How to Answer: What will you contribute to Meta's mission and values?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Facebook job interview.
12. What will you contribute to Meta's mission and values?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
Meta's recruiters are looking for top performers who they connect with, and who see the value in building connections with others. Therefore, your interviewer is curious how familiar you are with their company language, and the many ways they define why they do what they do as a company, and the values and principles that guide how they work, each and every day. So, before you can adequately answer this question, it's essential that you understand what Meta's missions and values are. The most ubiquitous keyword that appears across their site is connection.
Written by Kevin Downey on January 17th, 2024
What You Need to Know
Facebook was founded in 2004. In 2017, Mark Zuckerberg expanded its mission to "Bring the world closer together." Then, in late 2021, Facebook was rebranded as Meta, and their full mission statement became "to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. That reflects that we can't do this ourselves, but only by empowering people to build communities and bring people together." Their six core values are, "Move fast, Focus on long-term impact, Build awesome things, Live in the future, Be direct and respect your colleagues, Meta - metamates - me."
Written by Kevin Downey on January 17th, 2024
How to Prep
Explore each of their core values in depth and determine which of their values you stand to contribute to the most. Examine your work history and where you've shined. For example, in the descriptions of their core values, they describe how their employees build and learn faster than anyone else, and act with urgency, removing barriers, "moving fast in one direction together as a company and as individuals. We emphasize long-term thinking rather than optimizing for near-term wins. We push ourselves to focus more on inspiring, in everything we do."
Written by Kevin Downey on January 17th, 2024
Answer Example
"I have friends and family all across the globe and I honestly wish I could step into a teleportation machine and hang out with them, to be in the same room as them at any time. Often, making a video call on your phone simply doesn't capture what it is like being there with them. But, the advancements Meta is making with the metaverse, to feel like you are actually in the same room with them, and then to goof around and hang out as your avatar, or whatever you want to be, is amazing. This is the future of connecting with others across the world, and I want to be part of advancing that future."
Written by Kevin Downey on January 17th, 2024
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"Facebook's mission to connect communities and people all over the globe is a mission that I desire to join. For Facebook to focus on projects that give more people a voice, strengthen community bonds, and create economic opportunities is admirable. Your mission and vision is the 'something more' that I have been seeking out in my career."
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