I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta in Jun 2015
Interview
I had previously interviewed for another position at Facebook, and when I was not selected, the recruiter for that position was nice enough to forward my resume to others on her team, hence how I got an interview for the product specialist position. After a very brief phone screen with the recruiter, the next step of the interview process was a video interview with 2 current product specialists.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite Facebook feature and how you would change it. Favorite non-Facebook product or service and what you like about it/ what you would change.
Applied and got an email for a phone screen. Thought the phone screen went well. The call took about 30 minutes and it was the standard questions. Got a rejection the next day
It’s like a stripped down version of a PM interview. Focus on prioritization questions and teamwork questions. Easy SQL question. “How would you design a queue system for a restaurant?”
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
“How would you design a queue system for a restaurant?”
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
Interview was okay in difficulty. The annoying thing was that everyone was reading a script word for word. Like literally you can see them read the script during the interview. The interviewers didn't have the ability to articulate their own thoughts, just stuck to the script. Sometimes my responses already addressed what their script's follow up question asked..and yet they asked it again and it made things really awkward. Avoided a bullet though as this company is now on its way to self-destruct.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL test, a lot of 'tell me about a time when' questions, and projects you've worked on
Product Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Specialist roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Product Specialist according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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