u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I do have some push back Michael. I know a good number of Codesmith alum in FAANG, and have spoken to several personally. In fact, Codesmith provides you access to a spreadsheet of alum who agree to be points of contacts, and there's at least 50~ alum in that spreadsheet within v
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
One point of clarification that is critical is that it depends on what role at Facebook (SWE vs other roles like Solutions Engineer) and if it's a contractor role or a full blown role. I can only speak the the full blown SWE bar, which is the highest and most consistent as well. The contractor bar is very different and I could see the above approach not being a problem for those roles.
For the SWE bar, absolutely we prepare you. We have extremely senior and director level former FB mentors preparing people in a variety of ways (1-1, small group) for the behavioral SWE interviews. We coach more experienced people so each person has to prepare differentlty and needs unique feedback and a unique strategy to the behavioral interview. We also have several full time team members who taught engineers at Facebook how to conduct these interviews.