I had my onsite (meta product designer) on april 30th. Recruiter told me she expects to have updates by end of this week (~May 10). Today would mark the 4th business day since the onsite and I haven’t heard anything yet. Anyone who has gone through the process: how long did it take you to get a response back regarding an offer, rejection, or follow up? Also any insights on how they hire and decide on candidates? #interviews #meta #design #hiringcommittee #hiring
No one knows and can answer this question. It varies so widely. I heard back same night from Google. Other offers I’ve had took weeks. It is outside of your control and no point in worrying about it. You can’t do anything aside from ping them and get an update if they have one. Reading into timelines and stuff is impossible.
I feel that. I was just asking for people who went through the meta hiring process as im sure the structure must be somewhat similar across the board
you’ve certainly proven the stereotype yourself
Yo, I think you meant April 30?
yep. edited. thanks for that
Interviewer here. TLDR: it can take a long time to hear back. As for what we look for, we are trained to look for 6 primary signals. This format is common across big tech. 3 hard skills (product thinking, visual design, proof of clear prototyping) and 3 soft skills (influencing a team, impact/ability to drive results, and interest in growth/proactivity). It's really important that you hit all these signals throughout all the interviews. The panel has to provide examples how you did this and to be honest, the people in your interview are random PDs from across Meta who likely think they know best, so I've seen some interview feedback be pretty brutal.
These are some really nice insight points. Thank you. I’m trying to re-evaluate my interviews with those 6 points in mind to get a good idea on what I did well on and what I didn’t. Would you say it may be slightly different for new grad positions in terms of what they look for?
Yeah, for new grads you’ll be evaluated more on showing potential in these areas and people tend to be more lenient.
It took me a full week to hear back a yea or nay. They collect the feedback then take it to some kind of hiring committee. That’s likely the hold up.
YOE? Last I heard they were looking for very senior
University grad position. Some of the regular product designer position seem to be 4+ YOE
Hey OP congratulations on getting an interview from Meta and reaching the final round. I hope they say yes and you get an amazing offer. I am also looking for new opportunities can we connect? I would like to know the interview process and your strategy to crack the interview.
If I get an offer in the coming weeks I can provide notes I took for every single process/interview type. I had a huge notion with all my preparation tips
Thanks OP All the best 🤞🏻
What kind of questions get asked in System Design - Product? Is it like normal other companies where we start with req and do design involving microservices and db
This is a design channel
Lol. Always a SWE in here thinking everything revolves around engineering.