I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta in Nov 2015
Interview
The first part was about 10 minutes of talking. Italked about one past project I did and its greatest challenge, and I also learned more about interviewer when he was an intern. Then it was 30 minutes of 2 technical questions. At the end, there were 5 minutes to ask any questions I had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Given an array of ints, print out true if 3 of them add up to 9
Q: Printed out a linked list in reverse order
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.