#TipsForGettingAReferral #AdviceonGettingHired #NavigatingTheJobSearch
👋 Hey there! It sounds like you’ve landed an awesome opportunity with a referral to Meta (formerly known as Facebook)! 🎉 Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to the tech industry, getting a referral can greatly increase your chances of landing that dream job. With 4 years of experience and a desire to level up, we’ve got some tips and advice to help you make the most of this opportunity. Let’s dive in!
##Tip 1: Research the Company
Before diving headfirst into the application process, take some time to research Meta. Understanding the company’s culture, values, and recent news can help you tailor your application and interview answers to align with what they’re looking for. Here’s how to get started:
– Visit Meta’s official website and read up on their mission, values, and recent press releases.
– Utilize LinkedIn and Glassdoor to gain insights into what it’s like to work at Meta from current and former employees.
– Follow Meta’s social media accounts to stay up to date on their latest projects and initiatives.
##Tip 2: Leverage Your Referral
Having a referral is a powerful tool, but it’s essential to make the most of it. Reach out to the person who referred you and ask for their insight on the hiring process, the team you’ll be interviewing with, and any tips they have for standing out. They may also be able to put in a good word for you internally. Remember, a referral is more than just a foot in the door – it’s an opportunity to showcase your skills and enthusiasm to someone who already believes in you.
##Tip 3: Update Your Resume and Online Presence
Since you’ve been out of the workforce for a year, it’s crucial to update your resume and LinkedIn profile to reflect your most recent experiences and skills. Here’s what you can do to make a strong impression:
– Tailor your resume and LinkedIn to highlight your most relevant experience and achievements. If you’ve worked on projects or gained skills during your time off, be sure to include them.
– Ask for recommendations from former colleagues, managers, or clients to showcase your impact and work ethic.
– Double-check that all your contact information, work history, and skills are up to date and accurate.
##Tip 4: Prepare for Behavioral Interviews
Behavioral interviews are common in the tech industry and aim to assess how candidates handle specific situations and challenges. Practice your responses to popular behavioral interview questions, such as:
– Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone to see things your way.
– Describe a project where you had to navigate a tight deadline and limited resources.
– Share an example of a time when you had to resolve a conflict within a team.
By preparing thoughtful and concise answers, you can demonstrate your problem-solving skills and adaptability to potential employers.
##Tip 5: Brush Up on Technical Skills
As someone with 4 years of experience in tech, it’s essential to keep your technical skills sharp. Research the specific technical skills and tools that Meta looks for in candidates, such as programming languages, frameworks, or data analysis tools. Consider taking an online course, completing a personal project, or participating in a coding boot camp to refresh your skills and show your dedication to continuous learning and growth.
Remember, getting a referral is just the first step in the process. Use these tips to position yourself as a competitive and well-prepared candidate for Meta, and give it your best shot! Good luck! 🚀
We hope these tips help you make the most of your referral opportunity at Meta. If you have any further questions or need more advice, feel free to reach out. You’ve got this! 👍
Shoot your shot. Worst thing that could happen? Nothing changes and you’re still unemployed.
Full disclosure–I have personal reasons for NOT wanting to work at Meta, but I also have a job already.
Nothing to lose from applying. You can always apply a year later if you don’t make it.
Can’t hurt to let them refer you! If you find it’s not a fit, it’s not a fit.
What’s the role? There are specific interview tips for each discipline.
Go for it. Meta is heavy on leetcode style interviews, so I would suggest trying to prepare if you want to give it a fair shot. They have a lot of documentation on how they hire (most big tech companies do) so learn about it and use that to your advantage.
Leetcode + go through Meta’s preparation hub.
Grind leetcode. All technical screens were mostly LC medium and 1 easy. At IC5 level they also had system design which isn’t too bad if you watch enough YouTube videos on how to handle those.
Do all meta tagged LC medium problems from last 6 months. Do bytebytego’ for system design
What have u got to lose? Even if they say you get interview experience?
