume and experiences. Interviewer was very friendly and I was told I didn't need to dress up, which I of course still did.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer Intern at Facebook
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 8 weeks)
The interviewers were very nice - couldn't understand what one interviewer was saying, but he wrote the tasks and it was ok in the end. Had planned 3 technical interviews in total, failed the last one. The recruiters were extremely nice and prompt. Will definitely apply next year, all the interviewers seemed to be energetic and enthusiastic about their work - sound like the team I want to be part of and definitely worth the struggle.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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IT Analyst at Facebook
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 3 weeks)
you need to be extremely passionate about what you do everyday..need to result-driven and show your contributions/accomplishments..
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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User Operations Analyst at Facebook
Posted Jan 14, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Austin, TX (took 2 days)
Interviewing with Facebook went very smoothly.
Three current employees and one manager asked a series of questions focusing on working as a team, challenges that you have overcome in the past, and what kinds of activities put you in the "zone."
Facebook interviewers are very open to letting you highlight your strengths, and how that would fit in well with the company's goals.
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Negotiation Details
Yes, you are able to negotiate salary, starting times, and any personal circumstances, such as taking a vacation soon after starting.
My advice is to be friendly and flexible, but do not be afraid to make a compelling case for your own interests in the negotiation process.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Facebook
Posted Jan 9, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 2 months)
Contacted by a recruiter who asked about programming experience and why I want to work for Facebook. Then two separate technical phone interviews with software engineers followed. They introduced what they are working on in detail. They asked one or two typical coding questions, sharing them on the Collabedit.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Summer Internship at Facebook
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)
Was asked to solve a question related to Binary Search and variations related to varied datasets. Only one question was asked throughout the interview, and I was asked to code on the white board. No other questions or discussions.
After the basic question, the interviewer modified the input data, and asked me questions as to how my code would change.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Operations Engineer at Facebook
Posted Jan 5, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 5 months)
I was contacted by a recruiter because they found my resume on LinkedIn. I had a quick screening phone interview with the recruiter, before having two technical phone interviews, where we shared a collaborative text document so that they could see what I typed. Each of the two interviews lasted about 45-60 minutes. Finally, I had a somewhat shorter (30 minute) management interview.
At this point, they decided to fly me to Facebook for on-site interviews. I was passed from my recruiter to a coordinator who organized the on-site schedule. I flew down the night before and left the evening afterwards. All meals, transportation and lodging were paid for or expensed to Facebook.
The actual on-site interviews were fun. I was given a brief tour by my coordinator, then led into a (very) small conference room with whiteboards. I had four interviews total, with lunch in-between with my coordinator. Each interview was about an hour or so. One was with a manager. One was a coding interview. Two were systems-oriented, since this was an Applications Operations Engineering (aka Site Reliability Engineering, etc.) position.
Over the next several days, my coordinator was able to share a bunch of feedback from the interviewers. All four interviewers recommended a hire. I was told that there would be two meetings to make a decision. Once with the AppOps team, and once with some higher-ups for final approval.
I was informed that they would keep my resume on file, but that they wouldn't be making me an offer shortly after the designated time for the second meeting. Though the message also stated that my coordinator would like to chat with me to discuss why they came to their decision, to date we've had trouble scheduling a time. Understandably, I suspect I'm less of a priority for the coordinator now that I'm not a candidate.
Overall the experience was quite positive and everyone I spoke to was great. Facebook genuinely seems like a great place to work. My only complaints thus far (in chronological order) are:
1. My recruiter often took a week or more to respond to my messages. Partially (though by no means entirely) as a result of this, the interview process took several months.
2. I found the CS interview questions, especially those on-site, to be disappointingly easy. This may have been due to time constraints, though.
3. Because of the lengths of the interviews, I had relatively little time to ask questions of the interviewers. The one exception was my last interview of the day. Because there was nothing but a debrief with my coordinator afterwards, I was able to chat more with the interviewer. This gave me a lot more insight into Facebook, and also resulted in him more strongly recommending a hire.
4. To date I haven't been able to pin my coordinator down for why I wasn't offered the position.
Overall, if you're given the opportunity to interview with Facebook, go for it. At the very least, the process is a lot of fun. And maybe you'll get a job at a great company!
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at Facebook
Posted Dec 30, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2+ weeks)
First got an HR interview, asking very basic questions including some simple technical questions. Then first round asked me a coin probability problem. After that, the 2nd interviewer asked me sqrt() but I stupidly failed this problem. Great people, though interviewers are not very friendly.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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User Operations Analyst at Facebook
Posted Dec 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Austin, TX (took 3 months)
I applied online through Facebook's website. I was contacted several weeks later by a recruiter. After an initial conversation with the recruiter, I was required to complete a writing sample online. A few more weeks went by while the sample was being "reviewed." Finally, a phone interview was set up. The questions consisted largely of my experiences working on a team, what I thought I brought to teams, what to do if a team member is not participating, etc.
All in all, it was an "ok" experience.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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