I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Jan 2024
Interview
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Applied via referral - Recruiter asked for a time to call, then needed me to convert it to her timezone for her, she then called on a completely different day and time unannounced.
She seemed very junior and asked questions about my CV mainly. Then asked me to tell her a project I was most proud of and why. When I gave her an example of a huge achievement and success, she asked for the timeline, this was 6 years ago. She then scoffed (totally unprofessional ) and said 'I would expect an achievement to be in the last 2 years' - which was totally not the original question.
For my tech interview I was asked an algorithm question with a lot of edge cases. As usual on coderpad and in a scenario and situation that would never come up in the role I was interviewing for. We got through it and I asked the Interviewer if he had ever had to solve something like this in the 6+ years he had been in the role. He replied "Oh never, we don't do work like this". Completely pointless and makes a mockery of having to sit through these hoop jumping exercises. Won't apply for another role with Facebook or any of its other companies
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a bit of work or a project thats your biggest achievement? (but I won't tell you that what I actually want is an achievement within the last two yours rather than your biggest achievement)
Accurate to what the recruiter described: a mix of screening, Leetcode-style questions, and system design. Overall a fair and transparent process that aligned well with initial expectations. Words are not yet at thirty.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of employees with their manager relationships, build the company hierarchy tree and return the depth of the org chart.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Feb 2023
Interview
1 round vo, 2 rounds technical questions leet code questions, and system design, 1 round behavior questions. It was a long process. positive feedback but with no results.1 round vo, 2 rounds technical questions leet code questions, and system design, 1 round behavior questions. It was a long process. positive feedback but with no results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the scale of your code? What was your role in your previous company?