Senior HR leader with 11+ years of experience currently working with Facebook and have worked with Amazon as recruiting lead. Passionate about coaching, developing people and guiding people to be successful in their careers. Have a good amount of experience advising engineers for their careers online and was even recognized as a Pro on rooftopslushie.com. Ask me anything about compensation, promotions, career development, recruiting, immigration, hr policies and tech interview prep.
Which company do you prefer working for?
I have enjoyed working both at Facebook, Amazon. They each have unique culture and lot of learning opportunities
HR confirmed
For New Grad tech interviews, what's more important Algo prep (leetcode style questions) or domain specific questions according to the role?
For new grad, CS fundamentals..data structures, algo are important. LC is good resource to prepare
Even for BS+MS New Grads with no experience? (BS outside of USA)
What is the promotion process like at Facebook?
Promotion philosophy at Facebook is that a person should be performing the next role for atleast 3-6 months so if someone displays ability to perform next role then promotion decision is made irrespective of time spend in the current role
What if company says you have to wait until annual review, next funding cycle or even having to wait for a promotion (next level) being justified/opened? If you are taking on the next level for more than 1.5 yrs and the company/manager keeps saying they are justifying for a new open position (and then they keep filling them with other candidates), would you move on?
I've seen a lot of posts about PIPs here. Is there anything unique to FB's performance review? How does it work?
FB has bi-annual performance review and ratings. After each rating cycle, if someone is not performing upto the expectations, managers can put the person on a PIP. Lot of companies have annual performance review but Facebook has twice a year
What exactly is Rooftop Slushie?
It's a paid Q&A platform. I found it on Blind. You can ask for career advice by paying the person answering. It's the similar concept as blind and they verify everyone the same way. Here's their how it works page https://www.rooftopslushie.com/footer/ask_questions
I bought some referrals there recently. have you given referrals on it before?
Is it a good idea to jump ships (amzn --> fb) right after promo?
Depends on what you are looking for, if FB is offering you better role, level, challenging work then go for it
Is an H1B visa available for all positions at Facebook?
Not for all positions, mostly for technical roles
What’s a PIP?
Performance Improvement Plan
Do recruiters keep blacklists ?
There is nothing called a blacklists but all the notes are documented against a candidature. Hiring team can access the notes at any point in time
How does one get off a 'blacklist'? I was added based on entirely false information and HR refuses to discuss it with me. Why? I keep having to disappoint hiring managers because HR blocks their hiring attempts and refuses to discuss it with them or me. What can I do to get those notes corrected?
How Important is GPA for a new Grad?
GPA is not very important. Your overall profile and how you perform in interviews matters the most
Oh so you look at low GPA resumes without a referral right. Let’s not act like you don’t use market filters. Come on.