Tech IndustryMay 6, 2021
CognizanteJAR58

Facebook security interview

Hello there, Did anyone attend Facebook interview recently for security engineer position ? What are the typical questions we need to prepare? Security is kind of ocean. It becoming hard to cover the stuff and on top of it there is coding round. Any tips for coding round? Apart from Leetcode and Hackerank ? Low to medium should be fine? Thanks Cheers… #interview #facebook #faang #securityengineer

Facebook CTCF78 May 6, 2021

Like most cases, depends on role, level, etc. but fwiw the recruiter usually does a good job to help you prepare and give you signals on the type of questions/domains. TLDR just be upfront with the recruiter and ask :)

Cognizant eJAR58 OP May 6, 2021

Thanks. Asked recruiter, he mentioned like it’s not strict as SDE for coding. Fingers crossed..

JPMorgan Chase ykso Jun 14, 2021

@OP any updates on this please?

Apple ovIt7uh May 6, 2021

2 Med or 1 hard question in 30 mins and bar is same as SWE so most likely the round will be conducted by SWE

Apple mazonjakkd May 6, 2021

Not really. For security engineers, it’s usually a lower bar. They say that clearly. You’re not expected to provide optimal solution for example. LC easy can be enough. Maybe medium.

Apple ovIt7uh May 6, 2021

Oh then my recruiter was just freaking me out. Anyways, I think there’s a lot of security problems at fb yet to be solved so it’s easy to make “an impact”

Apple mazonjakkd May 6, 2021

What’s the role?

Cognizant eJAR58 OP May 6, 2021

It’s security role. Not SDE. Apple folks replying fast here, not for resumes lol applied for 3-4 roles for exact match. God knows it went to black holes 😂

Apple mazonjakkd May 6, 2021

I know it’s a security role lol. Which security role?

TrustArc jxfH47 May 6, 2021

OP, is this a security engineer role or a privacy engineer. I’ve seen others mix these up here on Blind. I’ve recently cleared privacy engineer screening rounds and I can help with that.

Cognizant eJAR58 OP May 6, 2021

It’s appsec role. Not privacy engineer.

Apple ovIt7uh May 6, 2021

Have you also completed the onsite?