Meta Interview Questions

Nikitha G. - "Clarify → Mission / Landscape / Why → Users → Pain Points → Solutions → Evaluate Clarifying Questions / Assumptions: What kind of art are we focused on (Photography, digital art, physical art, sculpture, etc)? Assume we’re focused on physical paintings or sketches Is the goal of the product to allow users to view and interact with others art or create their own art? Enjoying art can come through both experiencing it and creating it so I want to clarify. **Let’s focus on experiencing a"See full answer

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

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

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

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

Inae L. - "Question: If Meta Pay did not exist, would you recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally or seek a partnership? Justify your decision. Answer: Given Meta's position as a leading technology company with a vast ecosystem of applications and services, I would recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally. My decision is based on several key factors: Strategic Control and Flexibility Developing an internal payment solution would gran"See full answer

Soodong P. - "Product and Mission To allow users to create events and host on FB pages. It can be one time or recurring. It can include FB users through feeds or referrals or can be shared out with a link. Product objective is to build strong online and offline bonding through connecting people with common interests and ensure continued engagements. Aligns with the core Meta mission. User Journey and Value + Metrics Organizers: Finds the value when the many participants share interest or"See full answer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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