I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Meta (Dublín, Dublín) in Feb 2018
Interview
First phonecall interview is very basic and involves a description of the role and company. Some questions to gauge interest in the particular are of the business and some questions about previous project management work experience.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
This is specifically for a product manager role.
1. Recruiter reached out to me over email
2. Had initial talk with recruiter
3. Had two 45 minute video calls - one on Product Design and one on Product Execution
4. Had onsite interview consisting of three 45 minute interviews - one on Product Design, one on Product Execution, and one on Leadership and Drive
5. Recruiter extended an offer a day after the interview once the feedback from all three interviews were submitted
6. Recruiter provided offer details a couple of days later
7. Recruiter set me up for teams
The Facebook interview process was streamlined and fast. The recruiters tell you exactly what each type of interview (Product Design, Product Execution, and Leadership & Drive) entails. It's similar to Google's interview process but it's so much faster, doesn't require a hiring committee, and doesn't have a technical interview from a software engineer.
In my opinion, if you come up with your own structured frameworks for each, have solid product management experience, and you practice the questions beforehand, you'll do well.
From what I understand, you have the option to pre-allocate to a specific team in Facebook or come in as a general product manager. Under the general path, you accept the Facebook offer, go to Bootcamp for a couple of weeks, and then have many weeks to talk to internal teams within Facebook and then decide which one to join. This is unlike Google where you select a team during the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lets' say you were in charge of birthdays at Facebook. How would you think about this space and what new features or products would you launch? Pick your favorite feature idea and go deep on it and design it. What would be your success metrics? How would you describe this product in one sentence to users?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
Recruiter found me via Linkedin. Talked to the recruiter for 15 mins. A week later, I had an on-site one-on-one interview with the hiring manager for first round for an hour. Will do a second round later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me an application you like? Why do you like it? How would you improve it?