Question 1

True or false: Sandberg's first job out of college was as a research assistant to economist Lawrence Summers.

Accepted Answer

True. After graduating Harvard in 1991, she worked for Summers, who later became her mentor and hired her at the Treasury Department.

Question 2

True or false: Sandberg's net worth exceeds $2 billion, making her one of the wealthiest self-made women in the world.

Accepted Answer

True. As of 2024, her net worth is estimated around $2.1 billion, largely from Facebook stock, ranking her among Forbes' richest self-made women.

Question 3

True or false: After her husband Dave Goldberg's sudden death, Sandberg publicly credited grief counseling with helping her write a book on resilience.

Accepted Answer

True. She wrote 'Option B' about building resilience after Goldberg's 2015 death, and credited professional counseling for helping her process grief.

Question 4

True or false: She was an early employee at Google and oversaw the launch of Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org.

Accepted Answer

True. Sandberg joined Google in 2001 and helped launch Google.org in 2004, serving as its vice president of global online sales and operations.

Question 5

True or false: Sheryl Sandberg was the first woman to serve on Facebook's board of directors.

Accepted Answer

False. She joined Facebook's board in 2012, but the first woman on Facebook's board was actually Susan Desmond-Hellmann in 2010.

Question 6

True or false: Sandberg declined an offer to become CEO of YouTube in 2010 before joining Facebook.

Accepted Answer

False. She was never offered the YouTube CEO role; she joined Facebook in 2008, and YouTube's CEO at the time was already Salar Kamangar.

Question 7

True or false: Sheryl Sandberg worked as a summer intern at the World Bank alongside future Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Accepted Answer

False. No connection exists—Sandberg interned at the World Bank, but Sundar Pichai interned at Applied Materials and later at McKinsey.

Question 8

True or false: Sandberg's 'Lean In' book was originally titled 'Women Need to Stop Holding Themselves Back' before publishing.

Accepted Answer

False. The working title was 'Women Need to Stop Holding Themselves Back,' but the published title became 'Lean In' after feedback from her editor.

Sheryl Sandberg Trivia Questions