Meta Product Designer Interview Questions
& Process
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Meta.
Meta
Product Designer
Mid Very difficult Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Onsite Panel
Interview formats
Presentation Technical Group Other
1st round with Sr. designer - Standard portfolio presentation. 2nd round with a panel of 2 Sr. designers and 1 manager - This was split into 4 parts: portfolio presentation, app critique, background, and design challenge. This was the most difficult and thorough interview process I've ever been through, but it was also the most professional and transparent. The recruiter was very helpful in answering all of my questions. All of the interviewers were clear about their expectations and created a really fun and safe space. If the interview process is any sign of Meta's standards, the caliber and quality of designers are top-notch.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What experience did you have with the design system, and how did you partner with the design system team?
Meta
Product Designer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds About 2 weeks
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Presentation
There's a standard screening call with the recruiter to confirm you're a real human (in this case, the recruiter reached out to me cold). After that, there was a portfolio review, which they also call a phone screen, for an hour. This was odd because the person interviewing me had no connection to the area I was interviewing for, and was also way less experienced than me. He was nice, but he managed to bring up that Meta has gotten a lot of negative press recently twice during the call, and when I asked him what excites him most about his job, he just said "the people." He'd recently been moved to a less exciting part of the company (ads billing or something) and sounded pretty unenthused. It was easy to tell that morale is low there right now. Interviewing with someone who has less experience than you is always interesting, but when the gap is huge, it turns into a totally different conversation than you'd have with someone more senior. I could tell he was just checking questions off a list, listening carefully for me to explain my role on projects, and focusing on the process story and case study. I'm a programmer and a designer. I design and build things. AI stuff, advanced apps that use computer vision, voice, multimodal input, RAG pipelines, NLP, etc. I know what I'm doing, and I'm good at it. This kid built... ledgers or something. We were galaxies apart in qualifications, and I feel kind of cheated having had him as my interviewer. It was extremely disappointing overall.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Let's walk through a few pieces of your work
- What exactly was your role and involvement on this project
- Why did you choose this or that particular design approach
Meta
Product Designer
Lead Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds About 2 months
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Presentation Other
The recruiter first contacted me in 2020. After passing several interview rounds, the process ended with no follow-up, probably because the pandemic had just started. Then in 2022, a recruiter reached out again and I passed all the interviews once more, but this time I was told there was a hiring freeze. Even though they said I was eligible for an offer for a year and that I was at the top of their list, nothing happened. In 2024, I applied on my own and quickly moved through the stages, getting positive feedback. But after the on-site interview, they said I wasn’t the best fit for that role and that they’d reach out if a better role showed up. Later, when I saw a job posting that seemed like a better fit, I contacted the recruiter, but they told me the role was already closed (even though it’s still listed on their website when I write this review) and that I couldn’t apply to any of their jobs again for a year. Even though my interactions with the design team were positive, the overall recruitment process has been chaotic, unpredictable, and really lacking clear communication. I feel disrespected and I won’t be pursuing any more opportunities with this company.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about a time when you had to handle a difficult stakeholder.
- How did you define and track success?
Meta Product Designer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Meta interview reports.
“Yelp App - Lots of questions, but one was - The bookmarking icon was the same as the Collections icon - why do I think they chose to make them the same icon?”
Read reports →“Why do you think they made this choice? What do you think is the rationale behind this layout?”
Read reports →“App Critique (Picked Yelp): What new feature would you create or design to make Yelp feel more social?”
Read reports →“Q: How do you make sure your mechanical designs stay in sync with the electrical hardware designs?”
Read reports →“What was the main driver that got siloed teams to come together and create this shared vision?”
Read report →“Can you walk me through the journey of a user when they are using the app?”
Read report →“What would you choose as your one superpower? What is something you’d prefer to hand off to someone else to do?”
Read report →“They made a lot of assumptions and basically asked in a more PC way: You didn’t go to a design school, so how did you end up in design?”
Read report →“What features would you concentrate on, or what kind of product strategy would you put together for this app over the next year?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 238 Meta interview reports.