Meta (Facebook) Interview Questions

Anuradha T. - "average time spent attending event, number of sign up for the event, attendees/signups"See full answer

Rajesh V. - "As a PM i received a feedback from my program manager on my style of verbal communication. It is about me speaking faster when i wanted to get away with a topic that i wasn't confident (may be not backed up with data, or still in process of getting detailed insight of a problem etc.). Whereas when I'm confident I tend to speak slowly or more assertively that made people to follow easily. I welcomed that feedback so from then on when I'm not confident in a topic I became more assertive to let pe"See full answer

Nayla D. - "Clarify Questions: Is this app in Facebook app? or we build a different app for this? - Yes, this is in FB app now. Will we have monetization in the first launch or launch it for free first? - Free first, but there is a potential monetization in the future. Context: we will launch Facebook Jobs in two weeks, indicating that this is a new product. I want to step back a bit, why this is important for Meta. Meta mission is to make it easier to build community and bring the world closer"See full answer

Sandhya P. - "What is Meta Quest, Horizon world VR game? Horizons worlds is a platform that lets creators build worlds where real people can come and interact. This could be a gaming world, a socializing world, a marketplace, immersive experience, etc. Why would people want to use Horizon worlds: Because it isn’t possible to always visit all places in person I know that Meta has been encouraging creators at this time because the Horizon’s worlds needs a lot of worlds for it to be interesting for customers Cus"See full answer

Ash J. - "Clarify: I will assume that misinformation includes posts, videos and pictures and that sources could be Groups/ Pages and Individuals. High level structure: Mission, Information funnel and drop-off points, Metrics & Trade-offs, Mitigations Mission/ Strategy: Facebook's mission is to bring the world closer together and empower people to build community. Reliable information is key to fostering a healthy community. In light of recent world events and public sentiment, it is important f"See full answer

Jimmy K. - "Awesome thanks for your question. Can I take a few seconds to write down some thoughts? - Sure Okay I’m ready. So the way I’ll work through this problem is that first I’ll ask some clarifying questions, then I’ll dig into the why, starting with Facebook’s mission and competition and try to end up with a why for this product to exist. Then we will talk about users and will pick a user to focus on. We will then figure out which need to solve for the user given the product's why and the context we"See full answer

R K. - "As a Product Manager for Instagram Reels, understanding Meta's investment in this product requires considering the broader competitive landscape, primarily TikTok, and Instagram's monetization strategy through ads. The focus on Reels is a strategic move to capture a share of the short-form video market, increase user engagement, and drive ad revenue. Lets start with why Meta invested in Instagram reels 1. Competing with TikTok: TikTok's explosive growth in the short-form video space pose"See full answer

Natalia N. - "Clarifying questions: How much is the decline? Since when have sales been declining? Make sure that it has correlation with competition and not a premature assumption that can come from something internal (not external competition). Is it all the stores? What is the variation in the dicline? If you have stores that have 20% less sales vs some that are steady, it might be something related to the store experience specifically. How does the decrease in sales compare to cities that ha"See full answer

Abhinav M. - "Always assume good intentions on the part of both parties when resolving conflicts. Then proceed with a STAR example."See full answer

Raoul S. - "Total number of successful conversations (Weekly). Success measured by sharing AI output or success indicators (e.g. Like)"See full answer

P R. - "First I'd like to clarify the definition of reactions and confirm that it's same as what exists today. Definition: Reactions provides users the ability to provide richer expression beyond 'like' Business goal: Since this is a mature product, the business goal is to improve user engagement Product goal: Bring people closer together by letting people provide more accurate sentiment to the community based on the content Personas: 1. Content creator 2. user using reactions **Li"See full answer

Bala G. - "SELECT s.Sale_Date, SUM(si.Quantity * si.SalePrice) AS TotalRevenue FROM Sales s JOIN SaleItems si ON s.SaleID = si.Sale_ID GROUP BY s.Sale_Date ORDER BY s.Sale_Date; "See full answer

Aniket A. - "Clarifications: Where are we launching? -- US first 1:1 or n:n video conferencing? -- you assume Consumers or Business? -- consumers Part of FB or standalone product? -- part of messenger app Is it MVP launch or a full feature product? -- MVP What capabilities exist in the video conference product? -- you assume what capabilities will be > Trends and Markets Competitors: Consumer Zoom Google Meet Business: Slack MS Teams Trends: More and more people are usi"See full answer

Tara J. - "I would like to speak loud to narrow the scope of this question so I can be effective in identifying a solution to the problem on hand. Hope that is OK. You mentioned, “Re-design the airport experience”. Is there a goal for this re-design exercise? Some top goals that come to my mind are the following. Please guide me so I can set it and we can proceed from there. “Increase the number of passengers who travel to and from this airport” “Improve customer satisfaction” **“Get in"See full answer

Jeffrey F. - "I used the GAME method. Started first with defining the product and setting the mission and goal for Zoom. Stated that the product grew in popularity in 2020-2021 for both business and personal use, but since lockdown ended, shifted to business use. Goal is to effortlessly and seamlessly connect people anywhere. Focused on the business use case and stated Zoom makes revenue through contracts signed with various enterprises. Due to maturity of the product and business focused, said it make"See full answer

Siddhant S. - "We'll consider cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, convenience, and scalability. Here are key metrics and trade-offs to consider: Cost Metrics Operational Costs: Compare the direct costs associated with operating each mode of transit, including vehicle maintenance, fuel or energy, and driver salaries. Subsidization Level: Assess how much subsidy each option requires per ride or per passenger to remain free or low-cost to employees. Cost Efficiency: Analyze the cost p"See full answer

Mohammad M. - "Clarifying questions What is Facebook Events How does this work Is it only desktop based or app based as well Why Meta built it Core idea/tenet for Facebook is to have user engagement & to build everything around it. While people continue to interact with Facebook and create content on it, to increase the duration of engagement, having capability to host virtual events ensures community participation and making Facebook go beyond status and photo updates and let people coordinate"See full answer

Mike Z. - "Clarifying questions Scope: Just Reels in Facebook, or Instagram too? Mobile and desktop? Goal: Any specific goal we know of or up to me to decide? Framework/Overview Strategy Metric options with pros/cons North Star Metric (NSM) Risks & countermetrics Strategy / The Why: we want to give people … Meta: the power to build community + Bring people closer together Reels: new form of self-expression / entertainment with short form video and pro editing tools Ads in Re"See full answer

Bala G. - "WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM user_activity WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ), VideoCallUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM video_calls WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ) SELECT (CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users FROM ActiveUsersYesterday a LEFT JOIN VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"See full answer

Debajyoti B. - "Understanding the problem: What do we mean by email notification experience here? Is it the quantity of notifications or quality?- it's the quality of the experience i.e. how can we make the experience better & more user centric How would you define enhance in this context?- here enhacement means improving the engagement with the emails resulting in more people viewing the photo/s on FB with email as source Are we supposed to enhance the viewer's experience only or the creators as w"See full answer