I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2014
Interview
The whole process was very fast.
I have applied through the web site and got reply on a same day.
1. Screening with recruiter (15-20 mins)
2. Phone interview with an engineer (45 mins)
3. Onsite interview with 4 people (2 coding, 1 system design, 1 culture fit + coding)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I found system design question more difficult than others as I had no experience in designing large scalable systems.
Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
