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Part 1/2 - Mastering the Meta Behavioral Interview

Engineering Culture and Leveling at Meta

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Prasad Rao and Austen McDonald
Apr 17, 2025
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"In the first of this two-part series, I partnered with Prasad to share the mindset and tactics you need to prepare for a behavioral interview at Meta. I trained 100s of Meta behavioral interviewers while I was there and these two posts contain the insights I share with my private behavioral coaching clients. Subscribe to Prasad's newsletter too, since he shares regular guidance on behavioral interviews."
- Austen McDonald

Hey, Prasad here 👋 I'm the voice behind the weekly newsletter "Big Tech Careers."

This week I bring you a guest post from Austen McDonald, a former Senior Engineering Manager and Hiring Committee Chair at Meta and now the author of the Mastering the Behavioral Interview newsletter.

With over 1,000 big tech interviews conducted and 200+ behavioral interview mentees, he’s truly earned his LinkedIn tagline, “Behavioral Interview Enthusiast.” If you have a Meta interview loop coming up, this is an invaluable resource on how best to prepare.

If you like the article, click the ❤️ icon. That helps me know you enjoy reading my content.

Over to you, Austen!


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Austen McDonald
Behavioral Interview Enthusiast and Former Senior Software Engineering Manager at Meta. Author of Mastering Behavioral Interviews. In 9y at FB, I supported 200+ engineers across multiple teams and chaired the iOS and Android hiring committees.
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