Recruiter call - rs-hash/GETTHATJOB GitHub Wiki

Hi, this is Ramya, speaking. Thank you for calling! How are you today?

Thank you so much for your time, [Recruiter’s Name]. I really appreciate the information you’ve shared — this role sounds exciting, and I’m looking forward to the next steps.

1. Tell me about yourself

I'm a senior front end Engineer, I have been working for the last 8 years in web development My journey in software development began with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, which laid a solid foundation in programming and problem-solving skills. and I specialize in developing front end applications using Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS and in frameworks like React, Next.js, Angular and others.

Currently I'm working as a senior consultant for Ameriprise Financial on the ameriprise public site where I primarily work in React, I've developed reusable react components, worked on performance optimization, I led bandwidth optimization initiatives for Akamai, introduced Strict content security policy enforcement and addressed the issues, I always make sure the site is accessible and meets the accessibility standards. Also, followed test driven development, wrote unit tests and had code coverage above 80%.

Prior to that, I've worked for Oracle, Siemens, IBM where I led a project to revamp a legacy UI improving the design and user experience, which improved user engagement, Also I did performance enhancements, reducing page load times over 20% through techniques like lazy loading, caching, minification. I've Integrated Progressive Web App features to enable offline access, I've also mentored junior developers. Then at oracle, I've conducted project release security reviews for Oracle JET, I've been a SPOC for JET Security.

actually I was looking forward to this conversation. It's been a long-time goal of mine to contribute at a place like Meta — the opportunity to build products at this scale, while tackling complex challenges around performance and privacy, is something I deeply value.

What excites me about this role is the chance to work on systems that not only scale globally but also shape how people connect, share, and create. It’s meaningful work, and I’m really motivated by the kind of impact that comes with it.

2. Meta values

  1. Move Fast
  2. Build Awesome things
  3. Be direct & respect your colleagues
  4. Focus on long term impact
  5. Live in the future
  6. Meta, metamates, me

3. Why Meta

It's been a long-time goal of mine to contribute at a place like Meta — the opportunity to build products at this scale, while tackling complex challenges around performance and privacy, is something I deeply value.

What excites me about this role is the chance to work on systems that not only scale globally but also shape how people connect, share, and create. It’s meaningful work, and I’m really motivated by the kind of impact that comes with it.

When I explored Meta’s company values on the careers portal, I saw a strong alignment — especially with “Focus on long-term impact.” That really resonated with me because I believe in building systems that are sustainable, scalable, and performance-driven, not just quick fixes.

I’m also drawn to the culture of moving fast, taking ownership, and staying bold. It’s the kind of environment where engineers are empowered to solve real problems and grow quickly — and that’s exactly the kind of team I want to be a part of.

I’m thrilled to work with a company whose products touch billions of people every day — whether it’s Facebook, WhatsApp, or Instagram. The scale and impact are incredible, and being part of something that shapes how the world connects is really exciting to me.

I’m also drawn to the culture of moving fast, taking ownership, and staying bold. It’s the kind of environment where engineers are empowered to solve real problems and grow quickly — and that’s exactly the kind of team I want to be a part of.

5. Questions to recruiter

Yes, thank you — I do have a few questions. I’d love to learn more about the team culture and expectations, as well as how success is measured in this role.

  1. whats the typical work week like here?
  2. What brought you to this company? what has been most challenging for you?
  3. What are some of the challenges that someone would face at this role?
  4. what's your favourite part about working here?
  5. Can you tell me about the opportunities for career advancement here?

6. push out interview

I wanted to check how much flexibility there is in the interview timeline. When are you hoping to fill this role? I have some prior commitments, including a planned vacation in early July, and was hoping to see if it's possible to schedule the interview for the third or fourth week of July, or possibly sometime in the next two months.

Of course, I completely understand if timelines are tight, and I want to make sure that asking for a later date doesn’t affect my candidacy. Please let me know what’s possible, and I’ll do my best to align accordingly.

