From e8bf6b1da885d44fc0e48ae2563626745b5e3cfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yangshun Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:54:47 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] website:reorganize FB Q&A section --- ...9-facebook-career-questions-and-answers.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/blog/2021-08-19-facebook-career-questions-and-answers.md b/website/blog/2021-08-19-facebook-career-questions-and-answers.md index 6109cb55..2f967f45 100644 --- a/website/blog/2021-08-19-facebook-career-questions-and-answers.md +++ b/website/blog/2021-08-19-facebook-career-questions-and-answers.md @@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ Referrals tend to have a higher visibility than someone who applies on the Caree I look through your transcript and resume and look for stuff that suggests you'd make a good employee. What things I look out for - excellent grades in the relevant modules, notable internships, interesting side projects, ICPC/IOI awards. Bonus: Open Source experience. I'm a huge fan of Open Source and if you have built something really cool that's Open Source, I'd refer you even if your grades are terrible. -### I'm an international student at SMU, does Facebook sponsor employment pass? - -IANAL. But we have had international students interning at Facebook before and are currently working at Facebook. Please check with the recruiter. ### Do I stand a good chance if I'm from a Info Systems background but gotten good grades for programming modules? Currently taking some CS modules now too. @@ -126,6 +123,16 @@ There are many IS folks who are good engineers. As long as you can demonstrate t As an interviewer for FB senior-ish candidates, I have seen some horrendously long resumes. So I would think single-page is not a hard rule, more of a recommendation. If you are exceeding a single page, then you are likely including too many things. [My own resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13c8KsKSsP5biJT8N70aLULyq-I5ywuWrxRxr2faQTK4/) is a 2-column one with small-ish font which I used in my last job hunt in 2017. It has got me replies from recruiters even before I started working at Facebook. + +### I'm an international student at SMU, does Facebook sponsor employment pass? + +IANAL. But we have had international students interning at Facebook before and are currently working at Facebook. Please check with the recruiter. + +### Am I eligible to work overseas in US/London/Canada? + +IANAR. If you're Singaporean, you'd have no problems working anywhere. If you're a foreign student, you could check with your seniors or just ask the recruiter when you get the chance. + + ## Interviews ### What's the interview process like? @@ -365,8 +372,6 @@ I'm very lucky that Software Engineering exists so that there's something meanin DSA. No DSA mastery, no passing of interviews, no Facebook job offer. -## Overseas Eligibility +--- -### Am I eligible to work overseas in US/London/Canada? - -IANAR. If you're Singaporean, you'd have no problems working anywhere. If you're a foreign student, you could check with your seniors or just ask the recruiter when you get the chance. +**_I am not a recruiter and I might have answered some of the recruiting or internship-related questions wrongly, read at your own risk. Opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the views of my employer._** \ No newline at end of file