Help for Facebook design interview

Amazon / Eng
hafmszk

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Cisco
hafmszk
Feb 14, 2021 8 Comments

Hello FB peeps, πŸ™‹

I have an onsite interview with FB for full stack SWE position (E5/E6) and my recruiter said there will be two "Product Design" Interviews.

How would it be different to the standard system design interview? I heard that I would be asked a similar question like "design instagram" but the interviewer will be focusing on the frontend side only. Should I be prepared for designing the client's internal logic as well or it is more about defining the service requirements and APIs?

Many thanks everyone.

#interview #facebook #productdesign #systemdesign

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  • New
    sfy

    New

    sfy
    Product design is API design for FB. You probably won't have to dive into distributed systems at all, but could give you bonus points.
    Feb 14, 2021 3
    • New
      sfy

      New

      sfy
      Sorry, I'm not sure where to find good resources for that. I've been doing API design for a long time, so I more or less relied on my experience. I went in to my interview expecting distributed systems stuff and was surprised to get API design.

      There will be specific functionality that you'll be asked to design the APIs for.
      Feb 14, 2021
    • Apple
      _______[]

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      _______[]
      My Product Design was basically a Distributed System Design interview. Interviewer doesn’t really give clarity on what components to focus on.
      Feb 18, 2021
  • Lyft
    neuralnets

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    neuralnets
    Practice drawing!
    Feb 14, 2021 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      hafmszk

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      PRE
      Cisco
      hafmszk
      OP
      Thanks! Do they focus on the frontend part and would they stop me if I tried going deeper into the backend part?
      Feb 14, 2021
  • Amazon
    CpWU64

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    CpWU64
    Facrbook
    drsign
    hope you're using spell check when emailing recruiters πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
    Feb 14, 2021 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      hafmszk

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      PRE
      Cisco
      hafmszk
      OP
      Thanks for pointing it out. Corrected. I was writing on my phone but missed the typo in the title as it was hidden πŸ˜…
      Feb 14, 2021