Could you share a bit about what to expect in the coding round? Will it be more general algorithmic questions like LeetCode-style problems, or will it focus on frontend-specific challenges that involve data structures and UI concepts?

7.Salary

Based on my experience as a Senior Frontend Engineer and market standards, I’d expect the compensationto be in range of ''. If you have a range in mind, I’d be happy to review and respond.

12. What's your visa status

currenttly on H1B, I would require H1B transfer

LLAMA

I've been really fascinated by the developments around LLaMA models, especially since Meta made them more accessible for research and commercial experimentation. While I haven't directly implemented LLaMA in production yet, I’ve spent time understanding how it fits into the modern LLM landscape.

I’ve explored the concepts around MCP servers (Model Context Protocol), which enable a consistent interface for large models like LLaMA to be integrated across different apps and tools. I’m also familiar with tools like Ollama for running LLaMA locally, and how you might connect it to a frontend like Next.js via API routes or streaming mechanisms.

At a high level, I understand how you’d structure a full-stack setup: hosting LLaMA behind a local or remote inference endpoint, using Next.js API routes as a proxy, and building a lightweight UI for interaction. I’m eager to translate this understanding into hands-on work — it's something I’m planning to explore more deeply in upcoming projects.

8. How would you positively contribute to meta?

With 8 years of experience building and scaling high-performance frontend applications, I bring a strong product mindset, deep React expertise, and a user-first approach. I can contribute to Meta by improving UI performance, accessibility, and maintainability at scale. I also prioritize cross-functional collaboration and have consistently helped bridge communication between engineering, product, and design — which I know is key at Meta. I thrive in high-impact environments, and I’m excited to bring that energy to teams solving for billions of users

9. why would you want to leave your current company?

I've had a great experience at my current company — I’ve grown technically and led several successful frontend initiatives. But I’m now looking for a bigger challenge, where I can work on products with a global scale and impact. Meta’s engineering culture, emphasis on innovation, and focus on performance and design excellence really align with the kind of environment I want to be part of

10. What are your strengths

  1. UI/UX Sensitivity: I have a strong eye for usability and detail, which helps me catch design inconsistencies early and contribute to better user experiences.

4. Weakness

I have a tendency to fully complete a feature or task before seeking feedback. While this helps me stay focused and deliver quickly, I’ve learned that getting earlier input — even on partial work — leads to better alignment and less rework. I’m now building more iteratively and looping in stakeholders earlier to improve collaboration and outcomes.

Ameriprise

Working for Ameriprise.com - site is accessed by individuals, corporate and third party. Applocation is internally hosted on IBM infrastructure and the CDN is handled by Akamai. This is dependent on the platform Bloomreach and i shosted in AWS East data center

  1. Scalability: I specialize in writing performant, scalable frontend code that is easy to maintain and extend.

  2. Collaboration: I’ve led cross-team initiatives and mentored junior developers, contributing to stronger teams.

  3. Adaptability: I’ve worked in both fast-moving startups and structured enterprise environments — I adapt quickly while staying productive.

11. why are you fit for this role - my top skills ( in my role here - in did X Y Z which resulted in

I'm a fit because I have a strong track record of solving complex frontend problems at scale. For example, in my current role, I led the migration of our core product from AngularJS to React. I architected a modular component system that reduced code duplication by 30%, and improved load time by 40%. I also introduced a design token system in collaboration with Design Systems, which made our UI more consistent and accessible. That experience directly aligns with the kind of frontend engineering Meta values — shipping fast while maintaining high code and UX standards

13. Llama - AI models

LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) is Meta’s open-weight LLM series designed to be more efficient and accessible than some larger models. I know Meta released LLaMA 2 with a focus on responsible open access and performance in downstream tasks. LLaMA 3 was recently released as well, with major improvements in reasoning and multilingual capabilities. While I don’t work in AI directly, I’m fascinated by how these models are being integrated into consumer-facing products — and how frontend engineers like me can help build intuitive UIs for interacting with AI in real-time.

