????Facebook不同于谷歌（Google），這一點(diǎn)對(duì)希望進(jìn)入Facebook工作的工程師們來說是一大福音。Facebook無需應(yīng)聘者擁有斯坦福大學(xué)（Stanford）或卡內(nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)（Carnegie Mellon）的計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)學(xué)位；或者擁有博士學(xué)位以及近乎完美的平均分；或許連學(xué)術(shù)能力評(píng)估考試（SAT）成績單的復(fù)印件也不需要。畢竟，F(xiàn)acebook是由大學(xué)中途輟學(xué)、熱衷黑客精神的學(xué)生、而不是致力于研究海量網(wǎng)頁相關(guān)性等看似復(fù)雜難題的博士生們創(chuàng)辦的。

????壞消息是：不需要上述各種資歷證明，并不是說就可以輕松獲得Facebook的工程師職位。

????隨著Facebook的不斷發(fā)展，馬克?扎克伯格不再擔(dān)任編碼工作，轉(zhuǎn)而擔(dān)任公司的管理工作，這就需要源源不斷地招聘工程師。應(yīng)聘者不僅要精通程序設(shè)計(jì)，而且要接受Facebook尊崇的黑客精神。許多人成功地通過了Facebook繁復(fù)的招聘流程，而其招聘對(duì)象并不僅僅局限于那些知名學(xué)府。Facebook技術(shù)總監(jiān)喬斯林?戈德費(fèi)恩稱：“相對(duì)于斯坦福大學(xué)排第30名的學(xué)生，我們寧愿選擇德克薩斯大學(xué)（U.T.）或中佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)（University of Central Florida）的頭名畢業(yè)生。”招聘人員無法前往的大學(xué)，F(xiàn)acebook設(shè)計(jì)了編程難題，學(xué)生們可以嘗試給出解決方案，從而得到Facebook的關(guān)注。

????接下來，有幸通過首輪篩選的學(xué)生需要做好充分的準(zhǔn)備，展現(xiàn)自己的黑客才能：第一次面試將會(huì)涉及到編碼，而不是20世紀(jì)90年代由微軟公司（Microsoft）首先使用的智力測試題。戈德費(fèi)恩稱：“編碼測試會(huì)讓應(yīng)聘者的實(shí)際能力展露無遺，因此，對(duì)我們重點(diǎn)考察的候選者來說，這是第一個(gè)立竿見影的測驗(yàn)?！?/p>

????通過編碼測試的應(yīng)聘者將受邀到Facebook公司，參加四輪緊湊的結(jié)構(gòu)化面試。毫無疑問，應(yīng)聘者將接受更多的編碼測試。戈德費(fèi)恩稱，其中的兩場面試是純粹的編程測試。另外兩次面試則主要針對(duì)應(yīng)聘者的實(shí)際能力：“解決棘手的問題”和“技術(shù)問題”。面試官將至少利用其中的一次面試，從“行為學(xué)”角度判斷應(yīng)聘者解決、分析問題和尋求幫助的能力。

????目前，谷歌CEO拉里?佩奇仍會(huì)審核每一份《入職通知書》；與谷歌公司不同，扎克伯格通常不會(huì)參與《入職通知書》的審核事宜。但是，有關(guān)面試的詳細(xì)報(bào)告將會(huì)提交至（由Facebook頂級(jí)技術(shù)專家組成的）招聘評(píng)審委員會(huì)。戈德費(fèi)恩表示，“應(yīng)聘者被淘汰的原因大多是因?yàn)樗麄兊募夹g(shù)水平不過關(guān)?！?/p>

????但是，有一個(gè)方法可以讓你繞開整個(gè)招聘流程：那就是成立一家初創(chuàng)公司，并用產(chǎn)品和發(fā)展速度來吸引扎克伯格或其他高管的注意，當(dāng)然黑客精神也依然必不可少。近年來，F(xiàn)acebook收購了28家以上的公司，主要原因便是覬覦它們的工程師資源。多數(shù)情況下，F(xiàn)acebook會(huì)放棄這些初創(chuàng)公司的產(chǎn)品。硅谷給這種傳統(tǒng)并購的變異體命名為：員工收購（acq-hire）或人才收購。

