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Tell me about a difficult technical challenge you faced in the past, and how your learnings would be relevant to Meta

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Anonymous

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At Fuchsia I was in charge of ensuring the infield migration of smart display devices from Linux to Fuchsia was successful. This was something nobody else had done before and there was no previous information on how to tackle the problem.
Rather than looking at a problem as a whole I decided to split the problem into several pieces. How to trigger an upgrade event without physical access to the device. How to instruct the update engine running on the device to communicate with the testing endpoint. How to track successful upgrades and recover from failed ones.
Every small problem, although difficult by itself, was more manageable when working with field experts in electronics, services, and firmware.
The knowledge I obtained from working on this project was tackling difficult problems splitting it into smaller, more manageable pieces. This approach simplifies solving complex problems. The ability of splitting difficult problems into smaller and simpler tasks would be useful to solve complex problems at Meta where there is no known solution yet.

Anonymous

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One of my significant accomplishments as Program Manager was leading the development of a complex electromechanical module for HP. The project involved developing and producing a huge electromechanical module for a high-speed large format printer.
I oversaw the entire Product Development Process, from requirements gathering and design to development, testing, deployment, and mass production release.
The Key aspects of this project included
1.Strategic planning: I developed a plan including the project Objectives, scope, and deliverables, as well as timelines, milestones, and resource requirements.
2.Stakeholders management: I engaged with key stakeholders such as business leaders, external vendors, and customers to keep them all on the same page, ensure alignment, and address concerns.
3.Risk Management: Identifying potential risks and challenges associated with product performance, compatibility with external modules, material availability, etc.
4.Collaboration and Communication: I facilitated collaboration and communication among cross-functional teams involved in the project, including engineering, operations staff, and materials, to ensure alignment.
5.Quality Assurance: Implementing robust testing processes and quality assurance measures to ensure reliability and performance.
6.Mass production release: Worked with all operational teams to ensure material and factory readiness to launch the program to mass production
Finally, the project was released on time and satisfied all stakeholders, internal and customer. This reinforced the importance of clear and transparent communication between stakeholders to drive successful technical outcomes and foster a collaborative team environment.

Anonymous

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S:in   recent times . B0 steppinjg silicon coming with minor   changes in soc die.functional content was working fine on A0 stepping.its   time to validate presilicon with   B0with new reset and ucode.all the   contents are now failing   T:goal is   to keep content ready and working presilicon for a 24hours customer facing   power ON    A:Compared   A0 logs with B0 logs from simulation .Found that Fuse string and something   changed on ucode code . Plugged in Fuse string on new environment for B0 and   re ran simulation, the fail still persist . So, ruled out Fuse changes   causing the fail . Next is Ucode obviously , but what in ucode caused the   change is the question .I compared ucode log with A step passing ucode log by comparing step by step in   instructions to see where actually the code got deviated .i was able to point   out that new ucode model is running a   Acode communication signal from ucode by sending u2a mailbox and contacted ucode team   immideatly with the issue and got a patmod with disabling the communication   when running functional content.   R:this   made my content pass presilicon validations and ready for customer facing   silicon bringup.Content is up with in 24hours with quality and on time   ungating the milestone!
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