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- Re-apply window for Facebook after no offer? I made it through the f2f interviews but wasn't given an offer. Does anyone know how long one must wait to reapply to Facebook? 12 mos? Calendar year? Etc..
- How to sell RSUs outside trading windows For companies with trading windows, such as Facebook / Google, how can one sell RSUs outside trading windows? Is "limit sell" an option to sell outside the trading windows? Meaning, set the limit sell order during trading window, and it can be triggered outside the trading window. Are there other
- FB equipment selection windows I've always used Windows machine and don't want to transition to anything else. SWE role. I'd need to make selection at some point, but haven't reached equipment selection stage yet. Does FB have a choice for windows laptop? Specs?
- vote FB Onboarding Macbook or Windows Ive used windows for dev my entire career. Should I pick mac? I want to be able to get help if I'm stuck and use the same OS as my teammates. Is it worth the switch and learning curve? Also there seems to be option to select a desktop too. Can I select both a macbook and a desktop tower? FB Remote
- Joining FB: no RSU before RSU window - how to fix Hey blind friends who joined FB I am planning to join Facebook late May or June But I just found that RSU will be granted on four windows: 2/15 5/15 8/15 and 11/15 That means I won’t get RSU for 5/20-8/15 As you know RSU is an important part of compensation. I wonder how did you fix this? Do I ha
- vote Facebook spying incident I had a doubt that Facebook was spying on. Conversations Whenever I discuss about something I get a advt on Instagram about it. This occurred many times without me searching for it. # Yesterday I went to my car dealer. I discussed about tinting the front windows. Today when I opened Instagram I got
- FB feedback after onsite I had FB interview and I did kinda okay, recruiter emailed today asking for availabilty with time window - does it mean its reject or something else? #engineering #software #swe #facebook
- Facebook Data Engineer Interview (SQL portion) question For FB DE Technical interview (SQL portion) is using CTEs and window functions frowned upon? I’ve heard from some other DEs (not at FB) for DE interviews “you should know how to solve the SQL problems without window functions. For example, solve a problem without using rank” Do you think they were
- Most difficult interview questions you’ve been asked? Apple: minimum k shortest window strings in large string containing all characters Google: cat and mouse Facebook: trapping rain water 3d Airbnb: robot roomba question, can only move left or move rights Some no name startup: Reverse linked list nodes in k group All of these questions were on L
- Referral at Facebook/Meta Looking for a referral for Facebook/Meta position. 20+ years experience with infrastructure and automation. 6+ with on-site cloud and API integration. Targeting a remote position as Windows System Engineer. Resume and LinkedIn on request. Thanks in advance! #facebook #meta #referral #tech #remo
- facebook noob tech stuff when you join does FB offer Chromebooks as a compute platform for new employees? Or is it Mac pro , windows and linux only?
- Stock comp vesting & trading window New grad that just joined FB and don't know much about how stock comp works. My understanding is a portion of vested shares are sold for withholding taxes when they're vested. But what happens if you're outside of your trading window? I know that you won't be able to sell your own shares outside of
- Facebook interview onsite prep 6 month window itself has 209 problems tagged for FB. Is doing top FB questions enough or did you sort by frequency and do the first 100? Anyone who recently went for FB onsite interview, can you please answer this? Thanks!
- onboarding: windows on FB mac pro? folks at FB, when selecting new HW, would you be given choice to use windows in mac pro? I am used to Powerpoint/excel and ppt/excel for mac suck and keynote isnt as good. #facebook #onboarding
- FB new hire equipment selection Accepted my FB M1 PE MGR role - looking at the equipment selection, and it doesn't mention OS. For the Lenovo laptops, are these running linux / can I run linux on these? I'd prefer linux, though would use macos over windows. #facebook #facebookengineeringmanager
- React native devs here? Folks, what is stance on react-native nowadays? Are people using flutter over it? Or are folks leaning towards native Android and ios apps. Who all is pushing rn nowadays? Facebook? Microsoft? I did see msft universal windows platform so it probably makes sense for some desktop apps. TC:135K #rea
- MSFT vs FB stock awards Looking at levels.fyi, say, for FB E6 vs MS L65, I'm trying to understand the RSU portion. Is the 45.5K avg that shows up for MS the total stock award income (i.e. amount vested) in that year, or the amount _granted_? Because from experience it aligns more with the latter (granted "annual stock awar
- Job hopping between FAANG companies with non-transferable skills If you take a job in FAANG+ working on some specialized isoteric product (ex: Windows team at Microsoft) how difficult is it to jump jobs without taking a significant cut in pay? The attitude on Blind seems to be "if I work X number of years at Y company, I should be able to jump to A company with
- What’s the best company to be a lifer? Title. I’m interning at Facebook this summer but I’ll be honest, I don’t want to work there full time after I graduate. I know a lot of young people on blind are ambitious and want to optimize for highest TC but I don’t really care about having a high TC as long as it’s $100k+. Some people want to
- Interview sort Suppose you're a SWE and planning to go for interviews on the big five (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google and Netflix). What would be the best sequence and time window to increase your chances of getting offers from them at the same time? Please add reason!