????雖然這種代價(jià)高昂的招聘活動(dòng)并不是Facebook的首創(chuàng)，但是它在Facebook的制度化程度無人能出其右。而且，在有些人才收購中，被收購企業(yè)的員工最終發(fā)展成為扎克伯格最得力的副手。事實(shí)上，在扎克伯格五位負(fù)責(zé)關(guān)鍵產(chǎn)品領(lǐng)域的直接下屬中，有兩位便是在各自企業(yè)被收購時(shí)加盟Facebook：前谷歌員工、社交聚合網(wǎng)站FriendFeed聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人布萊特?泰勒，以及扎克伯格就讀哈佛大學(xué)時(shí)的哥們、文件共享服務(wù)提供商Drop.io創(chuàng)始人薩姆?列森。扎克伯格在2010年的一次采訪中表示，發(fā)掘熱衷黑客精神的企業(yè)家型人才，這種招聘方法絕對(duì)物超所值。他說：“如果一個(gè)人能在自己的職位上實(shí)現(xiàn)卓越，跟那些表現(xiàn)出色的人相比，他們的優(yōu)勢(shì)可不止一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，甚至可以說是天壤之別?！?/p>

????譯者：喬樹靜/汪皓

????For engineers hoping to land a job at Facebook, here's the good news: Facebook is not Google. You don't need a computer science degree from Stanford or Carnegie Mellon. You don't need a Ph.D. You don't need a quasi-perfect GPA, and you may not have to chase copies of your SAT transcript. After all, Facebook was started by a college dropout with a passion for hacking, not by a pair of doctoral students working on the seemingly intractable problem of finding relevance in a sea of Web pages.

????Now here is the bad news: none of that means joining Facebook's engineering ranks is easy.

????As the company has grown, and Mark Zuckerberg has moved from coder to curator, he has needed a never-ending supply of engineers who are not only smart programmers but also embrace Facebook's hacker ethos. Many have come through the company's vast recruiting operation, which has reached well beyond the top schools. "I'd rather have the top student out of U.T. or University of Central Florida than the 30th best from Stanford," says Jocelyn Goldfein, an engineering director. To reach students in schools where it cannot send interviewers, Facebook has set up online programming puzzles that students can try to solve in hopes of getting noticed.

????Those lucky enough to make the first cut should be prepared to show their hacker chops: the first interview will involve coding, not brainteasers first popularized by Microsoft (MSFT) in the 1990s. "There's no hand-waving your way through a coding interview," Goldfein says. "So it's just sort of a great first litmus test that we're dealing with someone serious."

????Those who pass that test will get invited to Facebook proper for a series of four tightly scripted interviews where, no surprise, more coding will be expected. Indeed, two of the interviews are purely programming exercises, says Goldfein. The other two will depend on the expertise of a candidate, but they will involve "solving hard problems" and "engaging on a technical level," she says. In at least one of the interviews, Facebook will be taking a "behavioral" look at how candidates tackle a problem, how they break it down, how they ask for help.

????Unlike Google (GOOG), where CEO Larry Page still reviews every offer, Zuckerberg is not typically involved in approving most hires. But detailed reports from the interviews go up to a hiring review committee of Facebook's top technologists. "The most common reason for us to pass on a candidate is that they just are not up to the technical bar," Goldfein says.

????There is, however, a way to bypass this whole process: start a company that gets noticed by Zuck or his top managers for its product, its speed and, of course, its own hacker ethos. Over the years, Facebook has acquired more than 28 companies largely for their engineers. In most cases, it killed the startups' products. Silicon Valley has a name for this peculiar twist on the traditional M&A: the acq-hire, or talent acquisition.

????While Facebook didn't invent this costly recruiting practice, it has institutionalized it more than any other company. And some of its talent acquisitions have produced hires that became Zuckerberg's closest deputies. Indeed, two of Zuckerberg's five direct reports who oversee key product areas joined Facebook when their companies were acquired: Bret Taylor, a Google veteran and co-founder of the social aggregator FriendFeed, and Sam Lessin, a buddy of Zuckerber's from the Harvard days who founded Drop.io, a file-sharing service. In a 2010 interview, Zuckerberg said this approach to recruiting top entrepreneurial -- read hacker-friendly -- talent was well worth the price."Someone who is exceptional in their role is not just a little better than someone who is pretty good," he said. "They are 100 times better."