I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
Overall this was a terrible experience. The internal design recruiter at Facebook cancelled, missed or rescheduled a total of 4 times over the course of 3 weeks. Once I was cancelled on an hour before the call. Another time I was waiting for the call and it never came, then when I emailed to find out what happened I was told they double booked me, or another time they got the wrong day. The attitude throughout seemed like I had to be on their schedule, and they were doing me a favor almost, even thought they'd repeatedly tell me how interested they are in my work. As 'interested' as they were, recruiter had no understanding for what I specialized in or what my company did. They never asked if I was interviewing with anyone else (which I was, two other big tech company in SF). Finally when I did the in-person interviews, those went as expected. Then again following the in-persona interviews they didn't reach out to me with their decision. I had to contact them a week later to find out that they had decided to move on. This process we demeaning, extremely unprofessional, and compared to all the other companies I interviewed with, was probably the most impersonal. All my years in the bay, I've never experienced anything like this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the typical questions you've seen here: Why do you want to work at Facebook... They were looking for generalists... Portfolio review focusing on design decisions... Do an app review.
Thanks for sharing your feedback. We're so sorry to hear about your interview experience. Every candidate moment matters to us. We know it's hard to make time to interview, and we appreciate the time you spent with Facebook.
Straightforward like any big tech interview, but long and intense. Formats are pretty standardized so it just takes practice. Questions appear like it's from a bank, so if you're prepared you should be fine.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I was reached out by a recruiter. Started with the recruiter call, then portfolio presentation, then full loop (Portfolio presentation - app critique - design challenge - background). They had very strong emphasis on design craft and visual excellence. Recruiter who helped me prep was very nice and helpful.
Typical interview process consisting of multiple rounds—Pre-screen, Portfolio Presentation, Full-Loop (Presentation, App Crit, Whiteboard Challenge and Behavioral) - Felt I did really well, and I got great feedback during the rounds but ultimately received no offer.