14. You said you have experience at this job, tells us more about what your role was and what responsibilities you have

I’m currently a Senior Frontend Engineer working in the [e.g., e-commerce or SaaS] domain. I lead frontend architecture, contribute to technical design documents, mentor junior engineers, and work closely with backend and product teams. I focus on building performant, accessible, and reusable UI components. I’ve owned multiple high-impact features end-to-end — from technical scoping to post-release monitoring

15. something I worked on recently that I was proud of

Recently, I led a major initiative to revamp our product's onboarding experience. The previous flow had high drop-off rates and wasn't mobile-friendly. I collaborated closely with product, design, and data teams to redesign the experience, implemented it using React with a focus on performance and accessibility, and introduced lazy loading and form state persistence for a smoother experience."

"We A/B tested the rollout, and the new onboarding flow improved completion rates by 28% and reduced time to first action by over 40%. It was a great example of how frontend engineering, when aligned tightly with product goals, can have a real impact on user experience and business metrics. I also mentored a junior dev during the project, which was a proud moment for me in terms of leadership.

16. if I’d mentored, influenced across multiple teams, tools vs architecture day to day

17. Long term career goals

Long term, I want to grow into a staff or principal engineering role where I can influence architecture across multiple teams and mentor other engineers at scale. I’m also passionate about creating inclusive products and contributing to internal tooling or design systems that improve engineering velocity and consistency. I see Meta as a place where I can do that — contribute meaningfully while continuing to learn and grow

18. what resources did you use to learn latest front end, how do you keep yourself updated

"I stay up to date through a mix of hands-on experimentation and curated learning. For day-to-day updates, I follow freecodecamp, fireship, JSmaster, web.dev, key newsletters like Frontend Focus, JavaScript Weekly, and CSS-Tricks (now part of DigitalOcean). I also regularly check updates from the React and MDN blogs, and I watch relevant talks from conferences like React Conf and Chrome Dev Summit."

"For deeper dives, I use platforms like Frontend Masters, Egghead, and YouTube channels like Fireship and Theo Browne’s tech commentary. I also stay active on GitHub and Twitter/X to follow trending libraries and patterns. Lately, I’ve been hands-on exploring server components, React 19 changes, and tooling improvements with Vite and Turbopack."

"But honestly, the most valuable learning comes from building side projects and contributing to internal design systems or tooling. That forces me to explore new specs like CSS Subgrid, container queries, or accessibility practices in real-world contexts."

3. Common QA

Common Questions Ameriprise Oracle Siemens
Challenges * Recently for Ameriprise website the Akamai Bandwidth exceeded the max limit of 50TB in month of October * came up with a short term and long term plan to address the issue * We were informed that the vendor.js alone consumed 3.5to 4TB a month * optimized images, fonts * There was a sudden spike in the bandwidth consumption from 8TB to 15B almost 90%. * I created a file size and bandwidth analysis from June to August when spike happened and noticed that vendor.css file size increase was 0% but bandwidth increased to 500% which denotes that the file size increase alone did not contribute to spike * Removed redundant styles from header footer and added a common style * Optimized imports / import cost * corejs - useBuiltins usage addsto the top of each import of polyfills for features used in the file ( only includes polyfills which actually it uses * Updated webpack * Removed jquery dependency * lodash, moment * maxEntryPointSize, maxAssetSize Even 1 KB increase would contribute to 2GB additional bandwidth cost since it's for 2 million users, even a small contribution woldd have significant impact when scaled to large volume Data Data
Mistakes/Failures One mistake I made early in my career was when I rushed to deliver a requirement within a tight sprint timeline. I quickly took the initial requirements and completed the full implementation within two weeks. However, when I presented the changes to the stakeholders, they had additional feedback and requested several adjustments. This led to significant rework.I realized that I could have avoided a lot of that by involving QA and stakeholders earlier in the process—either through interim demos or early feedback loops. Since then, I’ve made it a habit to validate assumptions early and frequently to ensure alignment and reduce rework. Data Data
Enjoyed I loved seeing real user metrics improve after performance enhancements, especially on high-traffic pages. Working with tools like Lighthouse and CrUX gave me tangible feedback on my work. Mentoring teammates and leading initiatives gave me a strong sense of ownership and impact. Data Data
Leadership Led frontend strategy for high-impact features and guided the team through major upgrades. Mentored junior devs, emphasizing clean code and long-term maintainability. Took ownership of cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment between design, dev, and product. Data Data
Conflicts Designers proposed showing error messages on clicking a visually disabled button. I opposed it, highlighting that it's misleading and violates accessibility principles (WCAG).We resolved it by collaboratively designing an alternative that preserved clarity and compliance. Data Data
What you'd do differently Involve stakeholders earlier to avoid misalignment on performance trade-offs.Automate performance regression testing as part of CI/CD.Invest more time in documentation to make onboarding and handoffs smoother. Data Data

