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I am currently interviewing with Facebook for an Engineering Manager position. The next stage is the on-site round and I am looking for some guidance on how to prepare for the leadership, project retrospective and behavioural interviews. Do you have any notes or experience you can share? I am a Director in Technology in Investment Banking and the way we operate, core values, organizational setup is very different... so I am just concerned that there could be a communication gap. Any key signals they are expecting for EM? Anything to avoid? Thanks #Facebook #onsite #interviews #engineeringmanagercomp #engineeringmanager #swe #em #engineering
If you think these are common sense, that’s a good sign because you’ll probably just pass.
Thanks for your vote of confidence but it might be also my inability to look at the right places (the sources I have found seem addressed to people that have not much experience as manager or lacking emotional intelligence) or FB being very good at not disclosing too much about these interviews! Any tip on what to do and what to avoid?
Talk to recruiter
Done, got some inputs, but quite limited
It’s funny you call it a communications gap. Wng management at an investment bank where your job is to shut up and follow orders from finance douchebags is very different from eng managers at a tech company like fb where your job is to support / empower your team and cultivate bottoms up operating model. You basically need to relearn env management if you want to move to a real tech company
This is probably a bigger factor
I am very aware about the differences as I have already worked as manager in tech companies. There was a point in my life when I decided that it was cool to go as far away as possible from development (for career / comp / prestige). TBH that worked well and I am now in a position where I am a peer of the finance people you mention (so no more one way shouting), but it is also draining as everything is a battle, everything is political and decisions are mainly driven by career and power. I think it is now time to return to other types of challenges, hopefully technical. In the end you are right, I also expect an adjustment. Back on topic, any input?
Need to focus on -showing how your personal decisions led to measurable gains -providing examples of being humble and human. You understand strengths and weaknesses of people your work with (manage) and are interested in the growth and well-being -proving you’re capable of maintaining a 30K ft view (just a business perspective) and at the same time understand day-to-day issues that are specific and technical
Thanks - all interesting points. I like the 'being humble and human' as this would a sign for demotion in my current industry (joking - but not too much ;-)).
I did a few mocks before my actual round (at FB now) and all interviewers asked to show how I was interested in my employees as individuals and not only as cog machines
Question for those in the know at fb, do they weigh the EQ/emotional intelligence and soft skills portions more or less than the system design and coding interviews? I feel like I’d have no problem getting through the soft skills, but as an EM who hasn’t really written code in 5 years I would get destroyed in a deeply technical interview.
I was explained that for EM, the three technical interviews (2 design and 1 coding) are enablers, while the other three interviews (leadership, project retro, people management) are the key ones and define your level. You must pass all of them to be hired, but the outcome of the technical ones doesn't impact the level and package. At least this is what the recruiter told me.
Which level are you trying for? M1 or M2? I also have an interview scheduled with FB and would love to get any pointers.
Does M2 have a coding round?
Friends who tried manager interview at FB told me they have coding round for M2 as well. Would love to know the kind of questions they ask.
Exactly the same questions as ics
This group might help you https://t.me/em_interviews
They’re looking for specific examples from your past, so try not to speak in generalities and abstracts. Use your experience to illustrate your points.
Thanks, I was told that they like sharp examples presented in a STAR format, but then reading here and searching on the internet it seems that they are looking for very specific 'signals' and I don't want to miss the chance. It also seems that candidates invest a lot of time in preparing for these interviews (the recruiter even said to spend more time on these interviews than design & coding), but all the material I have found is very vague and not actionable (in the sense that the suggestions and guides are really basic and full of common sense statements).