I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2019
Interview
Phone Interview with a recruiter, and got an offer to the next step at the end of the interview.
2 weeks later, had video Interviews (45 mins for App review, 45 mins for my portfolio) with designers.
I took me 3 weeks to get all the steps through.
Interviewers were very friendly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you work with your team members?
Why do you think this app has a dark background color?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2019
Interview
I had my onsite earlier this week and am still waiting for a decision, but wanted to write this now regardless of the final decision.
Out of my 5 years as a designer, this was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had! I was reached out on LinkedIn by a recruiter and we had a quick chat to discuss open roles and my background. After that, I proceeded to the next round: 2 x 45 min calls for a portfolio review and app critique. I heard back a few days later that they wanted to bring me onsite.
Up to this point, the recruiter I worked with at FB was friendly and thoughtful, and offered both in-depth feedback and time to do a dry-run presentation to prepare for the onsite. These thoughtful touches really impressed me, and I haven't come across that in any interview process I've had.
The onsite interview was ~4 hours long and enjoyable. They were interested in my work and asked great questions, and seemed overall friendly. The 4 hours consisted of: presentation, lunch break, background (prepare to articulate your design decisions), app critique, and a whiteboard exercise.
While I'm still waiting for a decision, I want to say that this was a great interview process and helped me better understand what design is like at Facebook.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I track whoever visits my portfolio website. During the time after the HR speak with me on the phone to getting that rejection email, I had zero visit traffic from Facebook.
This is a big red flag for any designer who is serious about their career. We are pursing designer career, not other professions that solely rely on lip service and writing reports. Designer produces work that can be viewed in human eyes. Designer's skill should heavily be judged on design work. The hiring team apparently has other things in mind, or just doesn't have a good hiring practice in their system. Or maybe doing a good lip service and other skills are what they look for when hiring a designer. No wonder Facebook is going to downhill.
They didn't spend one second to view my work and just let the HR send over the rejection email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the phone interview, the HR was nice enough to talk about the hiring process. One part will be an app discussion. The hiring manager will decide with me to critique an app. Another par tis talking about my work and process.
Basically you just talk and in the end you will know if they like you No design assignment.