The One Time I Rejected a Job Offer from Meta

This is the story of the time I interviewed with Meta, got a job offer and rejected it. Although this was a while ago, I’m sharing this story for two reasons:
1. I was recently reminiscing about it and wondering if I had made the right decision rejecting it at the time.
2. My experience may be beneficial to you if you’re going through something similar.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:20 The Role at Meta
02:33 The Interview Process
04:46 Why I Rejected It?
06:52 Do I Regret My Decision?
08:00 Lessons Learned

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ABOUT ME:
My name is Tamer Shaheen, and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!

[lasangrecibaeno]

I am always amazed at your experiences as a mechanical engineer. You could talk for hours and I would never get bored. I am studying electrical engineering/IT, and I am impressed with what mechanical engineers do. Brains over brawn any day for me. Tamer, I am 110% impressed with you and PLEASE continue sharing your life with us. You are amazingly talented, bro!

[paulson_huynh]

surely in another universe you wouldve made a video called "i wish i hadnt accepted a job offer from meta"

[chaiilu]

Startups always hire people as fulltime for about a year or two,
make you pass probation and settle you in thinking your really in a stable company,
but once you have done their work that they wanted you for their project
they kick you out.

Its a dirty trick and have seen it myself few times.
One startup was 5 years old and they still did they same trick.

[LordAbe]

This is a case where you learn from mistakes in the past. I personally wouldn't classify your decision as a mistake as the Serve Robotics role would have been pretty enticing given the reasons you mentioned. It is funny how the offer they gave you came full circle as to what your future plans are now though (referring to your decision regarding whether to pursue your masters in something like CE).

[AD-ovrt]

You can also just ask what their start up funding is during interview. How they answer will tell you what the health of the start up is pretty quickly.

[chinmay-rume]

Watching you for a while, today i got into my undergrad engineering course at a top uni

[khairulhaaziq]

Great sharing Tamer, I wonder though why you said the tech market will go back up eventually?

[ReussirSonProjetEtudesAuCanada]

Hey Tamer, do you mind making a video on new grad job hunting tips.

[hasanbaig]

9:17 how exactly would you keep in contact with that connection? This is more of a general question as I am newer to the industry so I’m curious how to keep these kind of connections long term.

Also is the point about applying to big tech companies through contracting companies also true for coops? (I’m a UW Eng student for some context)

[ZEUS-fwsc]

Starts ups are extremely risky very unstable I lost my job the managers lied several times management lied about funding I got screwed

[reigndrops]

Typo at 8:34, start ups with >$10 million?

[Moneymindsetuniversity-sg]

Please make a video about consultanting engineering

[fizzlid]

When I saw the title I was like "Meta? What 'mechanical' stuff do they even do?" 😅

[Omar-klxp]

Ahaha I wish the job market of today would be the same as 2021 job market .

[bryanit]

Hey, how did you apply for an intern position with no work experience or skill…or did you have ?

[sheharyarahmad]

After all these experiences you started project AMG ❤ but what happened to that project??

[nR-kvxo]

saying "uni" is such an ontario thing to say

[AndiPlays]

I find recruiters are not very knowledgeable. They'll sign you up to interview at places that don't fit you.

[naseerNas-yf]

Sir now are you working in a company or not

[DarkCastleBoy]

U know advantage of being a Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineer Is that u guys actually have lots of companies and diverse opportunities but As a Civil Engineer it's like total handicap jobs are limited and it requires Eternal Experience like 10 to 20 years just to get an average job in Civil Engineering 🤦🏻‍♂️