I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Recruiter emailed me long time back in 2009, but I was not available at that time. I started to look for different opportunities earlier this year and contacted their recruiter. The recruiter filtered my email so I waited several months without any response, however with the help from my friend at Facebook finally I was able to contact the recruiter in mid-March. I had two phone interviews with them, the first one went well but second one stumbled me. Then I get rejected after 2-3 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to tell if two line segments intersect or not.
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.