"We really focus on hiring for skills as opposed to experience," Gale said. "We're trying to find the people who are doing interesting things no matter where they are."
Instead, he advised focusing on honing your passion and mastering your chosen field.
"If you just focus on that and you become really, really great at it and kind of build a reputation, then I think you're going to have a great chance at landing somewhere like Facebook," he said. "It boils down to being super passionate about what you do, whether it's software engineering or hardware engineering."
Kalinowski adds that it's important for more senior candidates to have specialized skills.
"I don't want to hire an entire team of perfectly well-rounded engineers who can all do the same stuff equally well," she said. "My personal philosophy, which dovetails nicely with the Facebook philosophy, is, I want high points. I'm looking for someone who's shown a particular skill in a certain area."
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