I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2018
Interview
The process went smooth. First applied online, got a call from a recruiter and was asked behavioral questions then moved to the next product sense and execution section of interview.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
FB's product manager interview is really a hit or miss process. They basically ask you to go through multiple rounds of leadership, product sense, and analytics-based interviews, which seems fair, but the reality is that if you screw up on one small area, you get disqualified. So overall the process optimizes for people who thinks fast on their feet over the substance of the answer. While I don't disagree with the fact that there are a lot of good PMs who are like that, there are also a second breed of PMs who are more analytical and can offer much better solutions (especially product sense) if they are given the chance to research and analyze the problem. Asking me how to measure whether to autoplay videos and expect me to get ALL the metrics is not an accurate measure of my execution or analytic aptitude.
Beyond the basic metrics, there are a lot of intuition, strategy, and peeling the onions that need to happen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How should you decide whether to autoplay videos on the newsfeed? What success metrics?
I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn, we scheduled a call. She didn't show up to the first call, apologized and rescheduled with me soon after. The rescheduled call came around and I was left hanging.
Moral of this story: Apply to Facebook directly, if anyone is attempting to source you via LinkedIn this probably will not work out.