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.
What Meta PM execution frameworks are you guys using There are a lot of them out there but not sure what the correct approach might be
I have an interview coming up for OS framework SDE postitions for Meta RL. I am expecting an in-domain design roles covering android framework, Linux drivers , ndk and device os, but I am not too sure what exactly the format will be like in these type of interview. Specifically for design rounds any...Read more
Hey all, has anybody optimized their frameworks for Meta interviews? I am going crazy looking at CIRCLES and GAME and others, but none seem to fit the bill exactly. #pm #product #productmanager #facebook #meta
Anyone at Meta Reality Labs familiar with OS Frameworks position? Description says OS level experience android, macOS, windows etc. I have 10+ years of windows desktop application experience (user mode drivers as well) and some with macOS...but none with Android - although I know Java. Would I be ...Read more
What frame works are you using for execution type questions
Interview coming up for E6-E7 roles, what to expect for System Design? Is it OS/Android focussed or do I need to be prepared for Distributed Systems as well? What is a good source for System Design interview for Android Frameworks/OS ? TC 550
Hello everyone! I have an upcoming interview with Meta for the Software Engineer OS Frameworks - Reality Labs role (probably E4) and I would appreciate some help from anyone who has experience with this role or the interview! Will the coding rounds be the general LC interviews? What kind of questio...Read more
Interview coming up for E6-E7 roles, what to expect for System Design? Is it OS/Android focussed or do I need to be prepared for Distributed Systems as well? What is a good source for System Design interview for Android Frameworks/OS ? TC 550
Received strong signals for everything except for execution for FB on-site (leveling unknown atm). FB’s requesting for a makeup round for execution and I really want to nail this. Please help this dude who’s just inches from entering in the door. Any frameworks, specific signals I need to hit, et...Read more
Hi folks, I have an interview lined for the role of Business engineer with Meta. And one of the interviews is about system design at framework level. I am unable to find any resources on the internet which can help me on this. Any pointers will be highly appreciated. #tech #meta
Hi all, For MLE at Meta, what are all the tools, libraries, frameworks are using? Numpy, PyTorch, TF, Pandas, ….., AWS, …..
Hi I’ve been at meta since I graduated. Promoted to 5 and I do well in the company but basically only know hacklang and some react. I have no clue about the standard tools in the industry or even GitHub. We use mercurial. So - I want to do a project where I can increase my employability and be ab...Read more
During mocks, I am using the framework that Meta gave me when I set up my interview, which is: Mission Who needs it? Pick a problem MVP Go-to-market Follow ups People keep telling me that my framework is wrong. These are folks interviewing for Meta as well. What gives? I will say this doesn't see...Read more
What is the difference between these two roles in terms of a. Responsibilities b. Interview loop I applied for the OS frameworks role and cleared the phone screen, but the recruiter is asking me to go down the embedded role loop since currently there's no headcount for OS frameworks (E4 lev...Read more
Just saw this post on X, is there any true to it? It may stronghold some companies until they get their apps migrated to Angular, Vue or any of the novelty JS frameworks, if they choose to do so. #react #meta #facebook @facebook @meta https://x.com/citycoderus/status/1739701760736801140?s=46
I have a Facebook Product Sense interview coming up in a week and wanted to see if I could be doing anything else. I know the usual stuff and have read Cracking the PM interview and Decode and Conquer, but is Facebook looking for a framework like Circles or something else? Would love some fb intervi...Read more
I’m a 12 year founder, created 3 products that were used my millions of users. Decided to move from founder to PM. Got referred to Facebook, amazon, google, Netflix.... got to the last round with everyone and no offer. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. As a founder I believe I have the PM skill...Read more
What is parallel of Meta level framework to TikTok. What will be an IC 5/6 equivalent to TikTok levelling? Also, any comments on TikTok work culture. #Meta #Google #TikTok
I had joined Amazon London 11 months back on L4 with 3 yrs exp but yeah compensation wise FB E4 is much better(around 40 percent more in FB) I like working in Java at Amazon with AWS and all with okay WLB but I have heared that FB uses Hack framework for most of it's Development and bad WLB. If co...Read more