M1 interview facebook

Amazon
SudoReboot

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SudoReboot
Sep 15, 2021 19 Comments

Hows the interview process for M1 at fb? Has any sde3 at amazon(or any other company) been able to successfully crack it? Looking for tips and thinking whether to apply or not

L6, SDE (managing a team indirectly of 6 engineers)
Yoe-9
Comp - 350k

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  • Even with direct people management, most importantly have you fired anyone for performance? This question will certainly pop up and if you say No, you will be tagged as mediocre and then booted out. (Happened with me)
    Sep 15, 2021 4
    • No that’s wrong. Many FB managers have never fired or managed anyone out. It’s not like Amazon.

      What we are looking for is managing under performance, by either turning people around or managing them out.

      But there is near zero chance you can be hired as a manager without having had a formal manager title for at least a few years at some point in your career.
      Sep 15, 2021
    • 8x8
      trimplety

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      trimplety
      Yes, obviously the story can’t just be that you fired the underperforming individual. You have to have worked on turning them around. And if they weren’t able to come back you have to have taken the action needed rather than ignoring it. ‘Firing’ is a simple way to identify the complex process that a manager has to go go though. And yes, FB recruiters and interviews will literally use this word, and if you don’t have a story to back it then you are seen as inexperienced and unlikely to succeed as a manager at FB, thus dropped from consideration.
      Sep 16, 2021
  • It's extremely unlikely to be able to interview for a manager position without a previous formal management experience. Not just "indirectly managing".
    Sep 15, 2021 1
  • Nutanix
    pywczq

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    pywczq
    Don’t do it.. you need real world examples and you can’t fake it .. trust me. I tried and fail miserably
    Sep 15, 2021 1
  • Amazon
    cooliot

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    cooliot
    Target an E6 role instead. Usually M1 external hires look at 3+ years of experience tho you can get away with 2.
    Sep 15, 2021 0
  • 8x8
    trimplety

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    trimplety
    Have you fired anyone?
    Sep 15, 2021 0