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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Why do you want to work at Facebook?
Product Manager
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"This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > That's a great question. There are three main reasons why I want to work at Facebook:Building a product I use > Interesting product problems > Meeting smart"
Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > That's a great question. There are three main reasons why I want to work at Facebook:Building a product I use > Interesting product problems > Meeting smart"See full answer
Product Manager
Asked at Meta • 2 years ago
How do you avoid overfitting a model?
Machine Learning Engineer
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Machine Learning Engineer
Asked at Meta, Google • 5 months ago
What is the principle of least privilege?
Security Engineer
Technical
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Security Engineer
Technical
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
What are the advantages and disadvantages of GraphQL?
Product Manager
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"This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"
Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer
Product Manager
Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design a new way for tourists to communicate.
Product Manager
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"This is a Design a Product question. Let's follow the formula to make sure we cover all our bases: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope earl"
Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. Let's follow the formula to make sure we cover all our bases: Ask clarifying questions Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points State the goal and use cases List current solutions Improvements / net new solutions Evaluate and select solutions Measure Success Summarize Ask clarifying questions It's important to get clarity on anything unclear. Asking questions also helps us limit scope earl"See full answer
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
What does the Signup endpoint on Facebook do?
Product Manager
Concept
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"This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"
Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer
Product Manager
Concept
Asked at Meta • 5 months ago
Your manager wants you to bring your work laptop to DEFCON, how would you secure it?
Security Engineer
Technical
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Security Engineer
Technical
Asked at Meta • 5 months ago
Let's say you were investigating a security incident and didn't know how to remediate it, what steps would you follow to figure it out?
Security Analyst
Technical
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Security Analyst
Technical
Asked at Meta • 2 years ago
Compute the binary representation of an integer.
Machine Learning Engineer
Analytical
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Machine Learning Engineer
Analytical
Asked at Meta • 9 months ago
Implement an in-place merge of two sorted arrays.
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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