Compensation is the biggest pro. Also, unlike other hire to fire companies (most tech companies at this point in 2024), you at least have a chance to prove yourself and are given a couple months to onboard. There are worse tech companies out there such as Amazon and Intuit, but Meta’s culture is still quite terrible. They try and justify the long hours and stress with how much you can make - Meta still pays more than any other major tech company, even in 2024, which is definitely a pro, but the culture is cutthroat and you can’t trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at “less prestigious” tech or tech adjacent companies to make the same amount at Meta with more stability, better WLB, and less drama.
Pretty much the same as what one would experience at most tech companies in 2024. But some aspects are better or worse than others. Long hours. WLB is highly team dependent. Apparently Meta used to be a lot better in this regard, but now not so much. It is intense, but if you have startup experience, it is at least less intense than that. And again, it is more fair than a place like Amazon. Office politics are a thing at all tech companies, but a little more extreme at Meta. Blame and shame culture is big. People are snakes and are prepared to throw even the newest and most vulnerable employees under the bus to save their own skins. This makes things quite unfair, but as long as you’re proactive and document everything thoroughly, you’re at least given a chance to refute these attacks. A lot of gossip and backstabbing. This is separate from and still related to PSC culture, which everyone complains about. Management is terrible overall. Sometimes there is micromanagement. One of the few companies where it’s possible you’ll have a manager younger than you, even if you’re only 27-31ish. Often ICs seem to be held accountable for things that are way beyond their day-to-day scope - basically things that are ultimately the fault of leadership and management. Management frequently tries to pin things on their employees. Your manager is often trying to screw you, and if they can’t find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isn’t a dealbreaker because as long as you’re doing your job, it is easy to refute, but it creates a ton of work because you have to be extremely well-organized and have documented every interaction with your manager colleagues. I recommend studying employment law / consulting with an employment lawyer early on in your tenure at Meta, so you know what to look for. Because it is a massive tech company, you are there to please your manager and make them look good, so you need to do pretty much whatever they say. there’s a lot of internal conflict because it’s very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and it’s bottoms up at the same time, every man for themselves. Do everything your manager says and it is somehow still all up to you as an individual employee to make the company successful. To top it all off, your colleagues suck too. People brag about work that YOU did as being THEIR work that THEY did if it is successful. If a project involving multiple people is so much as an hour late, then YOU are blamed, even if you had nothing to do with the lateness. The lateness itself isn’t really the problem because guess what? It’s not anything is broken. Except for when things do break and the whole app crashes for a day because everyone is forced to focus on office politics instead of their actual work. it’s not really about the value you create, so much as it is the PERCEIVED value you create and whether or not your manager likes you. Ergo, a lot of bootlicking charlatans make it to the top.
Thanks everyone for all the useful posts and data - hugely valuable ! I just got the good news today that I've gotten approved for M2 engineering manager offer @ FB and they asked me my expectations. I searched through M2 FB comps on blind and couldn't get really useful data points. levels.fyi also...Read more
What type of coding questions are typically asked at FB interviews for engineering manager (M1/M2). What level of difficulty? I've found this on Rooftop Slushie, but want to know if it is safe to assume Leetcode medium tagged with Facebook. https://www.rooftopslushie.com/request/Facebook%20EMEngine...Read more
I have an interview with Facebook for engineering manager role. Is the complexity of technical questions during the interview similar to SDE loop?
I’m a SWE with 10 YoE. Currently managing a team of 3. How difficult is it to join Facebook and Google as M1 or M2? Any special requirements/skills? YoE: 10 TC: 170k
What is this role at Meta? Do people still code with this role or just review code? Is this E7? Yoe: 12 TC: 173k
Currently a L6 SDM at Amazon. I get contacted a lot by recruiter at FB for engineering manager role. How different are the responsibilities at Fb? For example, at Amazon I don’t have to code but I should know well about the services my team owns, often write COEs, represent the team is Ops review e...Read more
What is the average salary for an M1 at FB/Instagram? Are we looking at 200k/y base salary, 15-20% annual bonus, $100k RSU? Is there a way to get a signing bonus?
1) Can someone please suggest the difference in compensation and responsibilities between M1 and M2 engineer-manager levels at Facebook ? 2) Is M1 = staff in engineering and M2 = principal in #engineering ? 3) Also, some light on wlb for both would be great. #software #swe #facebook
Would love to get some pro tips from people who went through this or are insiders. What to expect from an EM interview process at Meta? The stages mentioned online are clear: Stage 1. People Management + system design Stage 2. (On site) mgmt, coding, design, project retro, cultural How to best pr...Read more
What type of coding questions are typically asked at FB interviews for engineering manager (M1/M2). What would you prepare in a week or two? Thanks
I have an interview lined up for Engineering manager positions at Facebook, London. I can benefit from some education on how I shall approach preparation. Here is what recruiter told me to expect- - 2 System design interviews - 1 Coding interview (any language of my choice) - And 3 Behavioral inte...Read more
I am currently interviewing with Facebook for an Engineering Manager position. The next stage is the on-site round and I am looking for some guidance on how to prepare for the leadership, project retrospective and behavioural interviews. Do you have any notes or experience you can share? I am a Di...Read more
I am going to start process for Engineering Manager M1 at FB what should I expect as coding questions?
Cleared HC for both Google and Facebook for M1 position. Team match with G was done before interview Don't have numbers yet, expect them next week. Not sure which I should choose (I think offers will be similar) Google: Good WLB, local to Seattle, established team. However it's a technology stack th...Read more
Having worked at Amazon Google and Meta. I can say that Amazon has the least technically depth/awareness EMs. And SDMs who lack technical awareness/depth are handicapped in both broad and deep technical analysis, and so can’t really take independent decisions with technical perspective without rely...Read more
Interviewing in a few weeks for an EM position at FB. Been a manager for 2.5 years at current company(6 years total), hoping to get leveled as M1. What should I expect for interview? They said there's some coding rounds, but they understand if haven't written code day to day recently. Also design, c...Read more
What TC range could I expect as an EM at FB with 12 YoE? What should I do to prepare for this interview? Want to jump to Oculus in 6 months. Finally - what would you do - stay as an EM @ MSFT in Redmond with TC 366k or jump to FB EM in menlo with TC 500k? TC 366k.
Can an EM be PIPed at Facebook? Is it common? Base/RSU/Signing 240/1.2mil/80
Hi, I have an upcoming interview and I'm curious to know if my lack of experience working on large scalable systems will drastically hurt my chances of being hired. I'm obviously learning distributed system design to be prepared for the system design interviews but point being that I haven't actuall...Read more