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Entrevista
Screening call with a recruiter followed by a relatively short technical interview conducted by another engineering manager. Most questions were very open-ended.
In the end the feedback was that I had impressed them, but that my technical experience and strengths seemed to be in other areas than what they needed for the role in question. This was a bit confusing as they had not asked any questions specific to the area I later learnt they considered core, one which I am also very familiar with. The cases I mentioned apparently got me pigeonholed as something else.
My advice based on this interview would be to especially highlight and emphasise things you suspect they might be looking for when faced with open-ended questions. At least if you are broad enough to know more than one area well.
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Mostly of the "describe a situation when X occurred" format.
Initial telephone call with a recruiter, followed by 2 zoom interview (system design + behavioral), followed with 5 zoom interviews (system design, behavioral and AI-coding-assistance). Process and recruiter were very transparent, supportive and well structured.
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System design question + to tell and explain situations from previous experience
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Meta
Entrevista
Standard 2 interview screening + 5 interview if you pass the screening. You can prepare for the interview by looking up resources online - Meta has a fairly consistent process.
The only reason for me writing this report is that despite the recruiters' professionalism throughout, it was quite galling that after a long process and even after "passing" the hiring bar, I was told they were going to pause the role (though my 'pass' is good for 12 months). I'll post an update if I have one.
Do not trust the recruiter ...
TL;DR ...
The screening interview was swift. The recruiter was 15 minutes late and asked only one question to validate that I had one of the expected experience. There was no qualification of how much I knew about it. The first loop consisted in a behavioral interview with the hiring manager as well as a system design interview. The recruiter communicated the topic that will be analyzed in the design interview - a highly technical topic - as well as the name of the interviewers. I studying intensely to be prepared. I validated that the name of the interviewers three days before the interview. The recruiter confirmed them. Nevertheless, the design interview was on a different topic, not relevant to the field I was applying for. This is nonchalant from the recruiter. As a takeaway for other candidate as engineering managers, out of caution, I would suggest to prepare not only on your subject matter, but also on "generic" system design. Do not trust what the recruiter says. It would be better they say nothing rather than guide in the wrong direction.
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A design question for a hardware-software system. The interviewer kept it generic, which added to the difficulty of the interview. I had to (1) switch from an end-to-end system design (EM level) to a low-level system design, (2) account for the super generic question while giving enough technical trade-offs, (3) not lose time time building a make-believe scenario as the interviewer was not looking for spec collection but rather a generic deep-dive.
