I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2012
Interview
The recruiter first emailed me to confirm a time for a telephone call. The call from recruiter was not for interview, she just told me their hiring and interview process, gave some basic suggestions for interview and finally confirmed a time for the first phone interview. After the first phone interview I got the second phone interview in one week and stopped here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a m*n grid starting from (1, 1). At any point (x, y), you has two choices for the next move:
1) move to (x+y, y);
2) move to (x, y+x);
From point (1, 1), how to move to (m, n) in least moves? (or there's no such a path)
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.