Comments on: Interview Questions: When It’s Your Turn

By: Gaganpp

Gaganpp — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:50:17 +0000

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By: Jesse Farmer

Jesse Farmer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:52:07 +0000

When I interviewed there only one interviewer was downright rude, but it did leave a bad taste in my mouth. He was also the most senior person there and has since left the company for another startup.

In any case, it was still my fault for not realizing what they were looking for and delivering it. Instead I was playing my own game.

It's no surprise there was a general communication breakdown.

Your experience sounds much worse, however. Facebook is about 5-6x larger now than when I interviewed there (gosh, almost two years ago!), so I imagine it's a very different environment.

By: Annoyed Interviewer

Annoyed Interviewer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:40:24 +0000

facebook is a horrible company to interview with. The first phone interviewer only wanted some insider information regarding my company (which I didn't give to him). The second interviewer Sanjiv Rao could not get the intervewing tool working! He wasted 1/2 hour of my time before calling and telling me he would like to reschedule. So I patiently rescheduled with HR for the next day. The moron now calls 20 minutes late. Is fairly rude and capricious. Says that he is in a hurry. Did not explain his problem correctly. When I explained my solution, quickly tacked so some additional requirements and then said my solution did not work. The interview only lasted about 15 minutes. Said that he worked on consistency problems at facebook. Everybody knows how horrible the facebook newsfeed is. Total time wasted with these moron = 4hours. Compensation offered for my time; none. Conclusion: run as fast as you can from this company.

By: darshan

darshan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:58:36 +0000

hey jesse..keen to know what happened to the facebook interview..did u get in..

By: Mark Westling

Mark Westling — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:14:18 +0000

My favorite “What would you like to ask us?” question goes something like this. “Every company I’ve ever worked at always had a few key issues that concerned most employees. For example, at one company we were always trying to define ourselves, to the point where it almost became an inside joke. At another company, there was a noticeable tension between the long-term employees and the ones who came after the growth spurt and the big issue was how to fix this. So, in your company, what are the things that have people most concerned?”

Every time I’ve asked this I’ve caught the interviewer off guard, and every answer has been interesting and enlightening. I’ve never found an interviewer to be intimidated or insulted by the question either. In most cases, they’d say “Hmmm, that’s really interesting…” and I’d find myself having a friendly chat with someone about company culture.

By: Francisco Gimenez

Francisco Gimenez — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:14 +0000

Hi Jesse,
I’m glad you started posting so frequently again. It’s great that you’re bridging the gap between geeky cs material (my passion) and real world applications (something I have yet to get a handle on).

Regarding the interview questions, you touch upon a lot of your interview failures but what about your successes?

Thank You,
Francisco