Interviewing multiple teams at Facebook

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Dec 7, 2020 21 Comments

Does interviewing with 2 teams at Facebook simultaneously can have a negative impact on the decision? #facebook #facebookinterview

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    gofdcnk

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    gofdcnk
    Doesn't everyone go through general hiring?
    Dec 7, 2020 6
  • This is called dual track candidacy.

    There are safeguards to prevent things from going off the rails (e.g., teams in conflict over a candidate, candidates pitching one team’s offer against another, recruiters or HMs unaware of hiring progress on the competing role, competing written offers).

    I wouldn’t worry about it. The safeguards protect you from jeopardizing your candidacy. Just focus on doing well.
    Dec 7, 2020 4
  • I was in the same situation a mont back where i was interviewing for both DE and DS position. I had my virtual onsite scheduled a month apart starting with DE. As far as the interview evaluation goes, each team would evaluate your interview independently and interview perfornance with one team does not impact the decision for the other. If you get an offer from the first team, which happened to me, you would be given a verbal offer without compensation numbers. At that point you would have the option to continue interviewing with the second team while the first team holds on to the offer.

    You would also be levelled at the same level for both roles, even though you had not interviewed with the second team by then. The compensation numbers would be the same.

    What i learnt that if you are interviewing with multiple teams within facebook, the recruiters would not want to keep you in a postion where you can negotiate the compensation by using the other’s offer as a leverage. Also, the recruiters want to maintain good camaraderie among their coworkers and not try to aggresively poach other’s candidate.

    My 2 cent would be to interview for both postion with an open mind and an understanding that the comp would be the same. They only leverage you would have is the option to choose the team which would interest you the most.
    Dec 7, 2020 4
  • @op how is this possible, are you working with 2 different recruiters at fb? don't they know the other application?

    has the offer already been made and you're at team-match?
    Dec 8, 2020 1
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      dGde11

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      dGde11
      OP
      The new recruiter conveyed that he will work with my existing recruiter to ensure a smooth process. So, I believe both knows. No offer hasn't been made. I was being interviewed for a team.
      Dec 8, 2020
  • Both recruiters know and are informing their HMs of progress along the way, to ensure alignment. Yes.
    Dec 9, 2020 0