I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Dublin, Dublin) in Aug 2016
Interview
The Facebook interview process can be quite lengthy as it involves several people and steps.
I applied through an employee referral for 2 different roles, and heard back about one of them quite quickly. I went through the process again for the 2nd role after the 1st was completed.
I had a preliminary phone screening with the recruiter, then a phone screening with the hiring manager and 4 onsite interviews on both occasions.
Onsite interviews are with both management and peers (from the same team or other team).
I had an extremely positive experience with both recruiters. They both came across as present and committed to the candidates success. They were proactive and provided targeted input and feedback. Even after the interview outcomes, they both took the time to make a phone call to provide feedback on the interviews.
There is no formula for the onsite interviews, all of the interviewers have different styles.Some of the interviewers came across as not fully calibrated. Overall the experience was positive in both occasions, it is not easy to impress so many different people, with such different styles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Understanding of the role and the department;
Understanding of the challenges/opportunities the role would have.
Understanding of customers and customer needs.
GCA and behavioural questions.
It was fine I guess, all things considered. Not that hard. People were okay, just not inspiring as a company. Like, what a subhuman CEO. Couldn't stomach taking a job at this place.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a bold and difficult decision
hr phone screening 30~45 minute, and followed by a video interview about 45 minutes. Then I did onsite and interviewed 4 rounds. hotels and flights were prepaid. interviewers were super nice, not agressive at all, gave me time to think and organize. The only bad thing is, the receptionist guy was super rude and arrogant. you could have guessed which region i was referring to.
Met with the recruiter, then hiring manager, the recruiter again for next stages, then loops interviews. 4 back to back interviews on different categories; collaboration, efficiency, Meta values, etc. Once the loops completed, I waited 2 weeks for the offer. STAR method encouraged.
