I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
contacted thru linkedn , if I was interested in facebook. Pondered whether to give a try or not . As my impression was facebook being php shop and me being a scala developer it would not match my skillset(Not interested in going back to dreaded c++ either). Meandered and then agreed for phone interview.
I have pretty good exp (10+) most of these interviews are not cakewalks but not hard either. Only concern being absolutely neat monkey coding text book soln in 30-40mins. Most of the interviewers are nit picky and want perfect code. So you have 10 mins to think and 30 mins to code in a collabedit. Unless you are able to monkey code the soln while talking to interviewer , just simply avoid its nothing but sheer nonsense. But if you want to practice then ;-)
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
The interview called up 30 minutes late and rushed thru.
Given a string break it up into meaningful sentence "thesystemisrunning" => the system is running
Got a call saying they need to take another interview, was nearly about to say thanks but no thanks but ended up taking it just for practice.
LRU cache which gives latest accessed element.
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.
1 leetcode med, 1 leetcode hard. make sure you know your DSA and leetcode questions. I wasn't able to get an offer bc i didnt complete the second question. Got a reply 2 days later saying they would move on
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.