Facebook Product designer interview - Whiteboard challenge examples

Intuit / Design
designer99

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designer99
Jul 28, 2020 45 Comments

Hey guys,

I’m preparing for my virtual “onsite” at Facebook for Product Designer role.

Could you please give me some examples of a whiteboard exercise (Problem solving) that they might ask?

Thanks!

#design #interviews #facebook

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  • IBM / Design
    mmXh08

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    mmXh08
    Read the book “solving product design exercises” by artiom dashinsky. It will be similar to the examples in the book.
    Jul 29, 2020 0
  • Intuit / Design
    designer99

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    designer99
    OP
    Thank you everyone for your answers!
    ”Solving Product Design Exercises” book was very helpful as well.
    I’ve got “Redesign a smartlock” during my exercise this week.
    I’ve got an offer for Product Designer IC4 (no open roles currently, though...)

    I wonder if it’s possible to reevaluate the level, because IC4 feels like a downgrade for me... Was interviewing for IC5 one.
    I also have an L6 offer from Amazon.
    Aug 7, 2020 14
  • All good! It was a good learning experience for me and probably prepped me to do better next time.

    Pretty standard behavioral in terms of what your strengths and weaknesses are, how you could do things better, why you pushed for certain solutions, how you measure impact, etc. The thing that shot me in the foot was that I leaned too heavy on playing up my EQ and collaboration vs. not going into enough details about my process. I just sort of assumed that the interviewer didn’t need to hear about the obvious steps of whiteboarding, flow charting, wireframing, etc but I was wrong.

    Make sure you’re able to speak about what the early stages of the project looked like. How certain decisions were made based off your collaboration with research, product, and devs. How you netted out on certain design solutions and how you discovered that it was the right direction.

    Hope that helps!
    Aug 2, 2020 4
    • Avanade / Design
      move0n

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      move0n
      What is EQ?
      Feb 25, 2021
    • New
      batmun

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      batmun
      @Avanade : emotional quotient. Quite an old thread tho. How's design culture at Avanade these days?
      Nov 18, 2021
  • ATM is a popular one. Make sure you think pretty blue sky of the solution.

    Spend a good amount of time defining the problem and don’t just jump straight into wires.

    Speaking as a rejected candidate, don’t underestimate the behavioral. That’s probably more difficult than the whiteboard.

    Gluck!
    Jul 31, 2020 4
    • I guess you want to sho your ability to reflect about the problem, approach etc in a reasonable way, means identify implications, blind spots etc and be inclusive towards the person that’s interviewing you. That’s at least what I did and what turned into an offer, I believe. Aside from that the proposed solution needs to go along with the identified constraints.
      Aug 18, 2020
    • OP was your prompt to “redesign the ATM”?
      Sep 3, 2021
  • You can simply google "Facebook product designer interview questions" and the glassdoor reviews have most of the whiteboard questions we ask! I'm just picking a few from there - redesigning an ATM or a TV remote or a calendar app.

    Whiteboard questions are pretty high level and generic so its really up to you as the candidate to narrow it down in 45 mins by asking questions. Hope this helps!
    Jul 29, 2020 2
    • SAP
      pawB47

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      pawB47
      What does Facebook look for in resumes?

      Also is it possible if you can review my resume?
      Jul 31, 2020
    • I’d say at least 3/4 years professional industry experience with strong process/outcomes. Whatever that means on a resume. Sometimes you can read between the lines.
      Aug 18, 2020