Recruiter from Facebook messaged me on Linkedin and did a short phone call with me about the position. He was asking for my experience, why facebook and salary expectations. After then, an interview with engineering manager was scheduled for 1 hour phone call to test me about managerial skills, python, data modelling and SQL. The interview was very superficial: the management skills questions just focused on how I dealt with problems in my team, how can I assure excellence and very very general questions. I wasn't asked about my real experience, success stories, failures and problems I faced with. After 15 minutes we moved to SQL, python and data modelling. I answered on them perfectly without mistakes. After 2-3 days I got a call that they don't want to proceed with the process as they want other experience for this manager role. I'm a bit confused because they almost didn't ask anything about my experience...

Started off with the recruiter screening - basic background, process overview, and prep tips. The recruiter was super helpful and gave solid advice, especially around focusing on STAR format for behaviorals and brushing up on SQL for the technicals. Pre-screens included a leadership behavioral round (mostly about team challenges, conflict resolution) and a technical screening. The technical one was SQL-heavy with some pseudocode—things like data modeling and basic algorithms. The onsite loop had five rounds: two technical ones (one on metrics + schema design with SQL, and another brainstorming data problems), system design (measuring customer satisfaction for a food delivery app — schema management and trade-offs were key), leadership (a mix of team management and mentoring stories), and ownership (basically stakeholder management and prioritization). Honestly, the leadership and system design rounds felt like the biggest tests. Spent a lot of time practicing on LC and running mock interviews with Meta coaches on Prepfully, which really helped. Process was long but no complaints though. Recruiters kept me in the loop, and feedback came quickly after each round; TC was also great - inline with the expectations.