The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
The recruiter wanted to do a phone interview. She kept postponing or entirely forgetting - I think that was extremely rude even for Facebook. Finally managed a 1:1 interview. Kept waiting in the lobby, eventually was escorted to the interview room. Found the interviewer sitting there. The interviewer was asking a few questions and seemed to be interested. What threw me off was that the interviewer asked the same question in a different way that I have already answered (e.g. what changes would you like to make). Looked like the interviewer was taking notes furiously or was it doodling ?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2011
Interview
I passed a phone screen with a recruiter and was then invited in for an in person interview. They had me come all the way to campus in the middle of the work day only for one interview. My interviewer didn't ask very challenging questions, so it was easy to do well. But then I was told by the recruiter that they had no interest in me. I'm not sure why they wasted my time having me come in. It also seems unfair to use one very junior PM's limited evaluation of me to make their entire judgement. I feel like that interview should have been on the phone, or they should have had someone more than a year and a half out of school interview me when I was on campus, too.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Nov 2009
Interview
Very professional and timely ... the HR recruiter and the PM who interviewed me were both very candid, which was much appreciated.
Given my seniority, there were no open positions in this role, for which they hire far fewer people than for engineering roles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general question(s) re: my experience designing and shipping mobile products