Will FB recruiter reach back after 6 months if I'm not ready right now?
Jul 9, 2021
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A FB recruiter reached out to me recently for a SWE position. But I'm up for promo next cycle and wanted to move after I got the promo.
FB was one of the places that I was planning to move on to. Will the recruiter reach back to me if I say I'll be looking to move 6 months from now?
I just don't want to miss an opportunity and then end up looking for referrals 6 months down the line.
Thanks
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My point was not that I'll magically pass the interview after promo, it's that if I fail now, what if I can't apply after 6 months? (Regardless of the level)
The scenario you're worried about is that the interviewers will recommend to hire at E4 not E5, *and* that they would have recommended E5 in a different interview 6 months from now if you had slightly more experience.
BUT you're also confident enough that you would be leveled at E5 in 6 months that you don't want to have to (potentially) wait for 12 instead of 6 months from now to do this interview.
This all just feels like a very small needle to be threading. You don't know if you'll pass at any level and interview practice helps too. Even the lower level at fb might be a better opportunity now.