I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
A short initial phone chat with the recruiter (Who was excellent, even offering tips for the main interview) and then a technical phone interview with a developer.
The developer I spoke to was great, seemed like a nice guy and managed to pose some tough technical questions without seeming combative.
They got back to me within a couple of days to let me know they wouldn't be taking it further.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Worked through a few coding questions using a shared document, getting progressively more complicated and then went through a sort of thought exercise regarding the limits of the proposed solution in terms of constraints like bandwidth, CPU speed, memory and how performance could be improved without re-writing the basic algorithm.
Took about a month altogether, which felt longer given the intensity of the process. Kicked off with a technical screening, followed by two rigorous coding interviews. The DSA question on binary tree vertical order traversal hit me hard at first, but then I recognized the prompt instantly — I had just worked through something similar on PracHub. The final round was focused on system design, and while I ended up receiving an offer, I ultimately declined it. Overall, a challenging experience that definitely sharpened my skills.
Overall, the process took a little over two weeks, which felt a bit longer than I anticipated. After a quick screening, I went through two technical rounds focusing on coding and DSA concepts. One of the questions was a classic palindrome check; mid-way through, I realized it was something I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. The final step was a casual behavioral interview. I was relieved to get an offer shortly after, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, determine if it is a valid palindrome considering only alphanumeric characters and ignoring case.
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
It's honestly striaght from leetcode tagged
There are no surprises if you do tagged you would be good and do well.
System design is much harder. Would recommend using hello interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Twitter and consider if it was suddenly an extremely low latency env