Meta (Facebook) Interview Questions

Dhruv S. - "Before proceeding, I just wanted to clarify we wanted to check for the impact of showing content from non-friends in users’ feeds, and here non-friends I would assume could be anyone, but mainly like content creators, and I am not including ads here. But I wanted to ask if there is any current logic as to what posts to show based on users' affinity to those posts, maybe basis the user engagement to Insta feed. now objective of this would be to improve the engagement of the platform, as if users"See full answer

Shubham A. - "I was working in a Silicon Validation group and the roadmap for all validation strategy was defined, But the problem with that was it was as with the roadmap given, the quality would have compromised and hence, I raised a concern regarding the quality of the product. Initially the team members were not convinced, I borrowed a week's time with them and scheduled another meeting and brought up all the data(high level) which we should be covering during the validation timeframe. Also added tentati"See full answer

Pratik H. - "How would you define success for Doordash Clarify- Are we looking at the US Market? Yes Are we we looking at it from today? Yes Are looking at mobile or web? Both Has anything changed in doordash;s strategy or marketplace I should be aware of? Nothing major Lets talk a little about the misssion of doordash. It probably goes something along the lines make food delivery as easy as possible. Their core product is three sided. You have drivers on one end, customers that order food on the other and"See full answer

Patrick B. - "Clarification I would first try to understand what FB Marketplace is since I haven't really used it more than a few times. My understanding is the following Launched 2-3 years ago in the US, it is similar to web classified services such as Craigslist The sellers are not businesses but rather individuals, primarily in local areas Broad range of products with no particular focus: ranging from electronics, furniture, used cars to even apartment for rent. Sometimes posters are willin"See full answer

Vasanth M. - "The question is about the decision to show the right # of photos in Facebook. Clarifying questions : Is this specific to Consumers or Business users ? Is there an drop or impact to the current metrics in terms of user engagement or the time spent on the post Are there any pain points to solve in terms of technical details like page loads etc.? Let's start with the users. There are 2 categories of users - Creators and Consumers. This can be further classified to say creators - Indiv"See full answer

Elisa L. - "Facebook’s mission statement is to build community, so any product related to movies that Facebook builds should have that in mind. I’ll start by looking at the lifecycle of a movie and then some current pain points that people might have to think about opportunities for a movies product. The lifecycle of a movie revolves around creation (script, filming, casting, acting), production, and distribution (streaming services vs theatres). An idea for creation could be helping users collaborate or"See full answer

Pathworks P. - "To answer this, I will focus my efforts on explaining the most common type of API used in most modern software development applications - the REST API. For the purpose of simplicity, I will also keep the topics of Authorization and Authentication out of the mix. In essence, an API is a group of logic that takes in a specific set of inputs and responds with a specific set of outputs. This is analogous to going to a drive-thru and placing an order for a meal. When you give an API a bunch of"See full answer

Kat - "Clarification: What types of jobs are we targeting? Are we talking about a broad market (like Indeed) or more focused—white-collar (LinkedIn-style) or blue-collar (gigs and tasks)? Where are we launching the marketplace—U.S. or globally? Let’s assume U.S. for now. Is this a standalone product or integrated within one of Meta’s existing platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram)? Let’s assume it’s integrated into Facebook. Overview: Meta’s Mission: Why would Meta want to launch a"See full answer

Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question to make sure that I'm analyzing the right feature - is this the notification bell that is in the Facebook app and site? (assume Yes) Tapping on it opens a drop-down that captures items and activities that the user should be aware of? (Yes) Ok, I believe I'm clear on which feature you're referring to. My approach: Customer problem and value proposition Meta's mission and north star metric Customer journey and notification bell use case Success metrics on value del"See full answer

Shahrukh K. - "During my initial days as a Product Manager, I faced challenges working with our central design team. The team received requests from multiple Product Managers, and prioritization was often influenced by the rapport each PM had built with them. Since I was new, I struggled to convey the importance of my tasks effectively, leading to delays in my projects. This was a significant learning moment for me. I realized that to succeed, I needed to earn the trust of the design team and demonstra"See full answer

