Overview

• Business Insider reports it verified Manoj Tumu’s employment and total compensation and published his advice in a late-August essay.
• Tumu joined Meta in June as a machine learning software engineer on the advertising research team, where his work blends implementation with a heavier emphasis on research.
• He describes a hiring process that began with a screening call and progressed through four to six rounds covering coding, machine learning, and behavioral questions over about six weeks.
• He says he applied without referrals via company sites or LinkedIn and argues that internships and professional experience carry more weight on résumés than personal projects.
• He urges candidates to prepare behavioral stories tied to company values rather than improvising and notes that choosing an early, lower-paying ML role helped open later opportunities.