Meta (Facebook) Interview Questions

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

Anonymous Hummingbird - "Q: should this be part of FB or a standalone product? A: no hard requirements, it just has to be something that FB would launch Q: is there a specific region we should be designing for? is it ok that we focus on the US as its the current epiccenter of the pandemic? A: Yes that's fine Q: fighting covid-19 is a very broad goal, what if we translated this into decrease the spread of covid-19 - there's multiple ways we could do that but it makes it a bit more concrete. A: Yes that sounds good "See full answer

Amit T. - "Question Design a product for P2P borrowing & lending money Clarifications Is this only P2P borrowing/lending or can financial entities participate too? - P2P only Is it to borrow/lend physical cash/digital money/cryptocurrency? - digital fiat money Are we focusing on specific geography? - US What’s the goal of this product? - Retention Are there any resource constraints? - No What’s the timeline to launch MVP? - 6 months FB Mission Empower people to build commun"See full answer

Ram - "Clarification Are we focusing on building the product on a specific Meta platform (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), or is this a standalone effort? Is the product digital or physical? Are we targeting internal (employees) or external (customers) users? Are there any specific constraints like funding, resourcing, or geography? 1. Narrowing Down the Problem Awareness and Education: Create tools to increase understanding of climate change and its effects. -"See full answer

BePostive - "For me the answer looks very broad and general. It would be good the reply is relevant and focus good examples using STAR format. Please let me know your views."See full answer

P K. - "Clarifying questions, Before I begin, I want to make sure I understand what the product is. FB fundraiser is a platform for entities (charitable organizations) and individuals to create fundraising campaigns, invite certain users to it, share it with others and ask them to invite potential contributors to it. It is also part of the core facebook product. The approach I want to take about defining goals is as following: Define the mission of FB as a company, goal of fundraiser p"See full answer

Sri A. - "Mission: to help users buy and sell products from groups. If we think about the value here, users want to join groups that sell/buy products of interest (young moms or vinyl), or location of interest, or trust, or some other factor - either from other users or SMBs. User Actions: create groups, join groups, active in groups - make posts to sell or show interest in buying (like, commenting, sharing or ideally transacting) deeper engagement - sharing , saving , searching more based on wh"See full answer

Aldar M. - "/my initial thought was to make an example with program integration project that I led a few years ago Stage 1: Project Planning. The first stage of SDLC is all about “What do we want?” my approach was simply take project life cycle structure(initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure) and elaborate on each stages did i. I lack a details and Excell skills and I should have taken SDLC structure because I fits better with JD. Stage 2: Gathering Requirements & Ana"See full answer

Rahul B. - "Clarifying Questions: Does parking mean a parking area where vehicles have a space to park? - Yes Are we looking at a particular geography? - UK market Roadmap of the answer: I am going to look at different users, their use cases on when they would want to park their vehicle, their pain points, the possible solution for this product, the MVP of the product along with the features and the metrics to be tracked Different User Personas: Private car owners: Park car when they go out for socializing"See full answer

Anonymous Mouse - "Clarify context: I'll assume that I'm a PM at Apple in this case 3 - 5 years: medium to long term thinking. So we're not just thinking about the next release. Any resource constraints? For example, any limitations on the number of engineers I have available, or can I assume that we might be able to deploy the entire iOS eng team to solve this if the problem and solutions are exciting enough? Assume no resource constraints for now, but will be thoughtful about feasibility. Any particular"See full answer

Anonymous Sparrow - "To make sure we are on the same page, this is a feature in the current FB app that would make it easier for people to volunteer? Or more broadly, the feature would aim to expand the base of volunteers. To start I want to dive deeper on the objective of the feature. Then we can look at possible users, pick a segment and outline their needs, then look at some solutions. We can then prioritize and see how we might roll something like this out. If I look at FB mission of building community and brin"See full answer

Ben L. - "First I want to look at how Facebook stories overlaps with Facebook’s mission. I can see pretty instantly that stories stays true to Facebook’s mission with bringing the world together and connecting friends and families. I want to make sure I understand the product journey. Facebook stories allows users to post videos and photos. While also being able to add filters, music, and stickers. Users are also able to comment on other stories and react to them. Does that sound correct? Interview: Ye"See full answer

Ramandeep S. - "If I were a Google PM in charge of the next Android keynote product announcement in 3 years, I would build the following: A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform. This is because security and privacy are becoming increasingly important to users. In the past few years, we have seen a number of high-profile data breaches, and users are becoming more aware of the risks of having their personal information online. A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform would help to add"See full answer

Mahesh M. - "Clarification questions Is this a new app or an existing one? - new Is this going to be part of fb or stand-alone - fb app or web - app geo - any/US consider pre covid or covid - covid Grocery store - physical or online store? - physical store FB mission - connect people together The goal of the grocery store - help local stores to connect with users and drive more revenue Users Shoppers 13 - 21 - limited shopping power 21 to 50 - tech-savvy, a fb account already. 50+ - not"See full answer

Ammro H. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by a video conferencing app? Zoom or Messenger? A: More like Zoom Is the app for B2B users or C2C users? A: Dealer's choice What stage is this app at? Early-stage or has been in the market for a while? A: Current Player This question will help decide if you will focus on Adoption or Engagement and retention... Is there a specific market or user group we need to focus on? A: Dealer's choice Is it a paid or free service? A: Both The structure"See full answer

Ian S. - "Clarifying Question: Are we talking about mission-oriented success or business-oriented success? [Let's assume mission-oriented] Let's start by talking about where Pages fit into the mission of Facebook. Then we'll cover some relevant metrics, identify which are most important for measuring the success of Pages, and then talk about some trade-offs as part of a final recommendation. Mission: Facebook's mission is to empower people to build community and to bring people closer togeth"See full answer