I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
The recruiter reached out as Meta is aggressively hiring for all levels. The recruiter scheduled a call to understand the interview process and mentioned that the interview would be for the E4 role. I scheduled the phone screen interview with 3 weeks of preparation time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone screen:
1. LCA of given nodes
2. Variant of random pick with weight
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