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.
Most people I know who work at facebook has their LinkedIn saying software engineer. They may be E5, E6 or at whatever level, but that is never updated in LinkedIn. Why? I see engineers at google write Senior or Staff or senior staff etc. Are engineers told not to write their level on LinkedIn at Fa...Read more
So, I reached the onsite stage of the FB interviews for L5 Software Engineer position. I presenty have 5 YOE and have designed a couple of systems in the last 2 years. For other companies System Design includes caching, load balancing, DBs, sharding, replication and more in these lines, all of whi...Read more
Does anyone know how this program works? What exactly is the bootcamp and how does the interview process for that go? I heard the initial interview is exactly the same for all roles, and that further interviews go more in-depth for specific teams.
How is FB's rotational software engineer program? Interviewed for full time but received an offer for this program instead. Would like to know more about the program. What are the reasons for people not getting a full-time offer at the end of the year? There are 90% chances of getting an E4 offer, ...Read more
Anybody have any insight into the interview process for this program?
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Hi all, I am really interested in the following role at Meta: Software Engineer, Android. If anyone knows how to reach out to the recruiter or can help with referral, that’s be awesome. I’m currently an associate at Goldman Sachs and looking at other job opportunities. Thanks!
Hi, Can anyone tell me difference between Software Engineer Infrastructure vs product ? My Interview is scheduled at fb london and I mostly worked on backend of Products. When I open my fb career page then I can see Software Engineer - Infrastructure there. Is Software Engineer Infrastructure mean...Read more
Hello, I have an 45 minute phone screen interview coming at Facebook for Software Engineer AI role in Facebook AR/ VR. No coding. The interview will be detailed technical discussion about my experience and Computer Vision/ Deep Learning. location: My preference is Menlo Park but the team is in Me...Read more
Facebook Seattle Software Engineers ONLY Menlo Park employees, please refrain from commenting. I am sure there are others like me who are looking for WLB metrics of just the seattle FB office. I will be joining FB seattle shortly. I know WLB is subjective and team dependent, but just to get an ide...Read more
I have an on-site interview at Meta for embedded Software role. Is it similar to general Software Engineering roles or is the interview a little different for embedded roles? What all can I expect in this interview? Any guidance/help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! #tech #meta #embedded #...Read more
Got contacted by a recruiter from Meta a couple of days ago and am thinking about jumping ship cos my current company is a shit hole. Then today I heard someone saying Meta just ran out of headcount for E4 and E5 engineers, is this true? Should I continue preparing for Meta technical interview? #met...Read more
--- Hey Blind community, Just wrapped up my interview loop with Meta for an E6 Software Engineer role focused on infrastructure and could really use some perspective. The day was a mix: 2 coding, 2 system design, and 1 behavioral. - **Coding:** Both were LeetCode hard. Absolutely aced one, but o...Read more
Is there any difference between Software Engineer and Enterprise Engineer at Facebook with respect to pay, roles and responsibilities? I am looking for new opportunity, so wanted to know before I apply. Would appreciate if someone can help me.
Just received E4 offer for System generalist (Recruiter mentioned this name). And the job title says Software Engineer, Infrastructure. Can someone tell me more about this role? Would it be more of building backend systems? Is it specific for building Infrastructure(Does it mean we build tools and p...Read more
Please can any one guide me on how to prepare for a software Engineering internship interview (PhD) at META. Any resource or pointers will so much help appreciated.
Hi all, I have a interview coming up for the software engineering role- product design. Can someone please help me out about the product architecture questions being asked at Meta(Facebook) #engineering #software #swe
Can someone provide tips on how to prepare for meta recruiter phone call and hiring process for an embedded software engineer role? Thanks in advance. TC 130k #engineering
What is the difference between Software Engineer, Infra vs Software Engineer, Product at Facebook? Is SWE Infra a DevOps or SRE Role? How much do the interviews differ for both these positions? #facebook
Hey Blind, I will be joining Meta as a Software Engineer in Infra come June. I have an interest in compilers and programming languages (which are noted in the job listing). What are some of the teams that operate in this domain? I imagine there must be a team for maintaining Hack, what are some of t...Read more