As title says. Didn’t know Facebook e5 has 2 system design rounds. I was told by recruiter that in addition to standard 4 rounds (2 coding, 1 behavior, 1 system design) there could be additional round but didn’t expect it to be system design for e5. Also I mentioned my priority will be product api design. But the email says one of them will be product design and another system design. Does that mean system design is focussed on backend design ? TIA Yoe 5 Tc 105k #software #facebook #e5interview #systemdesign #faang #interview
Did you ask why one extra round?
The schedule just came in. Will keep the thread updated. I knew fb might have additional round. Guess wasn’t expecting a system design round for e5
5th round is a hiring experiment and is randomly assigned either as coding/behavioural/system design. Thats what my recruiter told me. I got 3 coding rounds, 1 behavoural, 1 design - E5 as well.
I asked my recruiter is additional round carry any weightage and she said al rounds are equally important. Guess would’ve been happier to have 5th as coding instead of system design. Will probably have to wait for clarification
Do you know how criticial is this hiring experiment round?
I got an extra coding round for E5. I was told that it won't affect anything, but they don't tell me which one is experimental lol
When there is an extra round, it is for training someone who is trying to get certified for conducting that category of interview. They will still consider the feedback, but less so than the others because it was a trainee.
So usually last round scheduled is the extra round by default? Thanks
I got the 2 design rounds as well. And one of them does promptly have two interviewers. So it must be the training thing. But should I expect anything other than design fb, twitter, yelp, etc? Does FB ask things like distribute locks, cache, mq for this round?
They swapped the backend system design round with coding round. Now have 3 coding, 1 product design, 1 behavior scheduled
Product design and system design focus on different aspects of the solution.
Right I mentioned I would do product design . But the schedule has 2 design rounds, 1 for product and another for system . Is this normal?