Meta Behavioral Interview Questions

Kiley S. - "Set Success metrics for Google Maps: Assuming we are focusing on mobile experience… Clarify the product: Overall, it is a directions app: Gets you from point a to point b Allows for several methods of transportation - car, public transit, walking, biking, rideshare After entering location, you click your transport method, and select get directions which leads you to steps to get to you location or if you are driving or walking it speaks to you giving youthe directions aloud based on sett"See full answer

Anjali P. - "Question and video tagged not same. "See full answer

Dheeraj D. - "Thanks Hozefa for your insights on this. I see that hozefa talks about giving used cases. It would be very helpful if there was an example provided with STAR framework."See full answer

Adam M. - "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them. I think my three greatest strengths are: Empathy Openness to feedback Drive And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are: Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"See full answer

Amparo L. - "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."See full answer

Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

Scott S. - " The Situation A few months ago, our trading platform started experiencing significant latency issues during peak trading hours. This latency was affecting our ability to process real-time market data and execute trades efficiently, potentially leading to substantial financial losses and missed opportunities. Identifying the Problem The first step was to identify the root cause of the latency. I organized a team meeting with our data engineers, DevOps, and network specialists to gather"See full answer

Reach G. - "What is Facebook Live? Facebook Live is the posting of a live video -> Virtual events, QA, conversation, presentation/performance. It can be on your Facebook page, event, or group. Mission Facebook's mission is to connect people and bring the world closer together. The mission of Facebook Live, from my perspective, is to enable individuals to engage ( message), discuss, and learn in real-time with their role models, influencers, and others to discover and establish stronger connect"See full answer

Kai W. - "A high level framework Clarifications: Reactions already exist in Instagram? Any specific region or user group we try to target for the launch? ... Product description: IG is ... Reactions are Emoji alike icons users can use to reply to posts/photos/comments FB's mission: Help people stay connected and build communities IG's mission/goal: Allow users to capture world's moments and share with friends Reactions Goal: To provide users an easier way to react to the content and to bet"See full answer

Krish M. - "Situation: I led a critical initiative to re-architect the high volume customer data platform. The system handled over 90 PB of records handling around 70 billion customer records daily and was foundational to customer data capabilities across multiple enterprise products. The existing architecture faced significant challenges around latency, accuracy, and scalability, and any disruption would directly impact global customers and downstream systems. Task: I was responsible for leading t"See full answer

Sam T. - "demonstrate your ability to recognize and nurture talent, provide growth opportunities, and create an environment that supports and challenges high-performing individuals. Use a real-life example to illustrate your approach and showcase your leadership skills. Managing high performers is an exciting and rewarding aspect of being an engineering manager. These individuals are often the driving force behind innovation, productivity, and success within a team. As a manager, it's crucial to recogni"See full answer

A R. - "I liked the role of a TPM due to the opportunity to contribute to the multiple dimensions of software product development. As a TPM I need to collaborate with multiple teams like Engineering, Product, and other business functions, but I also get the opportunity to contribute to the technical aspects of the program/project. I can use my sharp analytical skills to identify/anticipate problems, and leverage my problem solving skills to unblock the teams. I orchestrate multiple teams effort to del"See full answer

Scott S. - "As a Software Engineering Manager, one of the biggest mistakes I encountered early in my role involved underestimating the importance of aligning team goals with individual career aspirations and professional growth opportunities. This oversight became evident through a project that initially seemed successful but later revealed deeper issues within the team dynamics and morale. I was leading a software development team on a major project aimed at revamping a critical trading platform. The proj"See full answer

Shuchi A. - "A few months ago I joined a micro-services platform engineering team as their manager, at that time my team was struggling to deliver towards an upcoming production deadline for a customer facing product. Production date had been moved 5 times already and there were about 40% of product features which were remaining to be tested and signed off to move to production . I was made responsible to deliver the release of this product within the deadline and turnaround the software delivery throughput."See full answer

Scott S. - " A couple of years ago, we were working on a project to integrate a new third-party data feed into our existing data processing pipeline. This data feed was critical for enhancing our trading algorithms with more comprehensive market data. Given the tight timeline and high stakes, I decided to push for a rapid implementation. In my eagerness to meet the deadline, I underestimated the complexity of integrating this new data feed. I did not allocate sufficient time for thorough testing and valida"See full answer

Scott S. - " Project Overview: Real-Time Risk Management System Objective The goal was to develop a real-time risk management system capable of processing and analyzing large volumes of trading data to provide near-instantaneous risk assessments. This system was crucial for enabling traders to make informed decisions while managing their exposure to various market risks in real-time. Complexity Factors 1. \\Data Volume and Velocity\\ \\High Throughput:\\ The system needed to ha"See full answer

Santhosh K. - "As an engineering manager, motivation is key to the success of the team. Here are some ways to motivate the team: Set clear goals: Clearly defined goals help team members understand what they're working towards and give them a sense of purpose. Offer growth opportunities: Providing opportunities for professional development and advancement can increase motivation and job satisfaction. Provide recognition and rewards: Recognising and rewarding team members for their hard work and achieve"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