How well do you communicate with teams?
Part of your interviewer's job is not just ensuring you possess the right skills, talents, and experience to do your job well. They also need to ensure you'll keep up with and complement their teams. The stronger your relationships with your coworkers, the greater the impact you'll have. So, they need to assess whether you'll be able to build lasting, cohesive, and stable relationships with your new co-workers right from the start. As they say on their careers page, "Make every connection matter."
"I always look forward to establishing excellent relationships, whether we're introducing someone new to our teams, or I am the new addition to a team. I wholeheartedly believe that with strong trust, you'll build the best relationships, and, in so doing, build the best teams, which can accomplish the best things together. But it is an investment, and trusting relationships are built and earned over time. So, I start building trust by being transparent in my communications. Communicating clearly, working fast, earning my keep, leading by example, supporting my teams' efforts, and being willing to try new things. I will always deliver above what I say I'll do and faster than expected. When appropriate, I take the approach of under-promising and over-delivering to accelerate the trust process. I maintain a good, cheerful attitude as well. A friend to all. These are just some of the approaches I take when establishing relationships with co-workers."
Before their rebranding, Facebook's team members were known as Facebookers. Now they are called Metamates. Depending on your role, one of your interviews may even be with your "potential teammates, managers, and other people you may work with. Now is the time for you to learn even more about Meta, and for us to better understand your professional experience and talents. When all the interviews are complete, the people you spoke with submit their feedback on your interview performance and we assess whether you'd be successful in the role we're hiring for, or if there's another role at Meta that makes sense for you. We look forward to officially welcoming you to Meta. Together, we'll help give people the power to build community, and bring the world closer together."
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Anonymous Answer
I've always found it easy to get along with people. I plan to establish relationships with my new co-workers through clear and honest communications, supporting their efforts, and learning from them.
Stephanie's Feedback
Your response clearly shows that you connect with others easily. To strengthen your answer, I would suggest including specific examples of how you would establish those relationships with new coworkers (example: would you schedule 15 minute coffee hour chats with everyone individually? Is there a company culture around teambuilding events?)
