I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta (Pittsburgh, PA) in Oct 2011
Interview
The interview process comprised of a technical round held at my university. My interviewer was very polite, and patiently explained the problem statement to me. I asked for further clarification of the problem statement, to which he mapped out the problem on the whiteboard. The challenge involved writing code in whichever language I was comfortable in. The problem was to convert roman literals into its equivalent numeric value. I used the whiteboard to solve the problem. I walked the interviewer through the solution and he asked questions on edge case scenarios.
Overall, the interview went ok, but I did not receive a next round call. This was probably because my solution was not optimal and upto their expectations. It was a good experience and I learnt a lot from it
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I was invited to take their OA about a week after applying, mostly consisted of leetcode easy and mediums. It was a pretty smooth process, with quick feedback. Good experience overall
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and algorithms, leetcode style medium and easy
They ask the normal standard DSA questions that you would expect for an internship like LeetCode mediums. I think there were two rounds of technical interviews before the offer stage.
DS&A questions, interview is just that with only a couple mins of non technical. Need to be quick and fluent in standard leetcode easy-med, and have decent enough grasp to come up with good ideas to approach leetcode hards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DS&A. Asked about how to merge 3 ordered array into ordered array. Then, how to generalise for k ordered arrays. Was okay, but need to be faster and have solution down as if you can do it in your sleep.
