Applied to a job at Facebook that I’m definitely underqualified for. Worried that this may hurt my chances in the future for a role that is more up my alley. Did I mess up or am I overthinking?

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Overthinking it

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FB is such a big org that I’d honestly be very surprised if different teams had coordinated recruiting oversight. If the teams are close enough then the same set of recruiters might oversee hiring for both, but even then I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

I can’t speak to specific stats, but I know of multiple cases where a candidate was not qualified for a particular role, or would have been a better fit elsewhere, so the candidate’s application was ‘transferred’ to a different role.

TL;DR: I think you’re better off taking a chance with this role vs. waiting for a future ‘perfect’ role

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Thanks for the thorough response

Overthinking. You’ll get overlooked and in a year they’ll come back

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Take your chances and roll with it

You can only apply for 3 roles/year at FB. So you'll be fine.

FB1, I have a role that I'm a good fit. It's still open but is 3 weeks old. Would you mind talking over DM about it?

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