Sreeram reddy B. - "To know whether a parking spot is available or not, the parking spot needs to have a sensor. So each parking spot should have a sensor that identifies whether the spot is available. These sensors send data to the application/database. The data in the application/database can be used to show which spots are available and which are not in the front-end app. Make sure there are no bugs in the code and that the code is written efficiently. Make sure the data gets updated very fast and"See full answer

Michael N. - "The pain points articulated (no contextual recs, isolating experience, etc.) are pain points in the broader audio listening industry - there's no existing audio product at Meta already and assuming this is a net new product, wouldn't it have made more sense to have pain points specific to Meta? E.g. "there's no sense of real-time community in FB Groups" or "the barrier to engage in FB groups feels high" It almost feels like she just regurgitated things she's learned from her time working on Alex"See full answer

Apurv K. - "!! FEEDBACK WELCOME !! Clarify question By art we mean visual art, e.g. paintings? - Yes Is this a solution to create art on Instagram or to showcase existing art on Instagram? - Create art Why build this, Engagement or Acquisition? - Engagement Reframe: We want to increase Instagram engagement through creation and sharing of art with followers. Talking about the space The Internet has over time continuously reduced barriers to creative expression. From blogging to Twitter"See full answer

Fahad K. - "Alright, let's think through this change of moving the 'like' button to a menu under three dots on photos I'll start by aligning this change with Facebook's mission, analyze key insights, define the product mission for this update, Identify the eco-system (n-sided marketplace) Look at the effects on the eco-systems, Effects on their needs and pain points. Identify the most important actors and most important actions Come up with some metrics that we may be using to"See full answer

Rohit K. - "First, clarify the scope of question: 1) what is the goal of the feature , engagement or monetization? : I assume this is user engagement as the google maps is a mature product and this feature can solve pain of the users driving vehicles and may be later extend this to a premium offering 2) do we have any geographical location to target ? : I assume India as I am familiar with the location and later if required, we can extend the solution to other geographies let me summarize my understanding o"See full answer

Sahil A. - "Clarify: Feature for group messages and not individual messages The feature will be primarily used for Whatsapp and not other Meta products - Instagram, FB We are looking to improve engagement with this feature User: Pro users Users with moderate usage Users with no/little usage Prioritize - Users with no/little usage - as this user base could be greatly impacted Pain points: Too many messages are sent to the group and important messages are lost. Multiple message popp"See full answer

Soso K. - "Clarification: This is only for Facebook and not for Instagram, whatsapp etc. Facebook Hashtag helps Meta users to drive visibility into user posts as well as help categorize a post, feeling to what others in the community might be feeling. This helps bring the community together and that aligns with the mission of Facebook, which is to bring the world closer. This feature is also not a new feature in overall social media landscape, Twitter did it before and gained instant popularity. Wit"See full answer

Tiago R. - "class TrieNode { constructor() { this.children = {}; this.isEndOfWord = false; } } class Trie { constructor() { this.root = new TrieNode(); } insert(word) { let node = this.root; for (const char of word) { if (!node.children[char]) { node.children[char] = new TrieNode(); } node = node.children[char]; } node.isEndOfWord = true; } search(word) { l"See full answer

Rasheek N. - "Clarify: I have some clarifying questions I would like to get answered Is this a podcast app that uses Netflix actors/actresses/producers/etc? Is this available to everyone or just Netflix subscribers? How is this product presented? Is it apart of the Netflix app or its own separate app? Goals: First thing first is to understand Netflix. Netflix is a streaming platform that differentiates itself by being the first platform that creates its own original content. It is facing massi"See full answer

Rishi P. - "Facebook's mission is to bring people closer. And sports is common language connecting people across the world. The joy of enjoying watching sports is with friends who also support the same team, cheer for them and trade facts about them. The product I would build is a live interactive sports app that a group of friends, though they are apart physically, can join into, chat and share happiness. The interactive sports app will stream live sports and allow users to create a community or group"See full answer