In many of its job postings, Facebook does not ask for a specific educational background of its Recruiter candidates. Depending on the focus of the recruitment role, you may benefit from various types of formal education and training. For instance, Facebook hires recruiters for university recruitment, technical recruitment, engineering recruitment, data center recruitment, leadership recruitment, diversity recruitment, and more.

The interviewer wants to know about your training in hiring and recruitment-related topics such as best practices, compensation negotiations, or navigating complex HR-related situations. Think about the ways that your education and training have prepared you to succeed as a Facebook Recruiter. When outlining your education and training for the interviewer, be sure to mention the learning opportunities and experiences most relevant to the recruitment position (and department) you are interviewing for.

While attending post-secondary studies, you likely learned core skills that are transferable to any career path. For instance, if you worked on group projects in school, you could share how your education improved your ability to collaborate in environments like Facebook, which has cross-functional and multi-departmental teams.

If you do not have a formal post-secondary education, that is okay! Self-learning and work or life experience are all forms of education, too! Discuss what you have learned outside of any formal education and talk about your plan to apply that knowledge to benefit Facebook when they hire you.

Some of the skills you may have gained outside of formal education might include:

- Time management (relates to 'juggling multiple complex searches').
- Creative thinking (relates to 'creating innovative sourcing strategies').
- Teamwork (relates to 'collaborating closely with hiring managers').
- Research (relates to 'market mapping and competitor analysis').
- Communication (relates to 'proactively sharing data-centric updates with internal stakeholders').
- Analysis (relates to 'analyzing requirements to determine target profile needs and matches').
- Public speaking (relates to 'leading meetings and key initiatives with client groups and recruiting teams').