I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Meta in May 2024
Interview
1 - screening interview with the recruiter
1 - virtual interview with the hiring manager
a prep session with HR for a full-loop interview
1/2 day full-loop interview consisting of 4 or 5 separate interviews back-to-back in the same zoom
The full-loop interview took the most preparation. They want you to use storytelling to answer the questions (STAR or CARL method).
For one of the interviewers, questions were hypothetical situations and my perspective was continually asked about how a full industry will approach the hypothetical situations and not just what I would do. The tempo of that session felt very much like an interrogation.
I had high-hopes when they scheduled a meeting to give me the decision as did friends of mine at Meta. But, it was a scheduled call to tell me they were going in a different direction and they ultimately reposted the position not hiring any of the final candidates. Ultimately, through the process they decided the skillset they needed was different than what they interviewed me for, which was a tough pill to swallow.
If you do not get an offer, be prepared to be underwhelmed by the feedback they provide. They have a no feedback policy.
Each step had weeks in between spanning the full experience 5 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All of the questions were situation based and projective of situations I would likely face in the role.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Mar 2024
Interview
Lengthy hiring process with 5 interviews in total:
1. First interview with the recruiter. He was pretty good and gave good prep for the rest of the process.
2. PMM - Peer, to assess marketing acumen and collaboration
3. PMM - Insights/Analytics, to test how you leverage Consumer Data + Insights
4. PMM – PM Cross-functional Collaboration
5. PMM Manager, to check Role Related Expertise
Beware of the self-important Silicon Valley kids that take the interview almost as a school test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is a product launch you owned that you're most proud of? Why?
- Describe an insight that changed the way you thought about a problem?
- Give me an example of one of the most complex problem that you've work through. How did you solve it?
I thought it would be a professional interview. Instead it was a case study interview. Wish I had been prepared! I was completely caught off guard because I had studied for professional questions and therefore I was not ready to face something completely different.