- vote FB L5 DE VS Amazon L6 DE Hi All, I accepted a FB offer for $300k TC. But now my current employer Amazon is giving me a counter offer of $350k TC. They say it’s still in mid range and their is window to grow. And the compensation change would take up to 1 month. My FB visa processing is already filed in premium processing,
- Boomerang to FB Currently ~3mo out from FB and a recruiter has reached out to me a couple times about coming back. They indicated a ~6mo truncated-loop boomerang window. I’m considering going for it, especially since the recruiter confirmed I could boomerang into a remote role. Has anyone else boomeranged to FB a
- vote Introducing FAAAM (FAANG is out) FYI - FAAAM stands for Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google's parent), Microsoft Big papa Microsoft is touching $2T soon. And I'm glad my TC is touching $500k L65+. The great part? I work 30 hrs/week, have zero work stress and get so much time off every month I have friends at Linkedin, who
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- Evaluating MSFT offer Got a decent offer to work at Azure + Windows + lots of ML. FB has been incredible for me. I love it but wlb is taking a toll and we are expecting a child. Offer: L66/Principal EM $200k base $600k stock $150k sign on ($90/$60) Bonus = 25%. TC = ~$500k for 3 years. Currently M1 at FB making about
- Rehire at Microsoft after Zero Rewards? I had more than 15 years of good reviews then a reorg changed my manager who said I was doing fine and definitely not ZR but then I received a ZR anyway one week before the September annual reward date even though I didn't receive any warnings beforehand. I left Microsoft to work at Facebook and wh
- link Discord for H Visa stamping date Hi, Creating this discord server, purpose of server is to report if a stamping window is available and also discuss about questions about stamping. Could not find any discord for this and i was part of a telegram group, which is OK, but search is a pain there also you can't ask any questions there.
- Tips for switching from Windows->Mac/iOS I just joined and im in Facebook eng bootcamp Ive developed exclusively on windows forever and I opted for mac. Last time I used Mac was when i was 10 years old. Any tips to get up to speed ? Courses? Cheat sheets? It sucks to deal with learning the basics of OS at the same time as bootcamp train
- FANMAG earnings recap For those who didn't pay attention (or too lazy to care). Enjoy! Amazon rev: 72.4B, profit: 3B - good news is Amazon is finally making billions each quarter after 20+ years of thin margins, bad news is that growth is slowing (10-18% Q1 guidance). Apple rev: 84.3B, profit: 20B - the king of profit.
- Interested in L7 Amazon & Google. Prep tips. Hi all, I’m thinking to loop for L7 Amazon/Google, currently principal SDE (L66), have l experience shipping stuff micro services, windows, azure etc. Need to brush up basics, like core CS stuff. Doing leetcode. What do you guys recommend for preparation? If I can’t get a L7 I have a good career p
- Tips for Facebook E4 -> E5 promo? Not even at FB yet but starting in December I wanted to know what I should look for in a team during bootcamp for career growth, and what I should do once I’m at FB to get a promo? I have ~4 YOE and feel pretty confident about working in SDEII level roles. Not sure if FB is similar to other places
- vote Only one tech giant can exist, which one would you choose? I know a lot of tech companies have awesome products but for me #google stands on top. If I'm allowed to use products of only 1 company, it has to be google. Reasons : 1. I can live without FB and Insta. 2. I can order from Flipkart or something else, so no Amazon 3. Don't need Mac from Apple 4. N
- How to prepare for a TPM job outside of Microsoft? I am a good software PM. I like my current job. Down the road, I would like to leave Microsoft. I am a little worried about working on Windows techniques for too long and not helping me landing a TPM job elsewhere, like at Amazon, Google or a Facebook later. Any advice for what kind of experiences
- Interview at Facebook coming up. Any tips? I have my final interview at Facebook coming up. It's for an Enterprise support position. I'm not feeling ready for it yet. Any tips you can give me? The previous interview had a lot of questions about OS troubleshooting for Mac, windows, and Linux as well as a few internet technologies and and exch
- No response after applying Senior Dev (L64), 9 years at Microsoft. Trying to find a new job at Google, FB or Salesforce. Not a single interview for 6 months! I thought something is wrong with my resume, validated it with different people including managers (Amazon, Expedia - those companies I don't want to go to), they all f
- Anyone needs a place in NYC? my colleague has a Cozy bedroom with queen size bed in modern 3 bed/2 bath for $1875+utilities a month. The apartment is completely new with large common area and lots of windows. Washer, dryer, dishwasher and microwave- fully furnished month to month agreement. Best downtown location! Located on t
