Meta (Facebook) Interview Questions

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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "FN Given text need to figure out is it following guidelines. Should notify the user in case of not following guidelines. Reason for failure should have misleading/spam/adult filters. NFN High availability High Scalability Low latency of processing Estimations 1M requests/min text - 10kb => 9.5GB/min => 14TB/day API fetchmoderationscore(text) score will be between 0 to 1 more than 0.8 => not following guidelines fetchmoderationscore(text, filter)"

    Deepak K. - "FN Given text need to figure out is it following guidelines. Should notify the user in case of not following guidelines. Reason for failure should have misleading/spam/adult filters. NFN High availability High Scalability Low latency of processing Estimations 1M requests/min text - 10kb => 9.5GB/min => 14TB/day API fetchmoderationscore(text) score will be between 0 to 1 more than 0.8 => not following guidelines fetchmoderationscore(text, filter)"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    System Design
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Functional Requirement Upload the file of any type POST v1/drive Upload the another version of file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Delete the file. DELETE v1/drive/{fileId} Share the file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Control the access level of the file. Provide the file accessibility following the directory structure. Non Functional Requirement Reliability: The file along with its versions uploaded should be"

    Vikash A. - "Functional Requirement Upload the file of any type POST v1/drive Upload the another version of file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Delete the file. DELETE v1/drive/{fileId} Share the file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Control the access level of the file. Provide the file accessibility following the directory structure. Non Functional Requirement Reliability: The file along with its versions uploaded should be"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    System Design
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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    Video answer for 'Design a streaming service like Netflix.'
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    "using a relational database isn't a good choice for this system! we need more availability here than consistency (CAP theorem)"

    Anonymous Capybara - "using a relational database isn't a good choice for this system! we need more availability here than consistency (CAP theorem)"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    System Design
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    "Clarifying questions: Q: So FB locals is a standalone app that has reviews of local businesses? What is the current state of the product? A: Yes. It recently relaunched and branded. Facebooks mission is to connect people and help them build community, FB local fits into this by using the power of the large social network to surface businesses and events and uses signals such as reviews to build trust and provide value. So its of the utmost importance that the reviews are authentic. Goal: I"

    Anonymous Hummingbird - "Clarifying questions: Q: So FB locals is a standalone app that has reviews of local businesses? What is the current state of the product? A: Yes. It recently relaunched and branded. Facebooks mission is to connect people and help them build community, FB local fits into this by using the power of the large social network to surface businesses and events and uses signals such as reviews to build trust and provide value. So its of the utmost importance that the reviews are authentic. Goal: I"See full answer

    Product Design
    System Design
  • "Great question! Before communicating any major change, I would ensure I have a deep understanding of the strategic shift, its rationale, and its implications. This involves meeting with senior management to gather all necessary details and preparing to address any questions or concerns from the team. To share a recent experience I had, so Last year, our senior management decided to shift our focus towards leveraging machine learning and advanced real-time analytics to enhance our trading stra"

    Scott S. - "Great question! Before communicating any major change, I would ensure I have a deep understanding of the strategic shift, its rationale, and its implications. This involves meeting with senior management to gather all necessary details and preparing to address any questions or concerns from the team. To share a recent experience I had, so Last year, our senior management decided to shift our focus towards leveraging machine learning and advanced real-time analytics to enhance our trading stra"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
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    "Clarifying Questions: Will this feature be rolled out to the Facebook App or will it be a stand-alone app like Messenger? -- Assume it will be another feature like Marketplace embedded in the Facebook App What is the goal of this feature? How will it be used? Similar to Marketplace where you might see job listings and employer's company pages linked for reviews Will this be rolled out to a specific geographic region or a specific industry? - Lets assume all industries in US **Assump"

    Avi G. - "Clarifying Questions: Will this feature be rolled out to the Facebook App or will it be a stand-alone app like Messenger? -- Assume it will be another feature like Marketplace embedded in the Facebook App What is the goal of this feature? How will it be used? Similar to Marketplace where you might see job listings and employer's company pages linked for reviews Will this be rolled out to a specific geographic region or a specific industry? - Lets assume all industries in US **Assump"See full answer

    Product Manager
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    "Situation - A situation where I used creative / innovative thinking to eliminate frustration with a product was while I was working on Point of Sale and Polaris for Retail Design System for Shopify. Upon seeing our vision for the future of this design system, it lacked a lot of the visual polish and necessary components that would make the product much more competitive in the market - this included having a lack of an interaction model for what is tappable vs. not tappable as well as containmen"

    Ben G. - "Situation - A situation where I used creative / innovative thinking to eliminate frustration with a product was while I was working on Point of Sale and Polaris for Retail Design System for Shopify. Upon seeing our vision for the future of this design system, it lacked a lot of the visual polish and necessary components that would make the product much more competitive in the market - this included having a lack of an interaction model for what is tappable vs. not tappable as well as containmen"See full answer

    Product Designer
    Behavioral
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  • "We know that Meta’s mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that enables it. In line with this, we aim to build a product that enables knowledge and skill sharing within communities. User Segments A skill-sharing platform typically serves two broad segments. Creators are people who create content, share resources, and moderate communities. They include: Peer educators such as college seniors and teaching assistants Hobby experts Semi-professional c"

