I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Jun 2018
Interview
There were 2 rounds of telephone screening before the in person interview. The two phone screenings were scheduled well and went per plan. The in person interview was poorly planned and in haste because I already had two offers in hand and they had to rush the interview. The panel consisted of people who didnt even know what position this interview was for and asked me irrelevant questions which was no way part of the job description. They interviewed me for linux when I was a windows engineer. They asked me python questions when I was a powershell exprt. So confusing!!
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2026
Interview
Filtering steps:
1. Automated coding questions via Coderpad
2. Freestyle coding interview
Full loop interview:
1. System design interview with Excalidraw
2. Behavior interview via zoom
3. Freestyle Coding interview
4. Coding with AI via Coderpad
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Freestyle coding:
Find lowest common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Online Application to Virtual phone screen. Phone screen included two leetcode style questions (random pick index, log parsing question). Finished describing my approaches however they were not optimal. s s
Initial phone screen with recruiter who reached out via Linkedin. Asked reasonable questions about skills and interests related to the role - specifically around infrastructure IAAC, SQL pipelines and real time data.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much of your time do you spend doing SQL vs Python?
