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.
Is it true that most candidates are evaluated based on what's written in the coderpad/excalidraw? as the interviewer opens coderpad link and then try to recollect what candidate told them during the interview.
Got off a call with meta recruiter to discuss a rejection and got the following feedback: 1) coding: 1 hire, 1 no hire 2) product arch: “neutral” 3) behavioral: “neutral” What do they mean by “neutral”? They said it was neither great nor bad, but my guess is there is no neutral option on the form
I had an on-site with Facebook (4 rounds) a few months back and was not extended an offer. There was a delay in obtaining the feedback from one of the interviewers and I had reached out to the recruiter to get a sense of how the feedback was from the other three. However the recruiter mentioned that...Read more
Max Wang, a Boston-based software engineer who was leaving Facebook after more than seven years, shared a video on the company’s internal discussion board that was meant to serve as a warning. “I think Facebook is hurting people at scale,” he wrote in a note accompanying the video. “If you think so ...Read more
Hi everyone, I wanted to seek some high level feedback on my interview with Meta in December. I cleared the initial coding round and got rejected in virtual onsite. Interview experience: 1) Coding round 1: 2 medium level question, started with Brute Force and came up to an optimised solution for t...Read more
I had a quite positive phone screen round with Meta three weeks ago; however there has never been any positive or negative response following the interview, and in my metacareers profile, the status says "Your conversation took place recently. You should hear from us soon.". I am curious if anyone i...Read more
My virtual onsite was Thursday, 2 coding +1 design +1 career 1st round coding : As I was halfway writing interviewer pointed out that the conditions given won't be satisified with this approach..and I came up with another solution and completed it but as I was coding that interviewer keep testing w...Read more
I had an on-site interview on 3/30, I haven't heard back from the recruiter yet, how long is the response time normally?
Update: Rejected after 8 business days. No feedback provided. TC: 0 YoE: 0 Just finished my first onsite with Meta on Feb 23rd (coding rounds three days before that). I’m a fresh phd grad and role was for a research scientist in systems. I wanted to ask if not receiving feedback the first week is ...Read more
The recruiter gave me this feedback: Strong Hire in Design and Behavioral Weak Hire in the couple of other tech interviews How much weight does FB give to the design and behavioral? The feedback is going to a committee meeting. TC: 210K YOE: 5
I gave my Meta onsites a few weeks back and the only thing I have heard from the recruiter is that the feedback is positive and is being discussed in the debrief meeting. My rounds: Coding Round 1: Didnt go well, I solved the first question with a lot of hints and the second question optimally wit...Read more
It’s been more than 8 days after I interviewed and have not heard any feedback for an E6 role. The recruiter didn’t even join the introductory call on the day of their interview and silence too after the interview. I sent a thank u note after the interview, but didn’t hear anything back. Should I...Read more
Today the recruiter want to schedule a call for me on this Friday to discuss about the feedback, said they still waiting for all feedback to come in. Is it mean they already made the decision and no need to wait for all the feedback? Is it more of a hire or a reject? #onsite #feedback #facebook
Interviewed with Meta 18 days ago, HR approached 5days after the interview saying they pending for result. No email no phone call after that, does it mean it’s a NO? Will I receive any information? TC 200k
After Facebook onsite. Recruiter said let's talk on phone about 'feedback and next steps'. On phone she said "positive feedback but other candidate is better fit". And that FB will reach out soon for other roles and since I already did full day onsite , if next opportunity comes within 3-6 months I ...Read more
I understood that candidates at Facebook receive a full feedback from Facebook whether they passed the onsite day or didn't is this true? and if so who gives this feedback?
Hey meta folks, I gave 3 out of 4 of my onsite interviews 2 days ago and I think 2 went very well, but 1 went very poor My 4th just got rescheduled again to 1 week from today, which would be 10 days from my first onsite session Is there a way to just ask if I failed my onsite already? Obviously I...Read more
Sup guys, I had my virtual onsite on Friday and got an email today (Monday) from the recruiter saying they’ll be discussing my feedback in depth with the Engineering Managers tomorrow and also discuss “next steps”...and let me know about the outcome. Does that mean I probably got some “hire” from ...Read more
i realize there are lot of posts on this topic of facebook onsite feedback . i would like to know the average response timelines or closure of facebook feedback post onsite interviews. its been a week for me and i dont have any update yet :( .
Finished my Onsite for FB TPM role last week. the recruiter sent an email after 2 days saying she is waiting for all the feedback to be entered and she will be in touch soon. Sent the recruiter a follow up email yesterday, the reply was little confusing. It says all the feedback is in and she is wa...Read more