    Ishita S. - "We know that Meta’s mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that enables it. In line with this, we aim to build a product that enables knowledge and skill sharing within communities. User Segments A skill-sharing platform typically serves two broad segments. Creators are people who create content, share resources, and moderate communities. They include: Peer educators such as college seniors and teaching assistants Hobby experts Semi-professional c"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "clarify: so does the 5% drop a sudden drop or overtime in the one week does it broadly drop 5% or it dropped only in some regions or in some segments like new acqusition / frequent active customers? or does the 5% drop also happened last year same period? DAU = acqusition x activation x retention segment: I will first quickly do some EDA to find out problem, like calculate the DAU drop in new customer, tenured customer, between regions to find out is there any difference. then I will also look"

    Yuexiang Y. - "clarify: so does the 5% drop a sudden drop or overtime in the one week does it broadly drop 5% or it dropped only in some regions or in some segments like new acqusition / frequent active customers? or does the 5% drop also happened last year same period? DAU = acqusition x activation x retention segment: I will first quickly do some EDA to find out problem, like calculate the DAU drop in new customer, tenured customer, between regions to find out is there any difference. then I will also look"See full answer

    Data Scientist
    Analytical
  • "I explained the story of trying to help the engineer to improve the performance and after it is failed, the steps I have taken to move the eng to PIP."

    Nid P. - "I explained the story of trying to help the engineer to improve the performance and after it is failed, the steps I have taken to move the eng to PIP."See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Clarifying questions: Is this a standalone product or a Meta integrated product? Which region is this for? US or another region or global? Is this for a county run library or a more informal group community library? Assumptions: It's a meta integrated product US based system group run community library Let's see if a lending library fits into Meta's company mission to build community and bring people closer together. Yes, a lending library does build community by helping peop"

    Hari S. - "Clarifying questions: Is this a standalone product or a Meta integrated product? Which region is this for? US or another region or global? Is this for a county run library or a more informal group community library? Assumptions: It's a meta integrated product US based system group run community library Let's see if a lending library fits into Meta's company mission to build community and bring people closer together. Yes, a lending library does build community by helping peop"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Concept
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  • "Clarifying Questions: What are Discovery features on IG? My assumed answer: posts of followers you don’t already follow that you see on the Discovery tab of IG. The posts consist of video clips, IGTV posts, and pics. User can browse through endless scroll of posts, and can filter by category (e.g. sports, comedy, etc.) on the Discovery tab. Exclude IGTV and IG Shopping, which can also be accessed by Discovery tab, and just focus on Discovery of users you don’t already follow as"

    Arthur Y. - "Clarifying Questions: What are Discovery features on IG? My assumed answer: posts of followers you don’t already follow that you see on the Discovery tab of IG. The posts consist of video clips, IGTV posts, and pics. User can browse through endless scroll of posts, and can filter by category (e.g. sports, comedy, etc.) on the Discovery tab. Exclude IGTV and IG Shopping, which can also be accessed by Discovery tab, and just focus on Discovery of users you don’t already follow as"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Clarifying Questions: What's the goal of this feature? I am assuming the goal is to improve the experience. 2) Are we focused on any specific brand? Tesla, Waymo? - I am assuming in general 3) Market - US 4) For the purpose of this question, I am assuming elf-driving cars are fully safe/autonomous and doesn't need any attention from the users to reach from point A to B. Revised problem statement - Design a feature for self-driving cars to improve the experience. User-segments: People who use i"

    Ashvini B. - "Clarifying Questions: What's the goal of this feature? I am assuming the goal is to improve the experience. 2) Are we focused on any specific brand? Tesla, Waymo? - I am assuming in general 3) Market - US 4) For the purpose of this question, I am assuming elf-driving cars are fully safe/autonomous and doesn't need any attention from the users to reach from point A to B. Revised problem statement - Design a feature for self-driving cars to improve the experience. User-segments: People who use i"See full answer

    Product Designer
    Product Design
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    Machine Learning Engineer
    System Design
    +1 more
  • "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."

    Meagan R. - "Collaborate with the team to determine which team's product will move the needle the most in achieving the strategic goals and prioritize that work."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    Video answer for 'What is your leadership style?'
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    "My leadership style is flexible and adaptive, it varies depending on the team members and the needs of the company. My leadership goal is to empower the team and inspire and grow leaders. In order to achieve that, I combine transformational, democratic and coaching leadership styles. Usually when we are facing a new type of challenge, or at the early stage of a project, I like to adapt the transformational leadership which allows me to listen to all the suggestions from the team members and sta"

    onering2ruleall - "My leadership style is flexible and adaptive, it varies depending on the team members and the needs of the company. My leadership goal is to empower the team and inspire and grow leaders. In order to achieve that, I combine transformational, democratic and coaching leadership styles. Usually when we are facing a new type of challenge, or at the early stage of a project, I like to adapt the transformational leadership which allows me to listen to all the suggestions from the team members and sta"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
    +4 more
  • Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 

    "Measure Success of FB rooms. First I would like to clarify my understanding of the product: FB Rooms is a video call product similar to zoom in which a user can create a room and then invite people to join either with Facebook, if they are already friends or with a link or invite. Able to use filters and virtual backgrounds Now that we have aligned on the understanding of the product, I would like to think about the goals for the product. Goals: Business goals: Rooms was FB’s"

    Kiley S. - "Measure Success of FB rooms. First I would like to clarify my understanding of the product: FB Rooms is a video call product similar to zoom in which a user can create a room and then invite people to join either with Facebook, if they are already friends or with a link or invite. Able to use filters and virtual backgrounds Now that we have aligned on the understanding of the product, I would like to think about the goals for the product. Goals: Business goals: Rooms was FB’s"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
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