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.
Which language should I use for interviews at FB/Google? I’m very familiar with JS and pretty decent at C++ (but definitely slower and more likely to forget stl APIs). I know most interviews will tell you to use whatever language you want, but I feel like C++ is more impressive, and some teams may...Read more
Recently went through a brutal interview binge over the last few months for senior at the aforementioned companies (+some others, like Amazon, Optiver, Citadel, startups, etc.) This was my first senior interview loop so I wanted to give back and kinda be the post I wish I could've had here on Blind...Read more
Got approached by a #facebook recruiter, now since they are hiring remote in #Canada. The recruiter explicitly asked me to not use #javascript and instead prepare in #python, #c++ or #java. Is this a common practice? How does it matter which language I use? It's funny how they wrote Facebook in PH...Read more
Can't seem to get a hackerrank/interview from Google. Trying to get an internship for Fall 2021, since I have an extra semester to burn (taking JS next summer). Looking to apply to Summer 2021 SWE internship position and move it to Fall 2021. I'm pretty confident in my interview skills, got an offe...Read more
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 ...Read more
I have scheduled 45 minutes phone screen for frontend engineer @Facebook. What to except? What to prepare? Will they ask leetcode or just vanilla js with some design?
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
Post-IPO(600k+): Uber, Meta, Coinbase, Airbnb, Pinterest, Amazon, Snap, Roblox Pre-IPO(600k+): Stripe, Instacart, Databricks Who else am I missing? EDIT: Obviously I did not mention HFT/HF because they don't really hire you as "staff". But yes HRT, JS, PDT, Jump can get there easily TC: 475k y...Read more
Like google or FB or Microsoft or JS or 2s or Airbnb etc Do you think we are stupid or unlucky or
I want a challenge. I've already cracked G/FB and FANG. Except Netflix, which also sounds interesting. But I want that 700K+ TC that JS offers. What is the interview like?
How is the interview process different between backend and full stack at Facebook. Phone + onsite? Front end js/css in the full stack? SQL vs NoSQL in interview? TC: 190
I have friends at 3 of them (not Jane Street) and they seem to be getting paid roughly the same- but all new grad. I’ve heard it both ways that the trading companies pay more and that they don’t- so I’m not sure which camp is correct, especially as you get more senior. The pay ranges for YOE seem p...Read more
High-End = substantially better than FNG (Facebook/Netflix/Google) Think high paying quant firms (HRT/JS/CIT/etc..) or top tier AI firms like OpenAi. Have these firms been impacted like the rest of the tech industry in slowdowns/budget cuts/headcount reductions?
I am working on the following topics for FB ui engineer interview preparation - 1. Javascript.info 2. Leetcode medium (Frequency green, orange). I am not sure what else should I include specially regarding js+html+css? I ll appreciate any suggestions. #facebook #interview.
Hello Everyone, I am looking for Entry Level Software Engineering roles from Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Google. My skills include Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Express JS, React JS, Node JS, Flutter, Dart, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins I have done around 146 questions on leetcode #referral #f...Read more
FANG = Facebook, Albertsons (Apple), Netflix, Google Would like to hear what the transition was like and how your TC and WLB changed. Mostly interested in T1 firms like Jump, HRT, JS, PDT, Citadel TC: $405k 3 YOE
I know it might sound boring but what’s FB tech stack? Are microservices often used? What’s the devops like? K8, docker? Java on backend? Js? What else? #tech
I heard #amazon #facebook #google use different job titles, would be awesome if you also could comment tc 👌 The skills set HTML/CSS/SCSS/webpack/JS/Rreactjs/expressjs/nodejs/nextjs/PHP/Servers excellent knowledge. Also WordPress #tech
FB Frontend Interns are not tested primarily on leetcode questions, but rather on JS, HTML and CSS. Refer to this: https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1095133998584602626?s=21 Where can I find examples of such questions, and how to practise them? JS DOM manipulation, DOM traversals etc? Any adv...Read more
I am a java / js developer. Will be joining fb later this month as E5 fully remote. I think I am underqualified so I want to prep a bit. Should I start learning c++, python, and php now? new TC: 370k 7 YOE #Facebook