Good WLB, really look after employees with free food of great quality.
It’s always an about making an impact. No one interested in developing existing tooling or developing the processes before the tooling. It’s tooling first - with long development timelines then release MVP and walk away.
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.
Many threads here make it sound like it’s very hard to get hired right now. Too much backlog in TM. If you fail, I’m assuming there’s a cool down for 1yr still. Is it a good idea to try to interview right now? Or just wait until things get better in H2 potentially? In other words, how high is the...Read more
How would you compare Interview bar comparison between following companies for Product Manager role on scale of 1 to 10 (10 is toughest). Amazon,TikTok, Facebook, Google Ps. Please share experience based opinions. Thanks! TC: 220K
From my experience, Facebook wants 2 medium hard to be solved in one interview. Google is very methodically about it and has 1 easy 1 medium or one problem and multiple extensions. What do you think about the swe interview process at both?
I have been postponing my Google and meta interview for quite sometime due to work and no time for prep. I have done LC almost 2-3 years ago. Any idea how much time should I ask for prep?
Cracked Google L4, Facebook E4, Microsoft (62), and Netflix (Senior SDE) easily and got decent offers. I failed in initial screening rounds in all start-up companies (~10) including Asana, Robinhood, Wish, Roblox, Snap and etc even though I believe I perform decently. Are they really that hard now? ...Read more
I have upcoming Google and Meta interviews, I have been leetcoding on/off. But I am strong in problems like 2 pointer, dfs, bfs. I struggle with DP and Backtracking. Any suggestions/tips to keep me motivated to get better at these?
My background is os, datacenter network side. Has anyone with same background interviewed with meta or google? How would be system design interviews? Do they still expect in depth on db knowledge or backend stuff? Tc 460k
I had an onsite interview with Google a month ago. Since I am a new grad I was not asked system design questions. Just 5 coding questions. 3 mediums and 2 hards. on the 2 hard ones, I had to get a hit from the interviewer to solve them optimally and I missed a few edge-cases in one of the mediums. T...Read more
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Just finished onsite rounds for Meta and Google L5. Some of the interviewers for the coding rounds seemed less experienced than me. System design had experienced interviewers. Just wondering if they can send an L4 to interview an L5, and if the interviewers know what's the candidate level? For co...Read more
I recently got an offer for FB E5. 🎉 I have Google interview scheduled but its phone round and I don't think Google can complete it within time to decide between Facebook and Google in case i get the offer. I know its due to my scheduling, actually was keeping Google as backup in case Facebook rej...Read more
Figure I should do some sharing in case it helps others. Everything is in Canada. YOE: 7 Current TC at Amazon (SDE2): 180-190 Got contacted by a couple companies in late August. With quite a few of my current projects wrapping up, I decided to do a round of interviewing. So I also contacted recrui...Read more
Hello, I am looking forward to interviewing with Facebook and Google Current TC : $250k , Microsoft, L64 Aiming for $600k Yoe : 14 1).What are my possibilities to get to that TC? 2) how can I insist on L7/E7 interviews? 3) Facebook recruiter agreed that I am interviewing for E7 position. How do I...Read more
For a staff engineer at other companies (Twitter in my case). How do I prepare and pass interview at Google or Facebook for staff level engineer? What are the expectations of the interview performance?
I got a call from Google recruiter and set a telephonic interview next month. I had my onsite interview during February, 2019 and recruiter said my last interview feedback was very close and she said I would mostly make it this time, if I continue my preparation. I have a telephonic round with Faceb...Read more
Five months ago I got fedup with the crap culture at Amazon (needs a separate post) and decided to start working on my game plan for interviews at tech companies. Now, I have three offers from the tech companies - Expedia is travel not in the same league I know. No trolls please. Profile: CS Engine...Read more
Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5...Read more
How did you guys prepare for the system design interviews. I have gone through the grokking examples - what comes next ? TC - 60 LPA YOE - 11 #facebook #google #facebookinterview #googleinterview #systemdesign
Considering trying for a jump from Google to Meta. Currently L5 PM with 8 yoe and a good GRAD rating this cycle. I feel stuck in my current role, drowning in bureaucracy and lacking the scope/opportunities for a clear path to L6 in the foreseeable future. Internal transfer opportunities are limited ...Read more