I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Dec 2014
Interview
the hiring process was extremely efficient. they move as fast as you need.
i got responses from the recruiter in minutes and two hours after the interview i got the results.
the office looks nice and the people there also.
it looked too young to my taste. didn't see there anyone older (over 45) with experience but this was only a quick look.
i got a problem that i can solve in 20 min with my laptop, but wen you need to code it on a whiteboard it's a different skill i don't have.
even though your concept is right - they look for potential bugs on your code so make sure you write carefully (i don't).
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Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
