Hello Community I have cleared the FB phone screen . I am Planning to schedule on-site in 1 week timeframe . I have set my recruiter sync up tomorrow. Few questions before that, 1. Looks like there could be 1 or 2 system design round. I am really paranoid about this, can I just request for 1 round to recruiter ? 2. Also I am from testing background, I don’t design large scale systems or apis, should I ask for System design or product design ? 3. Is one better over other ? 4. What is the best resource to check System design ? I check Grokking and System design by Alex Xu and the GitHub link as well. Anything more or better ? 5. Finally, Can I request an E4 interview ?just to increase my chance ? People who had success in FB interviews, could you guys share some insight ? Thanks in Advance TC :420k YOE:7 years #facebook #faang #facebooke5 #meta
E5 offers can barely meet your current TC, why would you want to interview for E4 unless you’re ok with significant paycut.
There is an added question to that , One of my friends took E4 interview and was able to negotiate to E5 through recruiter . I am not sure if it is feasible . That’s the reason for the question .
For system design if you have a little time - skim the data intensive book by kleppman , also will recommend reading all the recent infra blog entries on meta engg blog
Awesome ! I checked a YouTube channel that provides 20 mins overview of each chapter from DDIA . That covers well about the topics . I will look on infra blog entries . The challenge is without working hands on , I get stumbled on basic questions. So I am trying to practice more .
Basically with grokking and Alex xu - you have the patterns covered. Now in those standard questions if you can show more depth about why you took those decisions it helps shine based on more detailed Ddia knowledge. I strongly recommend reading google, fb, Ubers implementations on job schedulers, image storage, video replay, etc etc. that will give you fodder to feed out on saying “well for monarch they went for x but for kuberbetes y, in our case z is most appropriate’ that leaves interviewer feeling they learned something and will mark you as beyond expectations
For system design, go through these awesome YouTube playlists - 1. System Design Interviews 2. Gaurav Sen's HLD Playlist 3. Tech Granth's System Design Playlist 4. sudoCode
Will check 3 and 4 ! Thank you !
Thank you Intel. OP you also mentioned a playlist you're following along, can you share?
OP don't go for E4. E4->E5 promo isn't trivial, it took me 2 years. Also you're not gonna match your current TC as E4. I don't think the prestige is worth a demotion + TC drop + having to deserve E5 all over again
Lol yeah ! Definitely not gonna accept a Dow level and pay cut . Just wondering if taking E4 panel and convert to E5 by showing level at current company and may be competing offers .
Not to forget the stress.
How was the phone screen OP? Standard LC medium/hard questions?
It’s a LC question. But the interviewer tweaked a bit, so I had to answer from implementation. So no direct LC .
What role is this for? You mention testing background, are you making a change from SDET to SDE?
Yeah !I believe so . Title says Senior infrastructure engineer . blind community suggested to go for SWE than PE if I have good LC count . So listened to the advice .
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TC jump with recent stock appreciation. Not being greedy about pay, but FB tag might look good in resume in long run.