I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Jan 2013
Interview
I was referred by a college friend. The whole precess was about 3 weeks (excluding time to get visa, Christmas and new year holidays).
Interview Details Started with a friendly talk with the recruiter, had 1 phone screen and then 4 on-site interviews + 1 lunch interview. Everyone was was very Smart and kind of friendly during the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1- Try to solve interview question as much as you can.
2- You may not be able to answer the question 100% correct. Don't worry, try to explain you thinking process.
3- Talk with your interviewer like you potential team-mate in future. It would help you to communicate efficiently.
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
