Originally, I wasn't going to write a review. After reading about how companies hire people they know they will fire, Facebook/Meta being one, I believe I was interviewed by a group that knew it wasn't going to hire me - and felt like it was wrong for them to waste my time. It's a long process with the standard interview screens, technical interview, and day long back to back interviews. The interviews themselves went very well; however, I was told that I wasn't offered the job because I didn't have enough "conflict management" experience at the level that I was being brought in. This was vague and made zero sense considering my 20+ years of success in very political, large consulting firms. I felt like the team didn't want to hire me and couldn't find a real reason to disqualify me so they made one up. Having worked so long with politicians and racists, I'm very familiar with the things they say and do when you aren't one of them. It's what people tell folk that they know are qualified and just don't want to hire or bring onto their team for reasons that they know aren't right. Had I been told that I didn't meet technical qualifications (which there were some obvious ones) or told something that was specific, I would have determined that I didn't meet the mark and had some work to do. Nope - I received vague, untrue feedback, that made it clear that they wasted my time. It's too long of a process to be told nonsense because you don't have a real reason except for reasons that are not legal nor what Facebook/Meta is supposed to stand for. Sorry Facebook/Meta, your staff may need more than unconscious bias training and "talks about race" to uncover and remove discrimination that obviously still exists in your company. Good luck to others whom I hope will not have their time wasted like mine. My time is expensive, so future interviewers, please respect it like I respected the process by being prepared, taking time time off, and following up professionally. Don't interview to fill a quota knowing that I'm not in the running. And if I am, don't downgrade me because my skills intimidate and see me as an asset rather than competition. Overall, just don't waste my time and anyone else that you want to check the box for.