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  1. Walk through your resume
  2. Tell me about your current day-to-day as a developer
  3. Why meta
  4. Why interested in this role
  1. connect past experience with this
  1. How would you positively contribute to meta?
  2. why would you want to leave your current company?
  3. What are your strengths
  4. why are you fit for this role - my top skills ( in my role here - in did X Y Z which resulted in
  5. mission vison values -
  6. Behavioral Q/A
  7. Visa- H1B, H1B transfer
  8. Salary
  9. relocate - city preference

  10. Questions from you

  1. whats the typical work week like here?
  2. how is it like to work in meta?
  3. What aresome of the challenges you foresee in the next 6 months that someone in this position will be working on?
  4. what's your faviourite part about working here?
  1. Llama - AI models
  2. You said you have experience at this job, tells us more about what your role was and what responsibilities you have
  3. How much experience do you have with this library?
  4. They also ask you about the level you are in, are you managing any team something like that to map you to the correct level at Meta
  5. Discuss with the recruiter to see how long you can push out.
  6. something I worked on recently that I was proud of and a few questions to feel out what level I am in their scale, I.e. if I’d mentored, influenced across multiple teams, tools vs architecture day to day
  7. What do your React skills look like?
  8. Long term career goals
  9. Discuss projects
  10. Explain why you're interested in Meta and the role
  11. Any questions
  12. Interview timeline
  13. Behavioral questions
  1. highlight from each company - how its useful to the current position, connect to why im here today
  2. thier mission,value
  3. I'm excited for this position because

I'm super excited to talk to you since it's a dream for me to contribute to Meta since its an honour to build producs for billions while pushing the boundaries of performance, privacy.

I'm excited about this role because it's a chance to work on systems that don’t just scale globally, but actually help people connect and create in better ways.

I’m a senior front-end engineer with 8+ years of experience building high-performance, secure, and scalable web applications across enterprise and consumer-facing products. Most recently at Ameriprise, I led performance optimization efforts that reduced vendor.js by over 40%, saving several GBs of bandwidth monthly and directly improving page speed and user engagement. I’ve also spearheaded upgrades like Webpack 5 migration, introduced strict CSP enforcement, and developed Core Web Vitals–optimized experiences for millions of users.

At Oracle, I built and deployed a reusable enterprise-grade component system and ensured accessibility and security across critical web platforms. My experience spans React, Angular, Oracle JET, and includes building PWA apps, CI/CD performance tooling, and even multilingual UIs for IBM Watson. Across roles, I’ve been the one to step up — whether it’s solving CDN-level issues, modernizing legacy systems, or mentoring teams on performance-first thinking.

What brings me here today is Meta’s scale and mission — building products for billions while pushing the boundaries of performance, privacy, and developer enablement. I thrive in solving high-leverage front-end problems, especially those at the edge of infra and experience.

I’m excited for this position because it’s a chance to contribute to systems that not only scale globally but elevate how people connect and create — and I’m ready to bring that same ownership and impact mindset to Meta.