Facebook Mock Interview

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Question 17 of 33

What values form your character?

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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.

Your interviewer is curious whether you have a personal or professional code that forms your character or your decision-making. How you answer may educate them on how closely your values align with theirs. For example, a candidate who is more likely to prioritize the needs of Meta or their fellow metamates is more aligned with their values than someone who prioritizes themselves or the advancement of their own career.

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"I would say that my core values are consistency in quality, happy work relationships are fundamental to performance, always be creative, and maintain a spirit of adventure in everything you do."

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If you don't already have a few core values by which you operate, take some time to perform the exercise of coming up with a few. Think about the principles and morals you live by, and the kind of person you strive to be. Once you've written those down, phrase them in a manner that complements Meta's core values.

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Meta's 6 core values are presently, "Move fast, Focus on long-term impact, Build awesome things, Live in the future, Be direct and respect your colleagues, Meta - metamates - me." The last of these values is a play on the nautical saying, "ship, shipmates, self." This in essence means they first must prioritize the ship, then their fellow shipmates, and lastly, they prioritize themselves. Also, before rebranding to Meta, Facebook's five core values used to be "Focus on Impact, Move Fast, Be Bold, Be Open, and Build Social Value."

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One of my top values is honesty which I apply when communicating with colleagues and stakeholders. I also value growth which means that I always seek to learn new things in my field. I also care deeply about reliability as I seek to be someone people can come to for help and support.

Stephanie's Feedback

Great response! You do a job of identifying three top core values while also explaining how each value impacts your work. To strengthen your response, you may wish to include more specific examples (for example, you mention seeking to learn new things in your field of work; what specific things have you pushed yourself to learn due to placing such a value on growth?)

Anonymous Answer

My core values include consistency in work, a belief that healthy relationships with team members are fundamental to success, and my commitment to solving real-life problems. I believe that my core values are inlined with the established core values of Facebook. I will always maintain my core values to contribute my best towards the goal of Facebook.

Cindy's Feedback

Good use of the MockQuestions example answer and tweaking it to make it your own!

Anonymous Answer

My core values include 1) strive for excellence - which means I take the quality of my work seriously - 2) hunger for development - as I believe such attitude not only will result in great output but also your personal growth - and 3) collaboration - as you can't achieve things all on your own in an organization and collaborating well within and across teams is critical in delivering towards the company's goals. These are the values that guide my interactions with people as well as my overall approach to work.

Stephanie's Feedback

It's evident that you've thought carefully about your core values, and you are able to illustrate exactly how they impact your work. good job!

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33Facebook Interview Questions & Answers

Teamwork

1.Tell me about a memorable team experience.

2.How do you balance your personal life with your work life?

Adaptability

3.What would you have done if we did not show up to this interview, today?

Compatibility

4.What do you believe were the biggest challenges Meta faced this year?

5.What would you consider a professional weakness of yours?

Compatibility

6.Why do you want to work for Meta?

Accomplishment

7.What were you doing on your very best day at work?

Performance Based

8.Tell us about a time where you got really involved in your work.

Compatibility

9.What will you contribute to Meta's mission and values?

Compatibility

10.Which of Meta Platforms' products and services are you most excited about?

Compatibility

11.Which of our platforms do you connect with most, and how frequently?

Compatibility

12.What makes you unique from the rest of the candidates in Meta's talent pool?

Teamwork

13.How well do you communicate with teams?

Problem Solving

14.How do you operate in an ambiguous and quickly changing environment? Are you comfortable making decisions and maintaining high levels of productivity when you are missing information or lack clarity?

Career Goals

15.What are your developmental priorities over the next 6 months?

Capability

16.How up to date are you on Meta's advancements with AI, AR, and VR?

Compatibility

17.What values form your character?

Experience

18.What is your greatest strength?

Creative Thinking

19.What does the word "innovation" mean to you?

Experience

20.What is the riskiest decision you've made in your career?

Job Satisfaction

21.What motivates you at work?

Adaptability

22.Do you prefer change or the status quo?

Compatibility

23.Why should Meta hire you?

Diversity

24.How much experience do you have working in a diverse and inclusive environment?

Performance Based

25.How do you manage your priorities when multitasking becomes necessary?

Teamwork

26.What have you contributed to your teams?

Stress

27.How do you manage your own stress, and the stress of your teammates, at work?

Creative Thinking

28.Do you consider yourself more of a left-brained or right-brained person?

Discovery

29.Tell me about yourself.

Communication

30.How would you describe what we do here at Meta?

Conflict

31.What kind of disagreements have you had with colleagues and/or managers? How have you resolved them? Can you empathize with people whose points of view differ radically from yours?

32.Do you take constructive criticism as an opportunity to improve? How have you approached improving your skills?

Performance Based

Facebook Mock Interview

What values form your character?

33Facebook Interview Questions & Answers

1.Tell me about a memorable team experience.

2.How do you balance your personal life with your work life?

3.What would you have done if we did not show up to this interview, today?

4.What do you believe were the biggest challenges Meta faced this year?

5.What would you consider a professional weakness of yours?

6.Why do you want to work for Meta?

7.What were you doing on your very best day at work?

8.Tell us about a time where you got really involved in your work.

9.What will you contribute to Meta's mission and values?

10.Which of Meta Platforms' products and services are you most excited about?

11.Which of our platforms do you connect with most, and how frequently?

12.What makes you unique from the rest of the candidates in Meta's talent pool?

13.How well do you communicate with teams?

14.How do you operate in an ambiguous and quickly changing environment? Are you comfortable making decisions and maintaining high levels of productivity when you are missing information or lack clarity?

15.What are your developmental priorities over the next 6 months?

16.How up to date are you on Meta's advancements with AI, AR, and VR?

17.What values form your character?

18.What is your greatest strength?

19.What does the word "innovation" mean to you?

20.What is the riskiest decision you've made in your career?

21.What motivates you at work?

22.Do you prefer change or the status quo?

23.Why should Meta hire you?

24.How much experience do you have working in a diverse and inclusive environment?

25.How do you manage your priorities when multitasking becomes necessary?

26.What have you contributed to your teams?

27.How do you manage your own stress, and the stress of your teammates, at work?

28.Do you consider yourself more of a left-brained or right-brained person?

29.Tell me about yourself.

30.How would you describe what we do here at Meta?

31.What kind of disagreements have you had with colleagues and/or managers? How have you resolved them? Can you empathize with people whose points of view differ radically from yours?

32.Do you take constructive criticism as an opportunity to improve? How have you approached improving your skills?

33.How do you demonstrate your impact to push yourself and others? Are you self-directed in reaching goals despite challenges and roadblocks?