lots of blogs have covered this stuff. Here’s one that covers how to push the buttons of the people your interviewing with, all the way up the ladder. Links for similar articles regarding your resume, the phone screen and beyond are included as well.
Facebook seeks a valuation of 10 billion dollars. They are looking to raise $50 to $250 M from investors. That means $250M will only buy investors < 2.5% stake in the company.
“The prevailing wisdom from other VCs was that Facebook would probably be capped at a $200-300M exit, and hence a 2-3X return was not high enough to justify the risk, given the youth and inexperience of the Facebook founders. ”
VCs didn’t spend enough time on Facebook.