Buy leetcode premium and look at the Meta-tagged questions. I’ve received an offer from them twice and both times 4 out of 5 questions were straight from leetcode. For system design do the Educative course grokking the system design and for your onsite choose the product design path (which focuses more on APIs as opposed to heavy system architecture since you mentioned you’re web dev). Good luck
Meta has an interview prep program, I’d suggest going through that. It’s on my list to do before trying for FAANG again
Definitely go for it, it’s life changing money. Just study your ass off before hand, as it’s extremely challenging.
Unless you did some serious prep you’ll likely fail the tech screen and that’ll be it
They’re pretty transparent about what to study and prep on. Study and prep, and do it hard. Research the behavioral interview and be prepared for that too.
Referrals are pretty meaningless. You can get them from strangers on blind.
Take the time to study a lot
If you’re good at frontend go can apply for that and some of the interviews will be heavy js stuff instead of vanilla algos. Might improve your chances.
Expect to get smoked if you don’t study a lot.
When you get hired can you please be my referral ? If you want someone to prep with or check in here and then can do that too
Apply and study as much as possible via Leetcode and System Design Primer on GitHub. It’s a matter of passing the interviews which are difficult.
Leetcode your ass off. There’ll be 2 LC medium per interview. Yeah it’s intense.
>unemployed for about a year so pretty out of it
Have you kept up with tech skills and tech interview prep? If not, then what do you really expect to hear?
It’s one thing if you grinded leetcode and tech skills for full year, prep’d like super soldier ninja 100x rockstar dev. Then you can crush the interviews and get that $300K offer.
However, if you just lounged around doing nothing, then what can possibly happen?
These kind of opportunities pop up, but if you haven’t prepared to take advantage, what does it matter? It’s similar to people dreaming about spending lottery winnings.
No, there’s no amount of cram session that can give you 5 years of experiences and years of tech prep. Either you prep or you don’t.
When I was at Meta like 2/10 people I referred got interviewed. Lol
Do leetcode graph problems, know how to find lowest common ancestor
Leetcode, 2 medium problems in 45 minutes. Start with blind 75 and then do the leetcode 150. You can apply and then tell them you need a month or so to prepare. You’ll also most likely need system design for on site.
Do the blind top 75 to get in shape and then focus on medium level problems from meta
A job’s a job, and you need work.
Buy premium leetcode, and do as many of the Meta tagged questions as you can. Of any FAANG, Meta is the most shameless about using a limited pool. They want you to answer optimally, and FAST. Two mediums in 45 minutes.
Cramp Leetcode hard. Go to neetcode.com
Got a referral a couple months ago but apparently they were only hiring seniors 🙁
refuse it and give me the referral?
Tell the interviewer about your area and ask them to set up the loop (it’s called specialist loop) with the right interviewers. If you can talk tothe hiring manager once, that will be even better to set the right expectations. Ask the recruiter if you can talk to hiring manager(s).
I have interview at Meta this year and their interview are a little bit unique compared to the rest of the typical DS&A interviews. On their careers page they have a set of directions on what they expect, but the gist of it is that you’re suppose to write code as if you were making a Pull Request.
You can request a mock interview from them and I highly recommend you do as it’s the only time you’ll get feedback from interviews.
Unfortunately my experience is that they don’t really give you enough time to handle all of the extra steps that they want from you twice (most interviews will give you two problems) So you really have work fast to do everything right.
Recruiter gives a lot of overview about the interviews. They can give you example questions, sample behavioral questions etc. you just have to ask for the interview prep and you can prod them for more and more.
My husband got the entire behavioral questionnaire that the recruiter prepped him for. Ofcourse you have to prepare for good answers on your own.
Leetcode leetcode leetcode
I not sure if the referral would get you the interview. Employee referrals aren’t that useful anymore.
meta + hardware sounds like really bad work life balance. Top notch pay though.
If your goal is to be employed, go for it. If your goal is to work at Meta, make sure your interview skills haven’t atrophied, and maybe grind some leetcode or similar to make sure your problem-solving skills haven’t atrophied. I think sometimes people ignore the fact that being 20% slower means that people effectively get 20% let minutes in the interview. If you do well, you obviously want to maximize the amount of interview they get out of you.