I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Oct 2017
Interview
First, I got contacted by the recruiter in Linkedin. We then scheduled a initial phone interview to go through the basic description of the role and talked about my background a bit. After that I was invited to write a 200-400 words article in my language. After 2 days, the recruiter contacted me to arrange the next interview. He was being helpful and guided me through the stages.
The next interview was horrible. I was interviewed by a "senior" member of the team. The senior member was not paying attention to me and acting like don't care. Also he/she seems to dislike me the moment she saw me with no reason. Throughout the interview I thought the progress was good and I answered all the questions with valid examples. After a week I was informed not able to proceed to the next stage. I requested for feedback and it has been 4 weeks with no single reply from recruiter AT ALL.
It feels a bit unfair that the "senior" member get to decide your future when he/she seems to speak less fluent English than you and have less working experience. I wonder if he/she understands everything I said during the interview. Also there is no feedback at all so you don't know what you did wrong. The quality and transparency of interview process can be improved a lot genuinely. Strongly recommend candidate not to hold too much hope as this is not a fair game.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the three top abusive issues in your selected market?
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2017
Interview
An HR person from the Dublin office contacted me on LinkedIn. He told me the company is looking for a country specific role (marketing specialist). I was not originally looking for a job in Dublin but I replied I was interested in this position because the job sounded very interesting and like something I have done in my previous roles. They sounded serious in the LinkedIn message and Facebook sounds like an amazing company to work for.
I had to do a small assignment for them and after this I arranged a phone interview with them on their calendar. They called me 40 min before the arranged time. The line was very bad and the interviewer was reading everything from a paper. He said things like "What would this role be like? Excellent question..." He talked very fast and I did not have any chance to ask anything so these kind of questions he presented himself very bizarre. It was not a real conversation and he sounded very uninterested. After this he did not ask anything about my previous work, previous work experience, my skills, my studies and so on. He asked me what people from (country's name) would change in Facebook, what people from (country's name) want in Facebook. Do I use Instagram, do I use Facebook for work or for personal use or have I ever reported anything on Facebook. After this he said he will get back to me. The call left me feeling like I was only used for my information. I do not believe they are actually going to hire anybody, they wanted professional opinions about Facebook for a survey and I felt very used after the interview. It felt like a scam call. I would not believe Facebook would treat its applicants in this kind of way and Facebook's points have really dropped in my eyes. What also left me feeling very strange after all of this is that on LinkedIn he said I have just the right work experience for this role and I got an email where he said my previous work experience does not match this role. This does not make much sense to me at all and sounds like an excuse.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
What people from (country's name) would change in Facebook?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Dublin, Dublin) in Sep 2017
Interview
Got approached from a Facebook recruiter in Linkedin, Then I agreed for a 1-hour screening phone interview with the recruiter.
After completing the phone-interview, was asked to write an essay in both English and my native language and sent back to the recruiter within 24 hours.
After submitting the essay, got informed that I can proceed to the next stage, which is 1 hour face-time interview with a Facebook senior Market specialist.
One week later, got informed that I I'm through to the final interview, which will be a 3 sessions 1-hour video call with the hiring manager and other 2 senior facebook employees, each will evaluate me in different aspects, which are critical thinking, market knowledge, and career development, all 3 sessions happened on the same day.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you describe a Marketing Specialist Role at Facebook?