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The initial leadership interview at Facebook consists of a 45-minute discussion that evaluates the candidate's intellectual capacity, technical expertise, communication skills, and leadership qualities. The interview will cover four areas: (1) people and project management, (2) technical design and architecture, (3) career discussion and goals, and (4) Q&A. Facebook seeks leaders who can solve challenging problems, motivate teams, and embody qualities of supporting others rather than a hierarchical management style.

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Facebook Initial Leadership Interview Prep PDF

The initial leadership interview at Facebook consists of a 45-minute discussion that evaluates the candidate's intellectual capacity, technical expertise, communication skills, and leadership qualities. The interview will cover four areas: (1) people and project management, (2) technical design and architecture, (3) career discussion and goals, and (4) Q&A. Facebook seeks leaders who can solve challenging problems, motivate teams, and embody qualities of supporting others rather than a hierarchical management style.

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Your Initial Leadership Interview @ Facebook

What to expect

Your initial interview with Facebook consists of a forty-five-minute discussion with one
of our engineering leaders, either in person or over VC.

Facebook seeks leaders that have the intellectual capacity and technical expertise to solve deep,
challenging problems. Additionally, we look for managers that can communicate clearly and in a
compelling fashion to a wide variety of stakeholders and across diverse subjects. To assess these
skills, the interviewer might ask you to talk through a situation where you worked cross-
functionally to remove a significant barrier for your team. On the other hand, your interviewer
may want you to describe a work experience that you think was particularly interesting,
challenging, or relevant to leadership opportunities at Facebook. In short, you will be asked to
tell stories about relevant experiences.

Hierarchical, top-down managers aren't the norm at Facebook. The most successful managers
support and motivate their teams, provide career guidance and work to ensure their success.
You'll want to think about how you embody these qualities and be ready to answer questions in a
compelling, inspiring way that makes an interviewer think "I would love to work for or with this
person.”

The interview will cover 4 areas

1. People & Project Management


2. Technical Design & Architecture
3. Career Discussion, Your Interests & Goals for the Future
4. Q&A

1) People & Project Management

This part of the discussion will focus on behavioral or situational type questions. (i.e. “Can you
provide an example of...?” or “Tell me about a time that...”)

How do you help people manage their careers?


What's an example of a tough management situation you’ve dealt with?
A Tech Lead on your team tells you “I want to be a manager.” How do you respond?
How do you approach 1:1s with your team, and what do you talk about?
What’s the value of 1:1s with your team members?
Give an example of a conflict between teammates and how you resolved it.
Have you ever had to fire someone?
Tell me about a project that failed.
2) Technical Design & Architecture

The technical portion of the interview will focus on your past experiences designing & building
systems/products.

Describe a system/product/app you built.


o How did you evaluate the design of your system?
o How did you test performance and scalability?
o Did you have to iterate on the design?
o Looking back, what would you have done differently?

3) Career Discussion, Your Interests & goals for the future

This part of the discussion will focus on your background, what you're looking to do next, and
how Facebook might fit into to that plan.

Why are you potentially interested in FB?


What gets you excited?
How do you plan on choosing your next role?
What's the biggest thing you want to learn?

4) Q&A

This is a chance for you to learn more about what it’s like to be an engineering leader at
FB and the specific leadership opportunities that we are currently have.

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