Joining Facebook as M1

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bJqu56

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bJqu56
Jun 15, 2018 43 Comments

(TC at the end)
First, thank you blind. I discovered it only few weeks ago while getting an offer.
For those of you who got rejected- keep trying! I applied to Google and Facebook twice and failed.
I finally made it.

Anyways I got accepted by both Google and Facebook for M1/L6 position and felt so happy that my hard work and long process finally paid off.

I've found Google's process very slow and "heavy". My experience was much better with Facebook - got an offer really fast, recruiters were amazing so as the people I met with.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are the apps I use the most, the "move fast" really speaks to me (I'm a startup guy) and I found a better team at FB so buttom line I've decided to decline Google (feels good to say it after getting rejected before) and go with Facebook.

While negotiating I found on blind that FB can pay up to 100k sign-on so was able to bump my sign-on to that. So thanks blind for giving me extra $50k :)
Btw, Google matched my FB offer.

TC at Facebook M1: $514k
$220k base, $1M RSU, 20% bonus, $100k signon

Thanks blind ๐Ÿ™

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  • Apple
    Gg56fh

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    Gg56fh
    Congrats OP
    Jun 15, 2018 2
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      bJqu56

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      bJqu56
      OP
      Thank you. I hope it will help someone in the future as I'm gonna delete blind soon before I discovere I got low balled.
      Jun 15, 2018
    • Twitter
      talkerdef

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      talkerdef
      Sounds like a pretty good offer. Congrats
      Jun 15, 2018
  • LinkedIn / Eng
    abcd๐Ÿค“

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    abcd๐Ÿค“
    Thatโ€™s way too low for E6/M1. People are getting 600k+ TC for that level!

    Jk jk lol. Well done! Great offer. Congrats๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ
    Jun 15, 2018 2
  • Oracle
    Sebseb

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    Sebseb
    Thatโ€™s great congrats on the great offer , can you please talk a little about the interview for the m1 role , will help a lot thanks . How were the design questions , architecture ? Management questions ?
    Jun 15, 2018 4
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      bJqu56

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      bJqu56
      OP
      The reason I love design sessions for expirianced engineers is that interviewer can dig deeper based on what you claim you know. Expert in distributed systems? Let's dig deeper, expert on networking? Lets talk about it. Know client side optimization? Explain how you improve the loading time etc... I don't know what you will be asked but it's likely based on you reume. Management were really typical questions at first, then you steer the conversation to your history and what you learned. There is no right or wrong, just to check if you fit FB/Google style of management
      Jun 15, 2018
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      Sebseb

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      Sebseb
      Totally makes sense .. thanks for the great tips , my background in ML , close to 8-9 years experience , never interviewed at FB or Google , now Thinking of giving it a try after so many years ๐Ÿ˜Š.. thanks a lot for your tips . Very helpful
      Jun 15, 2018
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    Ju63vNQa

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    Ju63vNQa
    Whatโ€™s your Years of experience?
    Jun 15, 2018 1
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      bJqu56

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      bJqu56
      OP
      14 total, 5 as manager
      Jun 15, 2018
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