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Rejected from FB, what was your experience like?


Two weeks ago I was rejected from FB. It was for a management position.

I am very open to the fact that I am just not what they are looking for but I kind of had a poor experience.

The initial interview was pretty much:

1) This is a little about me 2) Tell me about you

and the rest was reading what felt like a checklist of questions. There wasn't really anything specific, just kind of generalizations like "Give me an example of how you dealt with situation X"

I guess its fair but I was expecting a lot more back and forth or to be challenged with some scenario where I could demonstrate how I would resolve, etc..

I hate not being humble but I have been pretty successful at my current employer and over the years worked/mentored with a lot of different people/teams and seen a wide range of skillsets. Quite a few who I know are now at FB were not really who I would call cream of the crop (I am just giving context, I would never belittle another dev)

Anyway, I read some people say it depends on the interviewer etc.. I dont want to blame the interviewer, I am just curious if this is a typical interview for first round?

  👤 sophiebits Accepted Answer ✓
Many of those questions about past situations are illuminating for interviewers about the kind of manager you are / how you think about enabling teams, though they can certainly seem odd if you are not sure what they are trying to evaluate. (Often that is intentional, as it’s a lot easier to, say, pretend to have empathy if you know that’s exactly what they’re looking for.)
👤 ralston3
Sounds like something better discussed on https://www.teamblind.com/