- FB production Engg interview I have to set up a FB production engineer interview but I am not sure I am ready yet from Linux internals perspective. Background is devices, that too Windows. Am well versed in all operating systems and driver fundamentals(at least thats what i think). But linux internals(commands and system calls)
- Where can I jump from FB as senior product DS Been at fb for 4+ yr, IC5, total comp a little above 300K, no near term promo or mgr opportunity. I did some quick research online and concluded as a product DS who can’t code, the best company to be in is FB. That makes me a little sad, because I want to try a different company plus earn more mone
- Coding part at the Facebook data engineer onsite? I’m preparing for a data engineering onsite at Facebook. The recruiter did a great job explaining most of the parts but I’m still struggling to understand what to expect from the coding element. She told me that there will be some “streaming ETL” and advised to “practice medium Leetcode”. I unders
- Trading windows at FAANG (and similar) companies? Currently at FB, formerly at Google. Curious how stock/RSU payouts are structured at similar companies. At FB, all stock vests quarterly, initial 4 year grant and annual refreshers (which are also distributed over a 4 year vesting period). Stock vesting day is Feb/May/Aug/Nov 15, the first day you
- Facebook interview: Do I *have* to use Excalidraw? My Facebook recruiting coordinator sent me my schedule along with links to excalidraw session (for design interviews) and coderpad (for coding interviews). Do I have to use Excalidraw, or is it ok to use a different application of my choice, such as Jamboard or even Microsoft whiteboard that's buil
- Getting two J1 Visas back to back Hello, fellow Blinders. I am going to be an intern at Facebook starting on June and I just got a host match at Google for the winter period (so I'll start my program ASAP). However, since I'm not a US citizen I don't know if it would be possible for me to get 2 J1 Visas with such a small window of t
- Why shouldn't I work at Facebook? I am an L5 SWE at Google. I have 12+ years industry experience. Backend, web, mobile, machine learning, you name it. I joined the industry when people were actually passionate and good at building software. Now I am surrounded by 20 somethings at Google who can't code worth shit, don't give a fuck a
- PM interview prep @ AMZN, FB, GOOG? Any recos for preparing to interview at Amazon, Facebook, Google for program/product manager? For dev, there's leetcode and such, but I don't expect many coding questions; I'm not familiar with similar prep resources for PMs. Articles, books, etc are welcome suggestions. I've heard Google is big on
- Facebook SQL test for non-tech, strategy/ops roles Does anyone have any experience with Facebook's SQL test for strategy & ops type of roles? I have one coming up and it looks like I need to type SQL queries in a terminal window after the interview gives the prompt. I am not a SQL user (background is in finance and consulting) and can do basic selec
- Amazon SDE final round advice I have exactly 2 weeks to prepare for the final round of the Amazon SDE interview process. To be completely honest, I have barely managed to make it so far and I feel I seriously need to step up my preparation game. All I have done so far is a few Easy questions from HackerRank and a few Easy from
- vote MongoDB vs. Facebook SWE internship Hi all, Fortunate to have these two offers but I have a hard time choosing between them two for the summer. I’m not concerned about TC or new grad TC since I think I’m going to go full time with the company I’m interning next fall. So TC will be out the window for me. I want to prioritize having a
- Best teams to join at Facebook? 6 YOE. Have an E5 offer from FB (no numbers given yet). Recruiter suggests that if I give a list of teams to her I can talk to a few managers in those teams and maybe even "pre-match" before boot camp I don't feel like I really challenged myself as an engineer in my 6 years at Microsoft (was in Win
- $500k TC New Grad, but not what I'm passionate about? I'm in my final year of college and my friend convinced me to do some quant interviews for fun. I didn't think I would seriously consider any offers since I love SWE, but I ended up getting offers in the $500k range (pre-negotiation). The numbers were seriously surprising to me, and making me consid
- Facebook data engineering Phone Interview Had my Phone Interview for DE at Facebook today. Was able to answer 4 sql questions and 3 python questions. 4th python question passed all test cases but then the interviewer added two more for which it failed. I knew my solution for the 4th python question was not complete anyway as I was running o
- Went through Frontend Interviews recently, here are the kinda questions they ask. Edit: Some companies included a frontend architecture/system design round. No need to study backend/devopsy stuff except for like Rest API design. Dropbox, Square, Facebook, Pinterest, Twilio had frontend architecure rounds. Rivian: Screen was algo (backtracking) Pinterest: Screen was algo (looks