Hi everyone, I want to learn more details about interview evaluation process at Facebook. I was contacted by a manager from Facebook for a software engineer role in a specific team. I had one onsite interview with 4 engineers. 1) Tech discussion (behavioral + 10 min coding) 2) 2 coding interviews 3) 1 design interview Are all interviews equally valued? Do these 4 engineers meet, and discuss their feedback, and submit a final review? How is the interview final feedback, is it like hire/maybe hire/no hire? How much power does manager/director has on the hiring process? I have an MS and PhD in Computer Science, and 2 years work experience. Before the interview process, I was told that I would more likely get 60% questions related to about my background, and 40% generic as I was interviewing for a specific team. However, only design interview was about my expertise, all the others were generic software engineer questions. I would appreciate if a Facebook engineer explains the process in detail.
Every interviewer gives their feedback independently. After all the interviewers submit their feedback, if there are conflicting opinions, there will be a discussion.
Thanks for your response. So what happens if two interviewers give positive and two give negative feedback? Is this considered conflicting opinions or is this simply considered no hire as you might need at least 3 positive and 1 negative feedback?
Short answer: it depends. Especially in situations where the candidate has some unique skills that fb needs.
And if feedback is positive, the offer is extended after a candidate review
Thanks. So if feedback is negative, hiring manager might not even got notified, right?
If you're hoping the hiring manager or director will negate and overrule a bad interview performance, I wouldn't hold your breath. Facebook is pretty good about preventing a rogue manager from hiring friends that get denied.
My understanding is that directors and managers generally don’t have that much influence over hiring decisions, there might be exceptions.
It all depends. I've seen one strong no stop a candidate. I've also seen hiring managers ignore a strong no.
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