Questions to ask managers during Meta Team Matching

Those questions are good. I put a few other questions here: What questions can I ask hiring managers at Meta during the team matching phase?

I will say: be mindful of the dynamic in the hiring manager call. The call should feel like an exciting exploration rather than an interrogation.

If you know the manager's name, look at their background. (See Here's How To Identify A Superstar Leader from a former Amazon VP, Ethan Evans)

• How long have they been at Meta, and what have they done in their career so far?
• Why did they decide to become a manager?

Agreed that these are good questions.

I like to ask them for a promotion story---how they helped someone at my level get promoted. That feels like one meaty question to explore multiple aspects of them as a manager, which can serve to give you a broad overview without interrogating them, as Rahul mentioned. I would especially want to hear this if they are newer to management or newer to Meta.

I would also encourage you to identify what's important to you in a team/manager vs just what are some good questions to ask.

I think your questions are already good. Let me give you some techniques to build social capital.

First, modify wording to cause the listener to imagine you succeeding. Instead of "How long is ramp up?" Ask: "On this team, what sorts of activities and timelines would indicate that I'm ramping up and contributing at or above level?"

Second, let me +1 this particular question which will open the path to "people conversations" where you can begin to grow social capital immediately:
> What is the team distribution, everyone's level, and how do people interact with each other?

This should create conversations around personalities, communication, work style, and leadership dynamics. Perfect. Now you get to execute four tactics:
1. Reverse Charisma: Don't try to be impressive. Act like you are impressed. Act appreciative and interested. Human reciprocity naturally kicks in and the other person will view you as interesting, even if you barely talk.
2. Continue to "pull the thread" with follow-up questions so the EM ends up talking about their own views, preferences, and interests.
3. Mirror, agree, and smile. Smile with your physical face and also in your tone of voice. Don't agree blindly ofc - look for areas of agreement and pull the thread in those areas. When they call out an opinion or interest you agree with, be explicit that you agree or find the comment interesting.
4. Maintain common sense and a positive environment: Don't complain about prior coworkers, companies, projects, clients, etc.

gg, u win