Facebook

Question 1

What are Facebooks core values

Answer 1

1. Focus on impact: “If we want to have the biggest impact, the best way to do this is to make sure we always focus on solving the most important problems.”
   - Provided training on the surveillance solution to entire engineering team.
2. Move fast: “We have a saying: ‘Move fast and break things.’ The idea is that if you never break anything, you’re probably not moving fast enough.”
   - Starting at Rapt
3. Be bold: “We encourage everyone to make bold decisions, even if that means being wrong some of the time.”
   - Crusher Test Bed
4. Be open: “We believe that a more open world is a better world because people with more information can make better decisions and have a greater impact.”
   - Documenting everything I do in Wiki and Confluence
5. Build social value: “We expect everyone at Facebook to focus every day on how to build real value for the world in everything they do.”
   - Building a interactive map for my neighborhood to bring neighbors closer together.

Question 2

Give an example of Being Bold

Answer 2

Creating a Automation Framework in Perl and subsequently creating the Crusher Test Bed

Question 3

Give an example of Focusing on Impact

Answer 3

Providing training at Pivot3 to the entire engineering organization, including the VP of engineering, engineering managers, and the entire development and QA team.

Question 4

Give an example of Moving Fast

Answer 4

Starting at Rapt. I had to quickly put tests together and find bugs. I had to make a lot of quick decisions on how things work and how to break them.

Question 5

Give an example of Being Open

Answer 5

I document everything in Wiki or Confluence so other engineers can take advantage of things I’ve done and learned.

Question 6

Give an example of Building Social Value

Answer 6

Build neighborhood application in Javascript using an interactive map library called leaflet.

Question 7

Why do you want to work for Facebook?

Answer 7

Been using for 11 years. I created the facebook group for my neighborhood and it grew to over 250 members. Everyone in my family including my 80 year old mother uses Facebook. The opportunity to finally be a part of something that I’ve been using for so long would be incredible. I can make a difference in the lives of my friends and family.

Question 8

What is Facebook’s mission

Answer 8

“Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.”